Astronomy Seminars from 2002 - 2003
| DATE/TIME | SPEAKER | TITLE/Host |
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2003
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| Thurs. Jan. 16 - 1:00 PM Room 123 P&A |
DEPTS. OF PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY & EARTH SCIENCES JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE LECTURE Dr. Robert Jedicke Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona |
"The Spacewatch Project: Unveiling the Origins of Near Earth Asteroids" |
| Friday. Jan. 17 3:00 pm Room 123 P&A | Dr. Dmitry Monin Post Doctoral Fellow Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, U.W.O. (formerly of the Special Astrophysical Observatory, RUSSIA) |
"General magnetic properties of main sequence stars and white dwarfs" |
| NOTE-TIME CHANGED TO 1:00 PM Fri. Feb 21 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Dr. David Bohlender Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics National Research Council Canada |
"An "In-Depth" Look at the Helium-3 Stars" |
Wed. Feb. 26 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
PHYSICS COLLOQUIUM Dr. Paul Wiegert Department of Physics Queens University, Kingston, ON |
"On the death of Comets" |
| Fri. Feb. 28 11:00 am Room 123 P&A |
Depts. of Physics & Astronomy
and Earth Sciences presents JOINT PLANETARY SCIENCE LECTURE Dr. Brett Gladman University of British Columbia |
<"The Formation of the Outer Solar System" |
| Friday, Feb. 28 3:00 pm - Room 123 P&A |
ASTRONOMY SEMINAR Dr. Brett Gladman University of British Columbia |
"Meteorite Transfer in the Solar System: Swapping Rocks " |
| Fri. March 21 3:00 pm - Room 123 P&A | Dr. Edward Thommes University of California, Berkeley |
"Resonant inclination excitation of migrating giant planets" |
| Tues. May 27 3:00 pm - Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Gautier Mathys Director of Science Operations Paranal Observatory European Southern Observatory Santiago, Chile |
"Rotation and properties of A- and B-type chemically peculiar stars" |
| Thurs. July 17 3:00 pm - Room 123 P&A |
Dr. Glenn Ciolek Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
"The Propagation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves and Shocks in Dusty Interstellar Clouds" |
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2002
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| Wed. Sept. 18 1:00 pm Room 123 P&A |
Professor Alex Fullerton Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Victoria and Center for Astrophysical Sciences The Johns Hopkins University |
"The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission" |
| Thurs. Oct. 17 4:00 pm Room 213A P&A |
Astronomy Seminar Dr. Ashish Asgekar University of Manitoba |
"Searching for Mushroom-type "Worms" in the Canadian/International Galactic Plane Survey (C/IGPS) data" |
| Thurs. Oct. 24 4:00 pm Room 213A P&A | Prof. Phil Gregory Dept. of Physics & Astronomy University of British Columbia |
>"Using a Neutron Star as a Stellar Wind Probe" |
| Thurs. Nov. 7 4:00 pm Room 213A P&A |
Dr. David Ballantyne Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics |
"Probing the Immediate Environments of Black Holes using Broad Iron Lines" |
| NOTE DATE CHANGE Thurs. Nov. 28 4:00 pm Room 213A P&P |
Dr. P.T. Jayachandran Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Western Ontario |
"Where are the auroral substorm onsets initiated?" |
| Thurs. Dec. 5 3:00 pm Room 213A P&P | Dr. Alexander Menshchikov Max Planck Institute Bonn, Germany |
"Understanding the Carbon Star IRC+10216 and its Dusty Envelope" |
