AST4218/5315: Astrophysical Seminar - Fall 2009

Class Information

• Seminar: T 5:00-6:00pm; Keen 319

• Advisors: Chris Gerardy, 608 Keen, gerardy@physics.fsu.edu; Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu; Tomasz Plewa, 484 DSL, tplewa@fsu.edu

• Office hours: Tuesday 1-2pm. You are welcome to contact me whenever you have questions.

General Description

This seminar is intended to introduce students to current research topics at the forefront of astrophysics and astronomy. Students will learn how to present scientific results, how to defend their research and evaluate findings of other researchers. The seminar will include journal-club like discussions about research papers, and occasional presentations of research from students, postdocs, faculty and guest speakers.

Weekly Time line

• Faculty contact will have "seeded" the wiki page with starting point reference material by Tuesday 1 week ahead (at least)

• On Friday prior to the talk, the presenter posts a couple of key questions on Wiki. Less advanced students should probably try and arrange to meet with that week's faculty contact to get some assistance with this.

• Till Monday, the participants comment on key issues and add comments and questions

• On Tuesday and after a 15 minute presentation, the topic is discussed

Seminar Schedule

Date	Topic	Presenter	Faculty Contact
Jan 19	Navigating Astrophysics Literature	Chris	N/A
Jan 26	Zoo	TBD
Feb 2	Stellar Pulsations Near the Main Sequence	Brendan	TBD
Feb 9	Stellar Pulsations of Evolved Stars	Rutger	TBD
Feb 16	Theory of Stellar Pulsations	Peter	TBD
Feb 23	Theory of Stellar Pulsations	"	TBD
Mar 2	Flare Stars	Chris	TBD
Mar 9	Spring Break	Go	Home
Mar 16	O-stars	Cheyvonne	TBD
Mar 23	WR stars	Ben	TBD
Mar 30	Be Stars	Matthew	TBD
Apr 6	Miras	Tiara	TBD
Apr 13	Magnetic stars	Joe	TBD
Apr 20	Quiz	N/A	N/A