AST4218/5315: Astrophysical Seminar - Fall 2009

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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.
  • Main Webpage: see Blackboard


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.


Topic of this term: Stellar Explosions & Cosmology

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 minutes presentation, the topic is discussed

Next Seminar

  • 'New Results on Light Echos of Supernovae' (P. Hoeflich) Discussion

Seminar Schedule

Date Topic Presenter Faculty Contact
Sept. 1 Supernova Light Echoes Peter N/A
Sept. 8 Binary Evolution, SN Ia Progenitors Cheyvonne Peter
Sept. 15 Observations of Interacting Binaries Stephen Chris
Sept. 22 Accretion Phase of White Dwarf Evolution Joe
Sept. 29 Thermonuclear Runaway Nick Peter
Oct. 6 Explosion Scenarios & Propagation of Burning Fronts Tiara Chris
Oct. 13 Interaction with Companion and Environment Andrey
Oct. 20 X-ray, Gamma-Ray and Positron Transport Brendan
Oct. 27 SN Ia Light Curves and Spectra Matthew Chris
Nov. 3 Polarization and Multi-Dimensional Effects Ben
Nov. 10 SN Ia Distances and Cosmology Rutger Chris
Nov. 17 TBD TBD
Nov. 24 TBD TBD
Dec. 1 Quiz N/A N/A

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