Astro Seminars

Upcoming Astro Seminars



Astrophysics Seminar: Mapping the near-infrared sky with SPHEREx

Jordan Mirocha (JPL)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, Center for Particle Cosmology Lounge

SPHEREx, NASA's next MIDEX mission, will launch in February and map the entire sky in 102 near-infrared spectral channels from 0.75-5 microns. This rich dataset will be used for a wide variety of science, including…



Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Susanna Azzoni (Princeton)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Neal Dalal (Perimeter)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Anirban Roy (NYU)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19


Astrophysics Seminar: "TBA"

Kendrick Smith (Perimeter)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

Past Astro Seminars



Astrophysics Seminar: Beyond the first wave: where we stand in understanding binary neutron star and black hole formation channels.

Lieke van Son (Flatiron Institute)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

After the first waves of gravitational-wave detections, it often seems as though we are left with more questions than answers. The hope of finding "one formation channel to rule them all" has given way to "one…



Astrophysics Seminar: The present and the future in modeling eclipsing binary stars

Andrej Prsa (Villanova University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

The number of eclipsing binary and multiple systems observed by large, high quality photometric surveys is downright staggering: with OGLE setting the standard, Kepler and TESS leading the way in photometric…



Astrophysics Seminar: From Stars to Quasars: Microlensing as a Tool for Galactic and Extra-galactic Discovery

Somayeh Khakpash (Rutgers University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

By analyzing the gravitational lensing effects of stars and planets in our galaxy, and other massive distant galaxies, microlensing provides unique insights into phenomena that are otherwise difficult to observe. In…



Astrophysics Seminar: The Present and Future of High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy

Naoko Kurahashi Neilson (Drexel University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

In the past decade, neutrino astronomy went from dream to reality with IceCube producing spectacular observations of the very first neutrino sources in the sky. Last year, the diffuse emission of the Galactic Plane…



Astrophysics Seminar: How micro galaxies could help constrain the properties of dark matter

Raphael Errani (Carnegie Mellon University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, 4E19

Guided by the recent discovery of the faint Milky Way satellite UMa3/UnionsI, in this talk I will present the results of our controlled high-resolution simulations to discuss how ”micro galaxies” could be…