Abstract: The recent gravitational wave detections by LIGO/Virgo revolutionized the way we sense our Universe. These detections have resurfaced a long-standing question about the formation channels of merging black holes…
NOTE SPECIAL TIME: 10AM EDT Cosmic reionization is the last major phase transition undergone by our Universe. Although most studies agree on the general characteristics of H reionization (for…
***Please note 10:00am ET starting time*** Abstract: Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are currently discovered in ever increasing numbers by optical transient surveys. Similarly, the eROSITA and planned Einstein Probe X-ray…
2014-06-27-Prof. Roberto Abraham The Dragonfly Telephoto Array and the Low Surface Brightness Universe Abstract: I will describe the thinking behind, and some early results from, the Toronto/Yale/Harvard Dragonfly Telephoto Array…
…astrophysics. More information about Suzaku and the XIS can be found at the ISAS/JAXA Suzaku page (http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/suzaku/index.shtml), the NASA/GSFC Suzaku Guest Observer Facility (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/astroe), and the MKI Suzaku/XIS page (http://space.mit.edu/XIS)….
MATs (Monday Afternoon Talks) 3:00pm Shreya Anand, California Institute of Technology Testing whether Collapsars Synthesize r-process elements Abstract: A rare sub-class of stripped envelope massive-star explosions, dubbed broad-lined Ic…
Abstract: Galaxies are remarkably diverse in their properties, ranging from irregular to disky to elliptical in morphology, and from blue to red in color. At the same time, when analyzed…
Abstract: Contrary to what their name suggests, black holes are not empty space; they are the most extreme objects in the Universe, so powerful that nothing can escape them,…