Thursday Astrophysics Lunch Seminar (TALuS)
Regular meetings are held for astronomy-connected members of the physics department each Thursday in the 12th floor lounge from 11:45am–1pm. Sandwiches are provided. The local astrophysics faculty (Allen, Duez, Worthey, and–when he’s in town–Bose) are present. Graduate students engaged or interested in astrophysics research are welcome, as are undergraduates doing thesis work in astronomy. We discuss astronomy news as well as other topics relevant to astronomy research and teaching at WSU.
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TALuS 9/27/2018
We’ll be meeting at the regular time and place. Some interesting reading:
measuring the mass of an imaged planet (from its star’s proper motion, if you can believe … » More …
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TALuS 8/30/2018
Astronomy lunch will meet at the usual time and place.
Some self-help from astrobites: What does success mean to you? and the Conference survival guide for students. Also … » More …
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TALuS 8/23/18
Welcome to the new semester.
Come join us to discuss the summer’s astro news. I’ll have to think back to remember it. Here are some things that come right to … » More …
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TALuS 4/12/2018 — cancelled
Good luck to our students taking oral exams or traveling to the April APS meeting! (We’ll want a full report next week from those of you attending the meeting.)
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TALuS 4/5/2018 — cancelled
No astro seminar this week because of comprehensive exams. Good luck, graduate students!
Some reading material anyway:
A chunk of a white dwarf that survived a Type Ia … » More …
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TALuS 3/29/2018
This week postdoc Fatemeh Nouri will be visiting from Pune. Here is her most recent paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.07423
Some other articles:
a galaxy without dark matter
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TALuS 3/22/2018
Welcome back from spring break! We’ll be meeting again at the regular time and place to discuss astronomy and gravitational physics.
Topics:
RIP Stephen Hawking (by Roger Penrose)<br ... » More …
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TALuS 3/8/2018
Please join us at the regular time and place.
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TALuS 3/1/2018
We’re on for this week. Topics of discussion include the stuff we didn’t get a chance to talk about last week (see last week’s post) plus some new additions.
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TALuS 2/20/2018 — cancelled
No astronomy lunch seminar this week. However, here are some recommended readings:
ALMA images AGN donut
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Could BBH gravitational waves have been lensed by intervening galaxies?<br ... » More …