ASTRONOMY GROUP SEMINAR SCHEDULE – FALL 2003

3:30 PM – 1400 BPS

AUGUST 26 - GARY FERLAND, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

“Deducing Star Formation Rates from Absorbing Gas in Intervening Galaxies”

SEPTEMBER 2- FACULTY, INTRODUCTION OF FACULTY & STUDENTS

3:00 p.m. – Start time due to faculty meeting

*All faculty & students invited to Reno’s for pizza 5:30 p.m.

9 - BRAD PETERSON, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

2:30 p.m. LOCATION RM: 3208 BPS – Start time due to 4:00 PTRC meeting

16 - JOHN GALLAGHER, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

23 - TOM MACCARONE, UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM

30 - EUGENE CAPRIOTTI, MSU

(Philip Solomon, Suny-Stony Brook-cancelled)

“The Influence of Wind from Massive Stars on the Formation of Broad Line

Emission Clouds in AGN’s”

OCTOBER 7 - JAMES LINNEMANN, MSU

“Opportunities for Astronomy-HEP Collaboration”

14 - TIMOTHY BEERS, MSU

“The Frequency of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars and Inferences

on the IMF in Early Universe”

21- MICHAEL A’HEARN, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

“Deep Impact and Cometary Science”

28 - CRAIG FOLTZ, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

“TBA”

NOVEMBER 4 - MARGARET HANSON, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

11 - HEATHER MORRISON, CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY

“Getting to Know the Neighbors: Surprises from Accurate Velocity Studies of M31”

18 - PAT OSMER, OHIO STATE

25 - DAVID BATCH, ABRAMS PLANETARIUM

*TO BE HELD IN ABRAMS PLANETARIUM AT 3:30 P.M.

DECEMBER 2 - DALI GEORGOBIANI, MSU

“Excitation of Stellar P-Mode Oscillations”

9 - WERNER DAPPEN, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA