Relativistic Astrophysics Seminars, University of Florida


The Physics Department's Astrophysics Seminar is normally held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday
in Room 2165 of the New Physics Building.  An alternative timeslot at 3:00 p.m. on Monday
is also available for Speaker's convenience.

Students may receive credit for attending this seminar by registering for PHY 6391.


Schedule - Spring 2001

Each speaker's local host is listed for your added convenience.




January 12th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

January 19th  Note:  High Energy Physics Seminar, held in NPB 2205 at 4:00pm
Speaker:  S. Kovesi-Domokos (Johns Hopkins)
Title:  "The Puzzle of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays"
Host:
ABSTRACT

January 26th
Speaker:  Peter Williams (UF)
Title:  "Non-normality and Hydrodynamic Stability of Accretion Disks"
Host:
ABSTRACT

February 5th at 2:30pm  Note special date and time
Speaker:  Peter Williams (UF)
Title:  "Stochastic Pumping of Supersonic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds"
Host:
ABSTRACT

February 9th
Speaker:  Stuart Wick (UF)
Title:  "Horizontal Air Showers:  Neutrino Physics at AUGER"
Host:
ABSTRACT

February 15th-17th  Florida Workshop on Nonlinear Astronomy and Physics

Title:  "Nonlinear Dynamics in Galaxies and Exo-Solar Planetary Systems"
Hosts:  Kandrup, Dermott & Buchler
DETAILS and PROGRAMME


February 23rd  Postponed until April 20th.
Speaker:  Will Kinney (Columbia)
Title:  "What do we know about inflation?"
Host:  Fry
ABSTRACT


March 2nd
Speaker:  James R. Webb (FIU)
Title:  "Microvariability of Blazars"
Host:  Ipser
ABSTRACT


March 9th
No Seminar (Spring Break)


March 16th
Speaker:  Ed Groth (Princeton)
Title:  "Detection of Weak Lensing in the HST Survey Strip"
Host:  Fry
ABSTRACT

March 23th
Speaker:  Robert Buchler (UF)
Title:  "'Strange' Modes in the Classical Variable Stars"
Host:
ABSTRACT

March 30th at 2:30pm in NPB 2205 Note special time and place
Speaker:  Steve Dracso (Cornell)
Title:  "Detecting a non-Gaussian stochastic background of gravitational radiation"
Host:  Whiting
ABSTRACT

April 6th
Speaker:  Ruth Williams (Cambridge)
Title:  "Progress in discrete gravity"
Host:  Whiting
ABSTRACT

April 9th at 3:00pm  Note special date and time
Speaker:  Jorma Louko (Nottingham)
Title:  "Einstein-Kepler problem in 2+1 dimensions"
Host:  Whiting
ABSTRACT

April 13th  (Good Friday) - No Seminar
Speaker:
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

April 20th
Speaker:  Will Kinney (Columbia)
Title:  "What do we know about inflation?"
Host:  Fry
ABSTRACT

April 27th  (Classes have ended)
Speaker:
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

May 4th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

May 11th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

May 18th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

May 25th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

June 1st
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

June 8th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

June 15th
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

June 22nd
Speaker:  
Title:  ""
Host:
ABSTRACT

June 29th at 3:00pm  Note special time
Speaker:  Michael Hannawald (Mainz)
Title:  "Cosmochronometry and New Constraints on R-Process Nucleosynthesis"
Host:  Mueller
ABSTRACT



Comments and questions to Bernard Whiting.

Last modified: June 26th, 2001.