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Department of Physics and Astronomy

Astrophysics Seminars and Colloquia

Fall 2023

 

The Astrophysics seminars are held every Thursday at 2:00 pm via Zoom and/or 330W - except where noted. 

Departmental colloquia are at 3:30 PM on Wednesdays in room 330W (or online as indicated). Special dates and/or times are noted in bold in the table below.

Seminar Zoom Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93190640031?pwd=T0NYSmxFdlF3NlNNZEczNHc5WGRMdz09

 

DayTitleSpeakerHostRecordings / Slides

10/5/23                 Zoom + Serin 330W

Using Supernovae to Study their Massive Star Progenitors Azalee Kyra Bostroem, University of Arizona Matt Buckley  

10/26/23              Zoom + Serin 330W

The Topology of Chaos: A Nonlinear Perspective on Accreting Compact Object Rebecca Phillipson, Villanova University Matt Buckley   

11/2/23               Zoom + Serin 330W

Near-field Cosmology with Stellar Streams Nora Shipp, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago Matt Buckley   

11/16/23              Zoom + Serin 330W

Analyzing strong gravitational lenses: successes and pitfalls Georgios Vernardo, American Muesum of Natural History/CUNY Matt Buckley  

11/30/23              Zoom + Serin 330W

The study of Interstellar Medium diagnostics in local galaxies to Interpret the Reionization-Era Matilde Mingozzi, STScI Matt Buckley   
12/7/23                Zoom + Serin 330W Multi-probe cosmology forecasts for LSST Heather Prince, Rutgers University Matt Buckley  

 

Please contact our administrative assistant Kesha Jenkins (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with questions regarding travel arrangements and reimbursements. 

 

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Huei Sears has been studying the BOAT

(Sept 4, 2026)

The BOAT - a Gamma Ray Burst that's the "brightest of all time"

Huei Sears, a postdoc in the astro group, has been studying the BOAT, most recently with the James Webb Space Telescope. She was quoted in this story (that includes a Taylor Swift reference):

https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/septemberoctober-2026/a-brightness-like-no-other

Huei also weighed in on the demise of the Swift Gamma Ray Observatory in Science News:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/swift-space-telescope-failed-rescue