2017 Spring Semester Detail

The ongoing LIGO search for gravitational-waves: BH-BH modeling

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Mar 02 * Speaker Chris Belczynski (Warsaw University Observatory) * Title The ongoing LIGO search for gravitational-waves: BH-BH modeling * Abstract   Advanced LIGO has so far announced detection of two firm and one

When the Sun’s Coronal Tail Wags Its Photospheric Dog

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Mar 09 * Speaker Jeongwoo Lee (Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University) * Title When the Sun’s Coronal Tail Wags Its Photospheric Dog * Abstract   The Sun’s corona is an electrically conducting

High-energy astrophysics in the X-ray and GeV energies

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Mar 16 * Speaker Hongjun An (CBNU) * Title High-energy astrophysics in the X-ray and GeV energies * Abstract      Since the launch of high-performance X-ray and gamma-ray satellites such as Chandra, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR

ALMA Town Meeting

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Mar 23 * Speaker KASI ALMA Group * Title ALMA Town Meeting * Abstract    – Program       14:00 – 14:30  ALMA science talks (10min/student)       14:30 – 15:00  ALMA Cycle 4 Proposer’s Guide and Capability

Lighting up the Universe with Extreme Supernovae

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Mar 30 * Speaker Ken Chen (NAOJ, Japan) * Title Lighting up the Universe with Extreme Supernovae * Abstract     Recent all-sky transient searches have discovered new and unexpected explosion types that fall

Multi-frequency mm-VLBI observations of AGNs with KVN

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Apr 06 * Speaker Guangyao Zhao (KASI) * Title Multi-frequency mm-VLBI observations of AGNs with KVN * Abstract     KVN is a unique and powerful mm-VLBI array. In this talk, I will introduce

Rugged but enigmatic post-Planck Cosmos

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Apr 11 * Speaker Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA Pune, India) * Title Rugged but enigmatic post-Planck Cosmos * Abstract     The widely heralded andremarkable   progress in cosmology leading to  the emergence of a  ‘standard

Hot subdwarf stars in binaries

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Apr 20 * Speaker Tugca Sener (KASI) * Title Hot subdwarf stars in binaries * Abstract     Hot subdwarfs are helium burning stars, located at the blue end of the horizontal branch. Although

Numerical simulations of structure formation: LCDM and beyond

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date Apr 27 * Speaker Benjamin L’Huillier (KASI) * Title Numerical simulations of structure formation: LCDM and beyond * Abstract     Numerical simulations have become a powerful tool to study cosmological structure formation. In

New Insights into the Role and Importance of Interstellar Nanoparticles

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date May 11 * Speaker Thiem Hoang (KASI) * Title New Insights into the Role and Importance of Interstellar Nanoparticles * Abstract     Interstellar nanoparticles, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are believed to play

Feedback-regulated fueling of massive black holes

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date May 23 * Speaker Kwang-Ho Park (Georgia Tech) * Title Feedback-regulated fueling of massive black holes * Abstract     Accretion of gas and the interaction of matter and radiation are at the heart

New constraints on the black hole spin in radio-loud quasars

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date May 30 * Speaker Andreas Schulze (NAOJ) * Title New constraints on the black hole spin in radio-loud quasars * Abstract     One of the major unsolved questions on the understanding of the