Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Sep 07 * Speaker Ji-Yeon Seok (NAOC China) * Title PAH emission in protoplanetary disks * Abstract     In protoplanetary disks (PPDs) where new planets might form, a distinct set of broad emission

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Sep 14 * Speaker Jeongwoo Lee (Astronomy program, SNU) * Title The Total Solar Eclipse in 2017 * Abstract    On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse made its way through the North

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Sep 21 * Speaker Sang Gak Lee (College of Natural Sciences, SNU) * Title Spectroscopic Observation with NYSC 1 m Telescope * Abstract     The youth activities, some facilities at National Youth Space

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Sep 28 * Speaker David Parkinson (KASI) * Title Tests of fifth forces using large-scale structure * Abstract   The apparent acceleration of the expansion of the Universe currently has no satisfactory explanation from

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Oct 17 * Speaker Tali Palma (UAB Santiago, Chile) * Title VVV Survey and Milky Way Globular Clusters * Abstract   The “VISTA variables in the Vía Láctea” (VVV) Survey is an ESO Public

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Oct 19 * Speaker Nai-Hwa Chen (KASI) * Title Energetic particles at the Sun * Abstract     Our sun is an effective accelerator, producing highly energetic particles at all scales and driving space

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Oct 26 * Speaker Roberto Decarli (INAF, Italy) * Title The interstellar medium at high redshift * Abstract     Our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution critically depends on our ability of exposing

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Nov 02 * Speaker Christophe Pichon (IAP, France) * Title Connecting Large Scale Structures to Galaxy morphology * Abstract     I investigate the impact of the cosmic web on the origin of the

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Nov 16 * Speaker Hyunseok Jung (SNU Physics Department) * Title From Schrödinger’s Cat to Quantum Information Technology * Abstract     In this talk, I will review and discuss fundamental issues in quantum

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Nov 23 * Speaker Seon-Hee Seo (SNU Physics Department) * Title Neutrinos Oscillations: Past, Present and Future * Abstract     According to the standard model of particle physics, neutrinos are massless like photons.In

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Nov 30 * Speaker Nobuo Arimoto (NAOJ / SNU) * Title A Hyper Suprime-Cam View of the Interacting Galaxies of the M81 Group – Structures and Stellar Populations * Abstract     Over the

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date Dec 07 * Speaker Taysun Kimm (Yonsei University) * Title Modeling stellar feedback in galaxy formation simulations: where do we stand? * Abstract     Reproducing the low global star formation efficiency is a

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Fall Semester) * Date          Jan 10 * Speaker    Paul Yun (NASA Ambassador) * Title          NASA Planetary Science Division Vision 2050 * Abstract  NASA is discussing what they want to