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 and Fermi, our understandings of astrophysical compact objects have improved significantly. In particular, supernova […]

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 (Jongsoo Kim)       15:00 – 15:25  Introduction to the ALMA Observing Tool (Aran Lyo)       […]

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 outside traditional SN classification schemes. These exotic outliers in many cases are due […]

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 the challenges of mm-VLBI and the new opportunities offered by KVN, i.e. FPT […]

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 cosmological model’ hasrelied on certain key assumptions at various levels.  I review work […]

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 most of these stars must have lost their hydrogen envelope by stellar winds […]

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 this talk, I will first show how the initial conditions can affect the […]

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 an important role in modern astrophysics. Mid-infrared emission from PAHs is widely used […]

Superconducting Gravitational Wave Detector For Observation in Infrasound Frequency Band

Colloquium Astronomy Colloquium (2017 Spring Semester) * Date May 18 * Speaker Ho Jung Paik (U Maryland) * Title Superconducting Gravitational Wave Detector For Observation in Infrasound Frequency Band * Abstract     Detection of gravitational waves (GWs) from binary black holes (BHs) by Advanced LIGO has opened a new window of astronomical observation.  Many conceivable […]

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 of many astrophysical questions pertaining to black hole growth and the coevolution of […]