Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
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Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil
Speaker: Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil (University of Chicago) Title: The Smallest and Faintest Galaxies: The New Frontier in Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation Studies Abstract: The smallest and faintest galaxies around the Milky Way are the most ancient, most metal-poor, and most dark-matter-dominated systems known. These extreme objects offer unique access to small scales where the stellar and dark matter content can be studied simultaneously. They hold
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Chris Ashall
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Spring 2022 – Chris Ashall
Speaker: Chris Ashall (University of Hawai'i) Title: The Variety of Thermonuclear Supernova Abstract: Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) mark the demise of white dwarfs (WD). These cosmic explosions release as much luminous energy as the sun produces over its entire lifetime. As cauldrons of nucleosynthesis, SNe Ia provide the interstellar medium with Fe-group elements and