Fall 2009

4 September 2009
Laura Zschaechner^M
Cepheid Calibrations of Modern Type Ia Supernovae: Implications for the Hubble Constant
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Optional Readings:
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11 September 2009
Katie Richardson-McDaniel
Dark Matter and Pulsar Signals for Fermi LAT, PAMELA, ATIC, HESS and WMAP Data
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18 September 2009
Steve Tremblay
Powerful Flares from Recoiling Black Holes in Quasars
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25 September 2009
Eric Miller
TBA

2 October 2009
Fonda Day
Unabsorbed Seyfert 2 Galaxies: the Case of "Naked" AGN
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9 October 2009
No AJC

16 October 2009
FALL BREAK
No AJC

23 October 2009
Travis McIntyre
Questions Surrounding Elliptical Galaxy Formation
Link to paper - READ SECTION 11.1.1 ONLY

30 October 2009
Laura Zschaechner
Galaxy Zoo: Passive Red Spirals
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6 November 2009
Katie Richardson-McDaniel
Pulsar Electrodynamics
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Link to optional paper

13 November 2009
Steve Tremblay
Searching for Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter With Pulsar Timing Arrays
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20 November 2009
Eric Miller
Theory of Accretion Disks I: Angular Momentum Transport Processes
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27 November 2009
HOLIDAY
No AJC

4 December 2009
Paige Romero
The Type Ia Supernova SNLS-03D3bb From a Super-Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarf Star
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