Title: Ionized gas outflows - delayed or no AGN feedback? Abstract: AGN-driven gas outflows are considered as a channel of AGN feedback to star formation activity over galaxy scales. I will present 1) the statistical kinematic study of gas outflows in AGNs and star forming galaxies, 2) the constrains based on the biconnical outflow models, … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Jong-Hak Woo)"

Title: Revealing black holes hiding in the centers of globular clusters Abstract: It has been long theorized that intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) connecting the evolution of stellar-mass and supermassive-black holes should exist. There is mounting evidence suggesting that such black holes can form and may be retained in dense stellar environments. Observationally only upper limits … Continue reading "CRA seminar: Bülent Kiziltan (CfA)"

Title: Gamma-ray Transients from Fermi GBM in the Multi-messenger Era Abstract: As the Multi-Messenger era begins with observations from IceCube and LIGO, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is well suited to provide context observations of gamma-ray transients between 10 keV and 40 MeV. Fermi GBM has a wide field of view, high uptime and … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Dr. Michael Briggs)"

Title: Ex Luna, Scientia: The Lunar Occultation Explorer (LOX) Abstract: The Lunar Occultation Explorer (LOX) is a next-generation mission concept currently under consideration within NASA’s MIDEX program. LOX will provide new capabilities for time-domain astronomy and establish the Moon as a platform for nuclear astrophysics. Performance requirements are driven by our focused science goal: resolving … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Richard Miller)"

Title: Monopole-antimonopole creation and other numerical studies. Abstract: I will describe magnetic monopoles, their properties, and recent numerical work on their creation from particles.      

Revealing the Neutrino through Double-Beta Decay   Characterization of the elusive neutrino has been the goal of many experiments over recent years, yet many fundamental properties of this elementary particle remain unknown. As the only neutral Standard Model fermion, it is possible that the neutrino is a Majorana particle, i.e. it's own anti-particle. This intriguing … Continue reading "CRA special seminar (Jacob Daughhetee)"

Title: How Do Massive Stars Die? The title of this talk remains one of the most important and challenging questions in theoretical astrophysics. The explosive deaths of massive stars, core-collapse supernovae, are some of the most energetic events in the Universe; they herald the birth of neutron stars and black holes, are a major site … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Jeremiah Murphy)"

Join us for a special CRA Seminar with Dr. Jim Sowell on the Hot Seat.