CRA seminar: Bülent Kiziltan (CfA)
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 … Continue reading "CRA seminar: Bülent Kiziltan (CfA)"
CRA seminar (Dr. Michael Briggs)
Boggs 1-90 VizLabTitle: 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 … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Dr. Michael Briggs)"
CRA seminar (Prof. Richard Miller)
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 … Continue reading "CRA seminar (Prof. Richard Miller)"
CRA seminar (Prof. Tanmay Vachaspati)
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.
PhD. Thesis Defense — Chao Shi — The Dynamics of Black Holes in First Galaxies
Boggs 1-90 VizLabAbstract: Black holes(BHs) as massive as 10^9 solar masses has been discovered at redshift z >6, that is within one billion years after the big bang. It is believed that … Continue reading "PhD. Thesis Defense — Chao Shi — The Dynamics of Black Holes in First Galaxies"