Physics and Astronomy Colloquia - preliminary list, 2002/2003 season



2002

October

15.10.  Abell     Dr Dave Buckley et al (Cape Town)  SALT


November

 7.11.  Systems   Dr Vadim Burwitz (MPE, Germany)    Observing with XMM-Newton and Chandra: new results 
14.11.  Systems   Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski (Oxford)  Supernovae in binaries and the progenitor of SN 1987A  
28.11.  CMR 11


December

 5.12.  CMR 1     Prof Robert McCullough (Belfast)     Laboratory Astrophysics with Multiply Charged Ions   
12.12.  Systems   Dr Tim Freegarde (Trento, Italy)     Optical techniques for molecular manipulation
19.12.  CMR 1     no seminar


2003

January 

16.1.   CMR 1     cancelled!!! 
23.1.   CMR 15    Dr Stephan Rosswog (Leicester)     Compact object mergers and their observational consequences   
30.1.   CMR 1     Dr Kinwah Wu (MSSL)                X-ray emission from normal galaxies


February

 6.2.   CMR 1     Dr Pierre Maxted (Keele)           Binary subdwarf-B stars and the origin of the extended horizontal branch
13.2.   CMR 11    Dr Philip Mauskopf (Cardiff)       BOOMERANG
20.2.   CMR 1     Dr Boris Gaensicke (Southampton)   The galactic population of cataclysmic variables

27.2.   CMR 1     Astrobiology seminar


March

 6.3.   CMR 11    Astrobiology seminar
13.3.   CMR 15    Dr C Mayhew (Birmingham)
20.3.   Venables  N2029  Dr Lillian Mcdermott 


April

 3.4.   CMR 1    Astrobiology seminar
10.4.   N2029    NAM week - probably no seminar
17.4.   CMR 1    Susumu Inoue 
24.4.   CMR 1    Dr Dan Rolfe (Leicester)         A New Evolutionary Channel for Type Ia Supernovae 


May

 1.5.   Venables N2029
 8.5.   CMR 11   Astrobiology seminar
22.5.   CMR 11   Dr Ronan McGrath (Liverpool)     Quasicrystal surfaces: from Fibonacci to the Frying Pan
29.5.   CMR 11   Astrobiology seminar


June

 5.6    CMR 11   Astrobiology seminar
12.6.   Venables N2029    Dr Kim Venn (Macalester College, Minnesota)
19.6.   Venables N2029    Dr Gillian Peach (UCL)
26.6.   CMR 11   Astrobiology seminar