[Emeriti-faculty] DEPARTMENT EVENTS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 18. 2010

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

 Good Afternoon:

Events for week of October 18, 2010 are as follows:


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Noon
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
Robinson 251
Talk for EPIIC students
The EPIIC course this year is focusing on the policy and potential 
political and global issues surrounding nuclear weapons and the students 
in the course are looking for a way to learn a little more about the 
science behind the weapons
Pizza and soda provided

Thursday, October 21, 2010
1:30 pm
Lunchtime Cosmology Seminar
Robinson Hall, Room 250
Eray Sabancilar
Tufts University
"Neutrino Bursts from Cosmic Strings via Modulus Radiation "
Friday, October 22, 2010

1:00 pm
Friday , October 22, 2010
Astro-coffee Discussion
Robinson 251
Questions and Answers with Mauro Giavalisco
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Coffee available

3:00 pm
Friday, October 22, 2010
Science & Technology Center, Room 136
4 Colby St., Medford Campus
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
“Probing Galaxy Evolution During The First 20% Of The Cosmic Time"
Mauro Giavalisco
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Observations of ever increasing sensitivity, resolution and wavelength 
coverage are probing the physical properties of galaxies across 95% of 
the cosmic time. This is allowing us to test our fundamental ideas on 
the physical mechanisms behind galaxy formation and evolution, which are 
also deeply entwined with cosmology. In this talk I will review some 
outstanding open questions and some recent observational works on 
galaxies at high redshift, e.g. z>2 (fractional cosmic look-back time of 
80% and higher) and their implications on how the primary Hubble types, 
i.e. the spirals and ellipticals observed in the local universe, formed. 
I will also discuss observations of galaxies at the highest redshift 
currently reached by the observations, i.e. z~7 (i.e. at just about 5% 
of the cosmic time), and what they are telling us about the onset of 
galaxy formation as a whole and about the so-called cosmic 
re-ionization. I will conclude reviewing how upcoming observational 
facilities, such as large-aperture space telescopes, the next generation 
of 30-meter ground-based telescopes and the next generation of 
millimeter-wavelength observatories, will bring forward progress.
Refreshments served at 2:30 in STC, Room 124.