Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The origin of the first supermassive black holes

Ricarda Beckman (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 22 January 2021, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Small-scale structure of the pre-reionization IGM in quasar proximity zones

Frederick Davies (MPIA Heidelberg).

via zoom .

Friday 11 December 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Rapidly Forming Haloes as a Route to Massive Black Holes

John Regan (Maynooth).

via zoom .

Friday 04 December 2020, 11:30-12:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction

Professor Linda Skitka (University of Illinois at Chicago).

via zoom .

Wednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The Impact of AGN Feedback on Simulated Dwarf Galaxies

Sophie Koudmani (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 27 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography

The Straits of Malacca-A Cartographic Journey using Nautical Sea Charts

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF SPEAKER AND TITLE

Julian Candiah (Kuala Lumpur).

via zoom .

Tuesday 24 November 2020, 17:30-19:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The Hubble Constant from Time Delays: Breaking Degeneracies with External Datasets

Matthew Auger (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 20 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Connecting large and small scale perturbations of the Galactic disc

Chervin Laporte (Kavli IPMU Tokyo) .

via zoom .

Friday 06 November 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Population III stars: effects of UV radiation, baryon-dark matter streaming velocity, and redshift

Mihir Kulkarni (Columbia).

via zoom .

Friday 30 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Fresh Thinking at Fitz

Reporting on Modern Day Slavery

Felicity Lawrence.

via zoom .

Thursday 29 October 2020, 18:00-19:00

Fresh Thinking at Fitz

Reporting on Modern Day Slavery

Felicity Lawrence.

via zoom .

Thursday 29 October 2020, 18:00-19:00

Fresh Thinking at Fitz

Reporting on Modern Day Slavery

Felicity Lawrence.

via zoom .

Thursday 29 October 2020, 18:00-19:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Understanding galactic morphology using cosmological simulations with controlled initial conditions

Andrew Pontzen (UCL).

via zoom .

Friday 23 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How is Human Social Cognition Special?

Dr Lasana Harris (UCL).

via zoom .

Wednesday 21 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The chemical enrichment of near-pristine systems: possible quenching following Reionization.

Louise Welsh (Durham).

via zoom .

Friday 16 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

New Methods for Identifying Lyman Continuum Leakers and Reionization-Epoch Analogues

Harley Katz (Oxford).

via zoom .

Friday 09 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

A consistent and robust measurement of the thermal state of the IGM at 2<z<4 with a large sample of Lyman-alpha forest spectra

Prakash Gaikwad (IoA) .

via zoom .

Friday 02 October 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Supernova clustering and galactic outflows

Matthew Smith (CfA Harvard).

via zoom .

Friday 25 September 2020, 11:30-12:30

KICC Summer Series

A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii

Peter Plavchan (George Mason University).

via zoom .

Tuesday 25 August 2020, 15:00-16:00

KICC Summer Series

Towards next generation galaxy formation simulations

Debora Sijacki (IoA).

via zoom .

Tuesday 18 August 2020, 15:00-16:00

KICC Summer Series

Pushing the boundaries of the black hole binary parameter space: recent results from LIGO

Jonathan Gair (AEI Potsdam).

via zoom, recording available with Raven at https://upload.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/3270095 .

Tuesday 11 August 2020, 15:00-16:00

KICC Summer Series

Rescheduled: Cosmic Concordance or Tension: Cosmology from combined lensing and clustering observations with KiDS and BOSS

Catherine Heymans (Edinburgh).

via zoom, recording available with Raven at https://upload.sms.csx.cam.ac.uk/media/3267205 .

Wednesday 05 August 2020, 15:00-16:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The (chemical) history of the Milky Way told by its mergers

Oscar Agertz and Florent Renaud (Lund Observatory).

via zoom .

Friday 24 July 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

A lockdown perspective on cosmic tensions

George Efstathiou (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 17 July 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Fifth Force Constraints from Galaxy-Scale Tests

Aneesh Naik (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 10 July 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Understanding the epoch of reionization with Lyman-alpha emitters

Lewis Weinberger (IoA) .

via zoom .

Friday 03 July 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Tidal disruption of stars

Thomas Wevers (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 26 June 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Star formation inside galactic outflows

Roberto Maiolino (Cavendish).

via zoom .

Friday 19 June 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The demise of the Sagittarius galaxy

Eugene Vasiliev (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 05 June 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Probing Cosmic Dawn with the most distant galaxies

Nicolas Laporte (Cavendish).

via zoom .

Friday 29 May 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

The Biggest Splash

Vasily Belokurov (IoA).

via zoom .

Friday 22 May 2020, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Powering galactic superwinds with small-scale AGN winds

Tiago Costa (MPA Garching).

via zoom .

Friday 15 May 2020, 11:30-12:30