Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Overview of Gaia Data Release 2: contents, properties, limitations

Dafydd W. Evans, Francesca De Angeli.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 13:15-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

Quantum black holes: a macroscopic window into quantum gravity

Sameer Murthy, King's College London.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Caroline Dorn (Zurich).

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 11:30-12:30

Data Intensive Science Seminar Series

Software Engineering in Practice

Jos Martin - Mathworks.

**Sackler Lecture Theare, Institute of Astronomy**.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 13:00-14:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Kepler Planets - retention and loss of their atmospheres

James Owen (Imperial).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 26 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Beyond effective diffusivity -- dispersion in the large deviation regime

Peter Haynes (DAMTP).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 27 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cosmology Lunch

GR interpretation of Newtonian simulations for structure formation

David Wands (ICG Portsmouth).

CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

Monday 30 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Per Jönsson (Malmö University).

MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Monday 30 April 2018, 14:00-15:00

Informal Lunch Seminars in AFD

Quasi-periodic oscillations and the global modes of magnetohydrodynamic, relativistic accretion disks

Janosz Dewberry (DAMTP).

MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

A better way to observe high-redshift gas

Matt Bothwell.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Will Alston.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 13:45-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

From pixels to physics: the promise of large cosmological surveys

Hiranya Peiris, University College London and Stockholm University.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Tim Lichtenberg (ETH Zurich).

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Data Intensive Science Seminar Series

TBC

Loubna Bouarfa - OKRA.

**Sackler Lecture Theare, Institute of Astronomy**.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 13:00-14:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Fast Radio Bursts

Ben Stappers (Manchester).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 03 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Model reduction in direct statistical simulation of fluids

Steve Tobias (University of Leeds).

MR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 04 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cosmology Lunch

Title to be confirmed

Moritz Munchmeyer (Perimeter).

CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

Monday 07 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Steven Gratton.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Inigo Zubeldia Lafuente.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 13:45-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Fernando Quevedo, DAMTP and ICTP, Trieste.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Finding life on Earth-like exoplanets from its imprint on atmospheric composition

David Catling (Washington).

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Data Intensive Science Seminar Series

TBC

Hannah Thompson - Cambridge Cancer Genomics.

**Sackler Lecture Theare, Institute of Astronomy**.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 13:00-14:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Stellar rejuvenation around massive black holes in the Galactic center and metal-rich quasars, and gravitational wave sources in AGN disks: Analog of planetary systems around massive black holes

Douglas N. C. Lin (University of California, Santa Cruz).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 10 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Merging black holes in nuclear star clusters

Fabio Antonini (University of Surrey).

Kavli Large Meeting Room, Kavli Building.

Friday 11 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Large deviation theory applied to climate physics, a new frontier of statistical physics and applied mathematics

Freddy Bouchet (ENS, Lyon).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 11 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cosmology Lunch

Title to be confirmed

Diederik Roest (Groningen).

CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

Monday 14 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar

AGN jet reconfinement and stability

Prof. Serguei Komissarov (Univ. of Leeds).

MR15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Monday 14 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Lukas Hergt.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 13:15-13:45

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

The Conformal Standard Model

Hermann Nicolai, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Potsdam.

MR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Pierre Maxted (Keele).

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Data Intensive Science Seminar Series

TBC

Adam Durant - SATAVIA.

**Sackler Lecture Theare, Institute of Astronomy**.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 13:00-14:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Addressing the Missing AGN Problem

Belinda Wilkes (SAO).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 17 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

New constraints on Lyman-α opacity with a sample of 62 quasars at z > 5.7

Sarah Bosman (UCL).

Kavli Large Meeting Room, Kavli Building.

Friday 18 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

High-frequency self-excited oscillations in flow through elastic-walled tubes

Robert Whittaker (University of East Anglia).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 18 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Christopher Nixon (Leicester).

MR15, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Monday 21 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Luis Peralta de Arriba.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Nimisha Kumari.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 13:45-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Matthew McCullough.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Data Intensive Science Seminar Series

Planck Likelihood and Parameter Estimation

Steven Gratton - IoA.

**Sackler Lecture Theare, Institute of Astronomy**.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 13:00-14:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Title to be confirmed

Giovanna Tinetti (UCL).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 24 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Double-diffusive fingering at low Prandtl number

Pascale Garaud (University of California, Santa Cruz).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 25 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Informal Lunch Seminars in AFD

Revisiting relaxation in globular clusters

Chris Hamilton (DAMTP).

MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Catrina Diener.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Gyuchul Myeong.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 13:45-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Ricardo Rattazzi.

MR3, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Cavendish Physical Society

Title to be confirmed

Deborah Berebichez.

Cavendish Laboratory, Pippard Lecture Theatre,.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Note different location to usual

Speaker to be confirmed.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Title to be confirmed

Wendy Freedman (Chicago).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 31 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

2nd-Year Student Talks - NB: 1.30pm prompt start time

Various speakers.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:30-17:00

Cosmology Lunch

Title to be confirmed

Alessandra Silvestri (Leiden).

CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

Monday 04 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

DAMTP Astrophysics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Paul Bushby (Newcastle University).

MR14, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Monday 04 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

David Marsh.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Lukasz Wyrzykowski.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 13:45-14:15

Wednesday HEP-GR Colloquium

Title to be confirmed

Antonio Padilla, University of Nottingham.

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 14:15-15:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Understanding Intense Star Formation through Observations and Modelling

Elizabeth Stanway (Warwick).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 07 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Institute of Astronomy Galaxies Discussion Group

Title to be confirmed

Chris Nixon (Leicester).

Kavli Large Meeting Room, Kavli Building.

Friday 08 June 2018, 11:30-12:30

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Droplets and vortices, and their complicated relationship

Rama Govindarajan (Tata Institute, Bangalore).

MR9, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 08 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cosmology Lunch

Title to be confirmed

Oliver Friedrich (Munich).

CMS, Pav. B, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room].

Monday 11 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Tom Comerford.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 13:15-13:45

Institute of Astronomy Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Anthony Challinor.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 13:45-14:15

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 11:30-12:30

Institute of Astronomy Colloquia

Title to be confirmed

Jim Geach (Herts).

Sackler Lecture Theatre, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm).

Thursday 14 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Fluid Mechanics (DAMTP)

Yield stress fluids at an interface: coating and slipping

Elise Lorenceau (University of Grenoble).

MR2, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Friday 15 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Exoplanet Meetings

Title to be confirmed

Hiroshi Kobayashi (Nagoya).

Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

Thursday 21 June 2018, 11:30-12:30