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James Webb Space Telescope observations of the first galaxies
Wednesday 18 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom) Associate Prof. Ivo Labbe, Swinburne University; Email: ilabbe[at]swin.edu.au Abstract The formation of the first galaxies is one …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/05/16/associate_prof-_ivo_labbe_2-html
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Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Galaxies at the Extreme
Wednesday 11 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom) Professor Duncan A. Forbes, Swinburne University; Email: dforbes[at]swin.edu.au Abstract Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) were first identified using …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/05/10/professor_duncan_a-_forbes-html
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Variational Inference for Bayesian Neural Networks via Resolution of Singularities
Wednesday 25 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom) Dr Susan Wei, UniMelbourne; Email: susan.wei[at]unimelb.edu.au Abstract In contrast to regular models, singular statistical models lack identifiability …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/05/06/dr_susan_wei-html
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Dark Matters at Swinburne
Wednesday 04 May 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Laby Theatre(+Zoom) Prof Alan Duffy, Swinburne University; Email: aduffy[at]swinburne.edu.au Abstract For over half a century the nature of dark …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/04/27/prof_alan_duffy-html
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How to model the Universe in N easy steps (N>>1)
Wednesday 27 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 7 Conference Room (+Zoom) Prof. Darren Croton, Swinburne University; Email: dcroton[at]astro.swin.edu.au Abstract Much progress has …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/04/26/prof-_darren_croton_2-html
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The Fast Radio Burst Enigma
Wednesday 20 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 7 Conference Room (+Zoom) Professor Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University; Email: mbailes[at]swin.edu.au Abstract Although Fast Radio …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/04/19/professor_matthew_bailes-html
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Starduster: A multi-wavelength SED model based on radiative transfer simulations and deep learning
Wednesday 06 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Yisheng Qiu, Zhejiang University; Email: yishengq[at]126.com Abstract In this talk, I will introduce Starduster, a supervised deep …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/04/04/dr_yisheng_qiu-html-2
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Starduster: A multi-wavelength SED model based on radiative transfer simulations and deep learning
Wednesday 06 Apr 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Yisheng Qiu, Zhejiang University; Email: yishengq[at]126.com Abstract In this talk, I will introduce Starduster, a supervised deep …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/31/dr_yisheng_qiu-html
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Cosmological parameters from galaxy clustering and weak lensing on ~Megaparsec scales
Wednesday 30 Mar 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 7 Conference Room (+Zoom) Dr Ben Wibking, ANU; Email: ben.wibking[at]anu.edu.au Abstract Since the discovery of …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/23/dr_ben_wibking-html
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Adventures in Gravitational-wave Astronomy: testing for hair, memory, and eccentricity.
Wednesday 23 Mar 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 2, Hercus Theatre (+Zoom) A Prof Paul Lasky, Monash University; Email: Paul.Lasky[at]monash.edu Abstract Since the …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/21/a_prof_paul_lasky-html
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The Case for the Nearby Universe in High Definition
Wednesday 16 Mar 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 2, Hercus Theatre (+Zoom) Associate Professor Michelle Cluver, Swinburne University; Email: mcluver[at]swin.edu.au Abstract It’s a …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/11/associate_professor_michelle_cluver-html
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Connection between galaxy properties and environment in the cosmic structure
Wednesday 09 Mar 2022 @ 16:00 p.m., Zoom Unnikrishnan Sureshkumar, Jagiellonian University; Email: ukp1513[at]gmail.com Abstract Galaxies live in dark matter haloes and hence the galaxy properties …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/03/02/unnikrishnan_sureshkumar-html
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Observing Cosmic Evolution of Galaxies at z~2-13 with Subaru and JWST
Wednesday 02 Mar 2022 @ 2:00 p.m., Zoom Assistant Prof Yuichi Harikane, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo; Email: hari[at]icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp Abstract Studying the …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/02/23/assistant_prof_yuichi_harikane-html
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Peeking the Atmosphere of Ultra-hot Jupiters through High-resolution Spectroscopy
Wednesday 23 Feb 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Stevanus K. Nugroho, Astrobiology Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), Japan; Email: stevanus.nugroho[at]nao.ac.jp Abstract Using high-resolution …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/02/18/dr_stevanus_k-_nugroho-html
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From Interstellar Turbulence to Star Formation
Wednesday 16 Feb 2022 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Associate Prof. Christoph Federrath, ANU; Email: christoph.federrath[at]anu.edu.au Abstract The formation of stars is controlled by the interplay between …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2022/02/14/associate_prof-_christoph_federrath-html
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Kinematics of coronal mass ejections and Auroral Science
Wednesday 01 Dec 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Anitha Ravishankar, University of Calgary; Email: anitha.ravishanka1[at]ucalgary.ca Abstract An accurate understanding of the propagation of coronal mass …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/27/dr_anitha_ravishankar-html
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Matching Bayesian and frequentist coverage probabilities when using an approximate data covariance matrix (arXiv:2108.10402)
Wednesday 24 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Prof Will Percival, University of Waterloo; Email: will.percival[at]uwaterloo.ca Abstract Observational astrophysics consists of making inferences about the Universe …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/17/prof_will_percival-html
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Exploring galactic nuclei with tidal disruption events
Wednesday 17 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Brenna Mockler, University of California, Santa Cruz; Email: bmockler[at]ucsc.edu Abstract Tidal disruption events (TDEs) provide an exciting opportunity …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/10/brenna_mockler-html
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Kinematics of galaxy bulges, disks, and gas from SAMI 3D spectroscopy
Wednesday 10 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Sree Oh, ANU; Email: sree.oh[at]anu.edu.au Abstract We investigate the stellar kinematics of the bulge and disk components …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/09/dr_sree_oh-html
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Feedback and synchrotron emission from AGN jets
Wednesday 03 Nov 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Associate Professor Stas Shabala, University of Tasmania; Email: stanislav.shabala[at]utas.edu.au Abstract Relativistic jets associated with supermassive black holes are …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/11/01/associate_professor_stas_shabala-html
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Magnetic fields in the Milky Way from pulsar observations
Wednesday 27 Oct 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Amit Seta, ANU; Email: amit.seta[at]anu.edu.au Abstract Magnetic fields are a dynamically important component of the interstellar medium …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/10/27/dr_amit_seta-html
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Studying the Tiniest, Oldest Galaxies in the Milky Way’s Assembly History through Chemical Tagging and Kinematics
Wednesday 20 Oct 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Kaley Brauer, MIT; Email: kbrauer[at]mit.edu Abstract The motions and chemical composition of the stars currently present in the …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/10/18/kaley_brauer-html
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Improving estimates of the growth rate of structure with galaxy-velocity cross correlations
Wednesday 13 Oct 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Ryan Turner, Swinburne University; Email: rjturner[at]swin.edu.au Abstract A key method for understanding the physics of dark energy and …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/10/07/ryan_turner-html
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Exploring exotic transients in modern surveys
Wednesday 29 Sep 2021 @ 04:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Charlotte Angus, University of Copenhagen; Email: angus[at]nbi.ku.dk Abstract The advent of wide-field time-domain optical surveys has changed …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/09/27/dr_charlotte_angus-html
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Open questions in formation of compact binary star systems
Wednesday 22 Sep 2021 @ 04:00 p.m., Zoom Sophie Lund Schrøder, University of Copenhagen; Email: sophie.schroder[at]nbi.ku.dk Abstract I will present my work on advancing binary evolution …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/09/22/sophie_lund_schroder-html
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Evolution of Stellar Feedback from Reionization to The Milky Way: A Diverse Toolset of Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Modelling for Understanding the Impact of Massive Stars
Wednesday 08 Sep 2021 @ 10:00 a.m., Zoom Grace Olivier, Ohio State University; Email: olivier.15[at]buckeyemail.osu.edu Abstract Massive stars contribute incredible amounts of energy to their surroundings …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/08/30/grace_olivier-html
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Search, analysis and localization of FRBs
Wednesday 25 Aug 2021 @ 10:00 a.m., Zoom Kshitij Aggarwal, West Virginia University; Email: ka0064[at]mix.wvu.edu Abstract Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration, transient sources of extragalactic …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/08/21/kshitij_aggarwal-html
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Lya Transmission in the Reionizing Intergalactic Medium
Wednesday 18 Aug 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Hyunbae Park, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe; Email: hcosmosb[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp Abstract We expect …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/08/11/dr_hyunbae_park-html
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Implications of the z ~ 5 Lyman-α forest for oberserving the EoR 21-cm power spectrum
Wednesday 11 Aug 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., Zoom Dr Janakee Raste, Tata Institue of Fundamental Research; Email: -%%janakee[at]theory.tifr.res.in Abstract Most ongoing experiments targetting the fluctuating 21-cm …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/08/10/dr_janakee_raste-html
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The Impact of Outflows on Galaxies and Halos over Cosmic Time
Wednesday 04 Aug 2021 @ 12:00 p.m., David Caro building, Level 2, Hercus Theatre (+Zoom) Dr Rebecca Davies, Swinburne University; Email: rdavies[at]swinburne.edu.au Abstract Abstract: Outflows are …
astro.physics.unimelb.edu.au/2021/07/28/dr_rebecca_davies-html
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