Georgia TechCenter for Relativistic Astrophysics

CRA Brown Bag Lunches

The CRA Brown Bag Lunches are informal discussions of recent results in astrophysics, gravitational wave astronomy, particle astrophysics, and numerical relativity. To suggest topics and ideas for upcoming lunches or to be included on the mailing list, contact Dr. Tanja Bode at tanja.bode .at. physics.gatech.edu

Time: Fridays at 12pm
Venue: Outside the CRA

This Week's Brown Bag

Date: 20. Nov
Topic: Cancelled

Fall 2009

Date: 11. Sept Topic: Kerr Black Holes as Particle Accelerators to Arbitrarily High Energy
Date: 18. Sept Topic: "Using DeepCore for Astrophysics" by Prof. Taboada. See PRL 95, 061103 (2005) for background.
Date: 25. Sept Topic: Roundtable: Discussion led by brief synopses of each attendee's research.
Date: 2. Oct Topic: John Tooker spoke about other research ideas, and diverted discussion.
Date: 9. Oct Topic: "Calibrating Cascade reconstruction in IceCube with a Standard Candle," John Tooker
Date: 16. Oct Topic: Prof. Ballantyne will talk about his research. (This will have a slightly delayed start.)
Date: 23. Oct Topic: Tour of Prof. Taboada's lab and the new cloud chamber.
Date: 30. Oct Topic: To kickstart discussion: Post-merger EM emissions from disks perturbed by BBHs
Date: 6. Nov Topic: Cancelled -- travel.
Date: 13. Nov Topic: To kickstart discussion: Black Hole Outflows
Date: 20. Nov Topic: Cancelled
Date: 27. Nov Topic: None -- Thanksgiving
Date: 4. Dec Topic: To kickstart discussion: Mid-IR properties of Seyferts