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
| 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 |