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Lunchtime Research Seminars
Lunchtime Research Seminars
These are seminars held at MSU for a wide scientific audience ranging from undergrads to faculty, and from Astrophysics to Physics-Astronomy.
Pizza, coffee and tea are available for all attendees.
1400 Bio Physical Science Building
Scheduled Mondays at 12:30pm
Fall 2019/Spring 2020
Upcoming Seminars:
Upcoming Seminars:
All upcoming lunchtime research seminars have been postponed until further notice
Past Seminars:
Past Seminars:
3/9/2020; Jon Engel, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2/10/2020; Reto Trappitsch, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1/13/2020; Wen-fai Fong, Northwestern University
12/09/2019; Luca Izzo, DARK/NBI, University of Copenaghen
Classical Novae as Lithium Factories in the Galaxy
11/11/2019; Rene Reifarth, Goethe University Frankfurt
New approaches to astrophysical reactions with stable high-energy ion beams
10/21/2019; Wolfgang Kerzendorf; MSU Physics and Astronomy
Nucleosynthesis Constraints Through Very Late Observations of Type Ia Supernovae
09/09/2019; Carolyn Raithel, University of Arizona
Constraining the Dense-Matter Equation of State with Neutron Star Mergers
04/15/2019 Roland Diehl, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics,
Gamma-ray spectroscopy from nuclei in the cosmos
09/10/2018 Ian Roederer, University of Michigan
Observations of r-process elements in low-metallicity halo stars
10/08/2018 Christopher Fryer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Neutron Stars and their Interaction with Stellar Companions: Thorne-Zytkow Objects or Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor?
11/12/2018 Michael Febbraro, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Neutron detectors and astrophysical applications
12/10/2018 James Lattimer, Stonybrook University
The history of the r-process
01/14/2019 Dennis Muecher, University of Guelph
Reaction studies for heavy element nucleosynthesis
02/11/2019 Jose L. Tain, University of Valencia
The BRIKEN project: extensive new beta-delayed neutron measurements for astrophysics
03/11/2019 Christopher Fontes, Los Alamos National Lab
A link between atomic physics and gravitational wave spectroscopy
Science Cafe
Science Cafe
The Science Cafe is a locally held discussion forum geared
to the scientific academic community,
from Astrophysics to Physics-Astronomy.
Refreshments and cookies are available for all attendees.
1400 Bio Physical Science Building
Scheduled Mondays at 2:00pm
Fall 2019/Spring 2020
Upcoming Discussions:
Upcoming Discussions:
4/27/2020; Terri Poxon-Pearson (NSCL) - cancelled
3/23/2020; Marsha Carolan (NSCL) "The ecology of health" - cancelled
Past Discussions:
Past Discussions:
2/24/2020; Elias Aydi (Physics and Astronomy) and Jaspreet Randhawa (NSCL)
“Nova eruptions powered by shocks” and “Search for 511 KeV gamma-rays from Novae and uncertainty in 18F(p,alpha) reaction rate”, respectively
1/27/2020; Michael Pajkos (Physics and Astronomy) and Nabin Rijal (NSCL)
"Vital Nuclear Processes in Core-collapse Supernovae" and "Measurements of alpha-processes relevant for the weak r-process", respectively
11/25/2019; Sam Giuliani (Physics and Astronomy) and Luke Roberts (NSCL)
"Signatures of nuclei beyond lead in kilonova light curves" and "Kilonovae: Basic properties and observations", respectively
10/7/2019; Abbie Stevens (Physics and Astronomy)
"Mental Wellbeing in Academia"
09/23/2019; Kirby Hermansen (NSCL) and Chelsea Harris (Physics and Astronomy)
"Sensitivity Studies for Nucleosynthesis in Core-Collapse Supernovae", and “The Role of Core-Collapse Supernovae in Cosmic Metal Enrichment”, respectively
4/22/2019 Kirill Sokolovsky and Tamas Budner (MSU) discussing Novae
"Observations of classical novae across the electromagnetic spectrum" and " Experimentally constraining reaction rates to understand nova nucleosynthesis", respectively
10/22/2018 William Lynch and Ryan Connolly (MSU), discussing
"Signatures of exotic matter in the deep neutron star crust” and “Crust-core transition in neutron stars”, respectively
11/5/2018 Sara Ayoub and Adam Jacobs (MSU), discussing
Type I X-ray Bursts: Experimental Methods and Astrophysical Modeling, respectively
12/3/2018 MacKenzie Warren and Rachel Titus (MSU), discussing
Astrophysical Modeling of Supernovae, and Electron-captures on nuclei near N=50 , respectively
2/25/2019 Abbie Stevens and Louis Wagner (MSU) discussing
"Timing Signatures of Accreting Neutron Stars" and "Capture Reaction Experiments for the r-process in x-ray Bursts", respectively
3/25/2019 Sam Swihart and Jaspreet Randhawa (MSU) discussing "Discovering New Classes of Millisecond Pulsar Binaries" and "Spallation in the atmospheres of accreting neutron stars and impact on X-ray bursts", respectively
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