Astronomy Journal Club

I initiated the Astronomy Journal Club in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at OU in 2011, and the current astro journal club website is at here.

Below is the schedule for the past astro journal club events before Spring 2013.

Jan 28: Xinyu Dai

Overview of Swift BAT AGN Studies

X-ray properties of the Northern Galactic Cap AGNs in the 58-month Swift-BAT catalog, Vasudevan et al. 2012, arXiv:1212.2957

Feb 4: Sara Barber

Asteroid Belts in Debris Disk Twins: VEGA and FOMALHAUT, Kate et al. 2013, arXiv:1301.1331

Feb 11: Ferah Munshi

Star Formation in N-Body Galaxy Simulations

Reproducing the Stellar Mass/Halo Mass Relation in Simulated LCDM Galaxies: Theory vs Observational Estimates, Munshi et al. 2012, arXiv:1209.1389

Feb 18: Brian Fiesen

Spectropolarimetry of the Type Ia Supernova 2012fr, Maund et al. 2013, arXiv:1302.0166

Feb 25: Tim Miller, Adrian Lucy

Testing for Azimuthal Abundance Gradients in M101, Li et al. 2013, arXiv:1302.0094

Concurrent Supermassive Black Hole and Galaxy Growth: Linking Environment and Nuclear Activity in z = 2.23 Hα Emitter, Lehmer et al. 2013, arXiv:1301.3992

Mar 4: Erin Cooper

High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, Farrah et al. 2007, ApJ, 667, 149

Mar 11: Malia Jenks

Supernova Type Ia progenitors from merging double white dwarfs. Using a new population synthesis model, Toonen et al. 2012, A&A, 546, 70

Mar 25: Jeff Andrews

Common Proper Motion Wide White Dwarf Binaries Selected From The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Andrews et al. 2012, arXiv:1209.0175

Apr 1: Bin Chen

The actual Rees-Sciama effect from the local universe, Maturi et al. 2007, A&A, 476, 83

Large-scale Density Inhomogeneities in the Universe, Rees and Schiama 1968, Natur, 217, 511

Apr 8: Jeremy Lust

MARAC meeting report

Apr 15: Alex Gianninas

Characterizing the Cool KOIs. V. KOI-256: A Mutually Eclipsing Post-common Envelope Binary, Muirhead et al. 2013, ApJ, 767, 111

Apr 22: Shuang Wang

Supernova Constraints and Systematic Uncertainties from the First 3 Years of the Supernova Legacy Survey, Conley et al. 2011, ApJS, 192, 1

Apr 29: Rhiannon Griffin

Distant galaxy clusters in the XMM Large Scale Structure Survey, Willis et al. 2012, arXiv:1212.4185

Past Journal Club Talks

Fall 2012

Spring 2012

Fall 2011

Spring 2011