Cosmology Open House
5th Floor Physics/Geo
1-4pm
NB: The Aggie reported the incorrect times
in Friday's paper.
The times given here are correct
Monday Sep 29
to celebrate the formation of the UCD cosmology group and their new facilities in the newly expanded 5th floor
Lean about the Big Bang and Galaxy Formation
See beautiful images of galaxies and other cosmic objects
Learn about Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Free cosmology coffee mugs (while supply lasts)
Meet the members of the UCD Cosmology group
Cookies and Lemonade
15 min talks on cosmology:
in 512 Phy/Geo
1pm Dr. Chris Fassnacht
"Measuring the Universe with Gravitational Lenses"
1:30pm Lori Lubin
"Think Big! Massive Clusters of Galaxies"
2:00pm Lloyd Knox
Cosmic Microwaves: Glowing Embers of the Fiery
Beginning
2:20pm Andreas Albrecht
"Einstein's greatest mistake: Why it hurts more
that ever"
2:40pm Nemanja Kaloper
"Cosmology off the wall"
3:00pm Matt Richter
"Where do planets come from?"
3:20pm Pat Boeshaar
"Brown Dwarfs and Transients: A deep survey"
3:40pm Tony Tyson
"Seeing the Invisible: Dark Matter in the
Universe"
Here is a guide showing Open House activities (hardcopies will be provided at the event)
8pm Public Lecture (66 Roessler)
The Dark Side of the Universe