Talks+&+Discussions

Don't forget our twice-weekly 10:00am Coffee Discussions - relevant astro-ph postings will be fodder for informal review and discussion as we get a caffeine jolt.
Go to current week.⬇ Oct 13 || 11:00am || SSR || **Sebastien Deheuvels** || //What can mixed modes tell us about the internal structure of subgiants?// || a short science talk from an asteroseismology participant || following KITP coffee and cookies. || //stars// ||  || @http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4456 || Marc completes his takeover of the Friday agenda || //**The Impact of Asteroseismology across Stellar Astrophysics** // || NOTE: Time changed today because of Halloween party || //from Other Techniques// || the inspiration for the title || //the main target of// //the next WET campaign// ||  || following KITP coffee and cookies. || @http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1104.2912 @http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1103.5171 || following KITP coffee and cookies. || following KITP coffee and cookies. || following KITP coffee and cookies. || following KITP coffee and cookies. || following KITP coffee and cookies. ||
 * **Week1** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Sep 26 || 12:15 PM || Aud || **Shamit Kashru** || //Strongly correlated electron systems as string theories?!?// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar, All welcome ||
 * || 3:00PM || SSR || **Coordinators** || //Organizational Meeting// || all participants ||
 * || 5:00PM || Commons ||  || Wine & Cheese ||   ||
 * Tue, Sep 27 || 11:00AM || SSR || **ALL** || //Questions// || our initial discussion - questions that we'd like to address in the program ||
 * Wed, Sep 28 || 10:00AM || FR || **Steve K.** || //astro-ph coffee// || a chat about recent papers of interest... ||
 * || 1:00PM || FR || **SDB** || //Kick off meeting sdB subgroup// ||  ||
 * || 4:00PM || Broida 3302 || **Avi Shporer** || //Doing More With Photometry: Studying Binary Companions With Orbital Photometry// || UCSB Astrophysics Seminar, note location in Broida Hall ||
 * Thu, Sep 29 || 11:00AM || SSR || **Rich Townsend** || //A First Stab at Modeling Wave Transport of Angular Momentum in Massive Stars by Heat-Engine-Excited g Modes, with Various Reflections on Implementation Strategies // || talk / discussion ||
 * Fri, Sep 30 || 10:00AM || FR || **Stephane C. and Steven B.** || //astro-ph coffee// || astero-ph coffee, the Friday edition ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 2** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Oct 3 || 12:15pm || Aud || **Xiaoliang Qi** || //To See A Knot In A Grain Of Sand ---The Story Of Topological States// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar, All welcome. ||
 * Tue, Oct 4 || 11:00am || SSR || **Anne Thoul** || //Asteroseismic data on β Ceph stars: from the ground and CoRoT// ||  ||
 * Wed, Oct 5 || 10:00am || FR || **Gulnur Dogan** || //astro-ph coffee// || a chat about recent papers of interest.. ||
 * Thu, Oct 6 || 11:00am || SSR || **Travis Metcalfe** || //Asteroseismic signatures of stellar activity cycles// || a short science talk from an asteroseismology participant ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup// ||  ||
 * Fri, Oct 7 || 10:00am || FR || **M. Takata** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 5:30pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **ALL** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate the end of week 2 ||
 * ~ **Week 3** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Oct 10 || 12:15 || Aud. || **Rich Townsend** || //A Cartoon Overview of the Fundamentals of Stellar Seismology// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar, All welcome ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program, following KITP coffee and cookies ||
 * Tue, Oct 11 || 11:00am || SSR || **Jim Fuller** || //Tidally-Excited Stellar Pulsations in KEPLER KOI-54 and Resonance// //Locking// || [|astro-ph:1107.4594] ||
 * || 12:00pm || SSR || **Bill Paxton** || MESA discussion ||  ||
 * Wed, Oct 12 || 10:00am || FR || **Haili Hu** || //astro-ph coffee// || a chat about recent papers of interest.. ||
 * Thu,
 * Thu,
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup// ||  ||
 * Fri, Oct 14 || 10:00am || FR || **Jennifer van Saders** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 1:00pm || SSR || **Dave Arnett** || //A discussion of turbulence, convection, stars, and the beach// ||  ||
 * ~ **Week 4** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Oct 17 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Oct 18 || 11:00am || SSR || **Daniel Reese** || //Estimating stellar mean density through seismic inversions// ||  ||
 * Wed, Oct 19 || 10:00am || FR || **Robert Szabo** || //astro-ph coffee// || [] ||
 * Thu, Oct 20 || 11:00am || SSR || **Toby Wood ** || //Rotationally induced mixing in solar-type//
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup. note special time this week// ||  ||
 * Fri, Oct 21 || 10:00am || FR || **Marc Pinsonneault** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 3:30pm || Aud || **Marc Pinsonneault** || //A revised KIC effective temperature scale//
 * ~ **Week 5** ||  ||   ||   || //**CONFERENCE:**//
 * ~ **Week 5** ||  ||   ||   || //**CONFERENCE:**//
 * ~ **Week 6** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Oct 31 || 12:15 || Aud. || **Peter Goldreich** || //The Physics of Stochastic Excitations in Stars// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar, All welcome ||
 * || 2:30 || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work and progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program.
 * Mon, Oct 31 || 12:15 || Aud. || **Peter Goldreich** || //The Physics of Stochastic Excitations in Stars// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar, All welcome ||
 * || 2:30 || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work and progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program.
 * Tue, Nov 1 || 11:00am || SSR || **Günter Houdek ** || //On the seismic age and heavy-element abundance of the Sun// || [] ||
 * Wed, Nov 2 || 10:00am || FR || **Conny Aerts** || //astro-ph coffee// || [] ||
 * Thu, Nov 3 || 11:00am || SSR || **Jennifer Johnson** || //The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Stellar Parameters//
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || //Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup// ||  ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup// ||  ||
 * Fri, Nov 4 || 10:00am || FR || **Sylvie Vauclair** || //astro-ph coffee// || arxiv.org/abs/1107.1235 ||
 * || 1:00 pm || SSR || **Gerard Vauclair** || T//he DA white dwarf pulsator (ZZ Ceti) HS 0507+0434B://
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 7** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Nov 7 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Nov 7 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Nov 8 || 11:00am || SSR || **Wojtek Dziembowski** || //Oscillations in giants and supergiants: an update// || Wojtek has been thinking about this for a long time... see the link ||
 * Wed, Nov 9 || 10:00am || FR || **Yanqin Wu +** || //astro-ph coffee// || measures of stellar rotation...
 * Thu, Nov 10 || 10:00am || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup.// || **Note the alternative time to avoid the clash with the vineyard trip!** ||
 * || 11:00am || SSR || **Pieter Degroote** || //Photometric mode identification of slowly rotating stars// ||  ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup. ||  ||
 * || 2:15pm ||||||= **Vineyard Trip - See Social Activities page** ||  ||
 * Fri, Nov 11 || 10:00am || FR || **-NONE-** || //astro-ph coffee// || Veteran's / Armistice Day - KITP (officially) closed ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate the end of WWI with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 8** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Nov 14 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Nov 14 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Nov 15 || 11:00am || SSR || **Paul Groot** || //White dwarf binaries and pulsating sources in transient surveys// || **visiting from UCLA** ||
 * Wed, Nov 16 || 10:00am || FR || **Victor**
 * Silva Aguirre** || //astro-ph coffee// || @http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1623 ||
 * || 2:00pm || FR || **SDB** || //Note special time and place this week for sdB subgroup discussion.// ||  ||
 * Thu, Nov 17 || 11:00am || SSR || **Rafael Garcia** || //Stars with small l=1 visibilities and the Tasmanian devils// || a talk/discussion led by a participant with unusual expertise ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || //Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup.// ||  ||
 * Fri, Nov 18 || 10:00am || FR || **Bill Chaplin** || //astro-ph coffee// || @http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.2872v1 ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 9** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Nov 21 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Nov 21 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Nov 22 || 11:00am || SSR || **Savita Mathur** || //Stellar magnetic cycles: an observational point of view with CoRoT and Kepler// ||  ||
 * Wed, Nov 23 || 10:00am || - || **-** || //astro-ph coffee// ||  ||
 * Thu, Nov 24 || 11:00am || - || **-** || //-// || //THANKSGIVING (USA Holiday)// ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || //Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup.// || //THANKSGIVING (USA Holiday)// ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup.// || //THANKSGIVING (USA Holiday)// ||
 * Fri, Nov 25 || 10:00am || - || **-** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 10** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Nov 28 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Nov 28 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Nov 29 || 11:00am || SSR || **Aldo Serenelli** || //Can we constraint microscopic diffusion in solar-like stars? An initial attempt// ||  ||
 * Wed, Nov 30 || 10:00am || FR || **Wojtek Dziembowski** || //astro-ph coffee// || @http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.4005v1 ||
 * Thu, Dec 1 || 11:00am || SSR || **Natasha Ivanova** || //Common Envelope Evolution: current issues// || a related review paper... ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup. ||  ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup.// ||  ||
 * Fri, Dec 2 || 10:00am || PL (note change) || **TBA** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 11** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Dec 5 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Dec 5 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Dec 6 || 11:00am || - || - || - ||  ||
 * Wed, Dec 7 || 10:00am || FR || **TBA** || //astro-ph coffee// ||  ||
 * Thu, Dec 8 || 11:00am || SSR || **TBA** || //TBA// || a talk/discussion led by a participant with unusual expertise ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup. ||  ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup.// ||  ||
 * Fri, Dec 9 || 10:00am || FR || **Andrea Miglio** || //astro-ph coffee// || the Friday edition ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails// || celebrate with libations ||
 * ~ **Week 12** ||~ __Time__ ||~ __Place*__ ||~ __Speaker__ ||~ __Title__ ||~ __Comments, Links,...__ ||
 * Mon, Dec 12 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Mon, Dec 12 || 12:15 || Aud. || **TBA** || //TBA// || Blackboard Lunch Seminar usually each Monday ||
 * || 3:30pm || SSR || **ALL** || //Discussions on planned work & progress// || Weekly informal meeting to discuss topics people are working on during the program,
 * Tue, Dec 13 || 11:00am || SSR || **Joergen & Haili** || //Nitty-gritty modeling details - geeking out on precision frequencies for comparison sake// || a talk / discussion led by a wise participant ||
 * Wed, Dec 14 || 10:00am || FR || **Joyce Guzik** || //astro-ph coffee// || [] ||
 * Thu, Dec 15 || 11:00am || SSR || **Ahmed Grigahcene** || //Asteroseismology of solar-like oscillations: TDC (Time Dependent Convection) modeling// || a talk/discussion led by a participant with unusual expertise ||
 * || 1:00pm || PL || **OB** || Weekly meeting of massive OB star subgroup. ||  ||
 * || 2:00pm || PL || **SDB** || //Weekly meeting of sdB subgroup.// ||  ||
 * Fri, Dec 16 || 10:00am || FR || **Steve & Joergen** || //Closing Discussions// ||  ||
 * || 5:00 pm || Beachside Bar (?) || **all** || //Friday cocktails - and farewell dinner// || celebrate with libations ||

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