Journal Club

Table of Contents

• About the INPA Journal Club
• Upcoming Journal Club talks
• Past Journal Club talks
• Directions for Speakers

About the INPA Journal Club

All seminars are on Fridays (unless otherwise noted) and start at 12:00 (noon) with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically the talks end by 13:00. The seminars take place in Bldg. 50, room 5026 (the INPA common room).

The following Journal Club schedule for the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics is tentative. The seminar becomes final usually a few days before the Friday of the talk.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions please contact, preferably via e-mail,

Upcoming Journal Club Talks

2 May

Dan Babich (CalTech)
Cosmological non-Gaussianity
Abstract

9 May

Previously scheduled talk cancelled

13 May - Tuesday (Note special day)

D. J. Koskinen (University College London)
NuMI Muon Monitor Studies and First Results from the MINOS Sterile Neutrino Search
Abstract

19 May - Monday (Note special day)

Noah Oblath (University of Washington)
Solar Neutrinos at the Conclusion of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Abstract (opens as pdf)

23 May

Daniel Ferenc (UC Davis)
on the Magic Telescope
Title and Abstract TBA

30 May

Kirsten Howley (UC Santa Cruz)
Darwin Tames an Andromeda Dwarf: Unraveling the Orbit of NGX 205 Using a Genetic Algorithm
Abstract

11 July

P. Decowski (UC Berkeley)
on ANTARES and KM3NeT
Title and Abstract TBA

Future Talks:

Mike Lampton (LBNL)
on designing optics for space missions

Steve Astzalos (LLNL)
on experimental axion searches

Tessa Hill (UCD)
on ocean-floor hydrocarbon deposits

Past Journal Club Talks

2008

25 April - David Fridley (LBNL) - China's Energy and Environmental Crisis - Abstract
18 April - Adam Bernstein (LLNL) - Dark Matter, Coherent Scatter, and Dual Phase Detectors - Abstract
11 April - Lindley Winslow (LBNL/UC Berkeley) - KamLAND: Measuring Neutrinos from the Earth, the Sun and Nuclear Reactors - Abstract
28 March - Oliver Zahn (UC Berkeley) - The state of the art of 21 cm science - Abstract
14 March - Douglas Spolyar (UC Santa Cruz) - The effect of dark matter on the first stars: a new phase of stellar evolution - Abstract
7 March - Jim Bishop (UC Berkeley/LBNL) - Fixes for a greenhouse planet: Why the jury is still out on Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) - Abstract
29 February - Michael Nauenberg (UC Santa Cruz) - E.C. Stoner's Pioneering Work on White Dwarfs - Abstract
22 February - Carl Pennypacker (UC Berkeley/LBNL) - Developing Dome A on the East Antarctic Plateau for Astronomy - Abstract
15 February - Tom Cahill (UC Davis) - The Physics and Chemistry of Aerosols from the World Trade Center Collapse Piles - Abstract
1 February - Sally Heap (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) - A Mission Concept for the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) - Abstract
25 January - Geoffrey Nelson (CSU Fresno) - Facts from the Fallout - Seeking Answers in the Forbidden Zone - Abstract
18 January - Anton Tikhonov (St. Petersburg, Russia) - Voids in the Local Volume galaxy sample and in high resolution simulations: Limit on appearance of a galaxy in a Dark Matter halo - Abstract

2007

14 December - Michael Schneider (UC Davis) - Control of systematic errors in obtaining dark energy constraints from galaxy and weak lensing surveys - Abstract
7 December - Don Backer (UC Berkeley) -Progress with PAPER: Precision Array to Probe the Epoch of Reionization - Abstract
30 November - Robert Quimby (Caltech) - Big and Bright: Two Discoveries from the Texas Supernova Search - Abstract
15 November - Ryan Foley (UC Berkeley) - Utilizing Composite Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae - Abstract
16 November, Friday - Katie Mack (Princeton) - Primordial black holes in the Dark Ages - Abstract
9 November - Geoff Bower (UC Berkeley) - FiGSS, RRATS, and Burpers: Low Hanging Fruit in the New Radio Sky - Abstract
2 November - David Rapetti (SLAC) - New contraints on dark energy from X-ray galaxy cluster studies - Abstract
26 October - Lisa Gerhardt (UC Irvine) - Results of the Search for Ultra High-Energy Neutrinos with AMANDA-II - Abstract
25 October - Shahid Hussein (Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware) - Radio Detection of Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos - Abstract
16 October - Kevin McCarty (Princeton) - First real time detection of sub-MeV solar neutrino in Borexino
12 October - John Harte (UC Berkeley) - Predicting Climate-Ecosystem Feedbacks: A Daunting Challenge - Abstract
5 October - Alvaro De Rújula (CERN and Boston University) - Cosmic Rays, Gamma-Ray bursts, and their simple understanding - Abstract
21 September - Xiaofeng Wang (UC Berkeley) - Optical and Infrared Observations of SN 2006X in M100 and a Possible Hint for the Presence of Circumstellar Dust - Abstract
7 September - Huan Tran (UC Berkeley) -Measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background; From detection to probing Inflation - Abstract
14 September - Thomas R. Bloxham (Birmingham-UK) - Neutrinoless double Beta decay and the use of pixelated Cadmium Zinc Telluride detectors to observe it. - Abstract
24 August - Joanna Kiryluk (LBNL) - Highlights of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC, July 3-11, Mexico)
3 August - Daniel Holz (LANL) - Cosmology with Gravitational Waves - Abstract
27 July - Elsa Couderc and Spencer Klein (LBNL/INPA) - Photon interactions at the highest energies - Abstract
20 July - Justin Vandenbroucke (UC Berkeley) - Pop goes the neutrino: Acoustic detection of astrophysical neutrinos - Abstract
6 July - Jason Wright (UC Berkeley) - Multiple Planet Systems and the Search for Solar System Analogs - Abstract
29 June - Edward Laws (LSU) - Aquatic Pollution - Abstract
22 June - Michael Ramsey-Musolf (CalTech) - Neutrinos and Effective Field Theories
15 June - Lifan Wang (Texas A&M) - Site Survey and Science at Dome A, Antarctica - Abstract
6 June - Richard Firestone (LBNL) - The Extraterrestrial Impact that Killed the Mammoths and Caused 1,300 years of Global Cooling - Abstract
23 May - Andrea Pocar (Stanford) - Radon suppression for the Borexino nylon vessels - Abstract
18 May - Eddie Baron (University of Oklahoma) - SNe Ia Models and Observations: A Spectroscopist's Point of View - Abstract
11 May - Steven Dazeley (LLNL) - Double Chooz and Theta_13 - Abstract
4 May - Gregory Engel (UCB and LBNL/Physical Biosciences Division) - Understanding Design Principles behind Photosynthesis: Insights from Two Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy - Abstract
27 April - A. Paul Alivisatos (LBNL & UC Berkeley) - Nanocrystal Based Solar Cells - Abstract
20 April - Michael Ware (Holland & Knight) - Is the Global Carbon Market Working? - Abstract
5 April - Zeljko Ivazic (University of Washington) - Reaching for the sky with SDSS and LSST - Abstract
30 March - Pisin Chen (SLAC) - Magnetowave Induced Plasma Wakefield Acceleration for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays - Abstract
23 March - Mark Wise (Caltech) - Imprints of a Primordial Preferred Direction on the Microwave Background - Abstract
16 March - Lifan Wang (Texas A&M University) - From Polarized SNe and the expansion of the Local Universe - Abstract
2 March - J. D. Jackson (LBNL) - Examples of the Zeroth Theorem of the History of Science - Abstract
23 February - Matt Francis (Univ. Sydney) - Cosmological Structure: The Effects of Dark Energy - Abstract
21 February - Daniel Grin (Caltech) - A Telescope Search for Decaying Relic Axions - Abstract
16 February - Rychard Bouwens (Lick Observatory) - Galaxy Buildup During the First 1.5 Billion Years of Cosmic History - Abstract
9 February - Vincent Desjacques (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) - The Probability Distribution of the Flux in the Lya Forest - Abstract
2 February - Cecile Roucelle (LBNL/INPA) - Status and first results of the Pierre Auger Observatory - Abstract
26 January - Nathaniel Bowden (Sandia) - Reactor Monitoring and Safeguards using Compact Antineutrino Detectors - Abstract

2006

15 December - Kyle Dawson (LBNL/INPA) - Decelerating and Dustfree: Targeting SNe Ia in High Redshift Galaxy Clusters - Abstract
8 December - Jennifer Carson (SLAC) - Studying Active Galaxies with GLAST - Abstract
1 December - Kristen Shapiro (UCB) - Testing Mass Assembly in the Early Universe - Abstract
17 November - David Williams (UCSC) - Progress and Prospects in Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astrophysics - Abstract
10 November - Francisco Prada (IAA-CSIC) - Halo properties of isolated galaxies - Abstract
3 November - Jason Wright (UCB) - Characterizing Exoplanetary Systems: The Search for Solar System Analogs - Abstract
27 October - Richard Klein (UCB) - The Formation of Massive Stars - Abstract
20 October - Alex Farrell (UCB) - Fuel Ethanol: Separating the Confusion From the Uncertainties - Abstract
13 October - Robert Quimby (Univ Texas, Austin) - The Texas Supernova Search - Abstract
29 September - Peter Nugent (LBNL/INPA) - Discovery of a Super-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernova: Implications for SN Ia Physics and Their Use as Cosmological Probes - Abstract
15 September - Brian Gerke (UCB) - Galaxy groups in DEEP2: Implications for cosmic evolution- - Abstract
8 September - Michael Boylan-Kolchin (UCB) - Black holes and the assembly of massive galaxies - Abstract
1 September - Jacques Farine (Laurentian Univ) - Low energy background techniques in low background experiments - Abstract
25 August - Wladek Walukiewicz (LBNL/MSD) - New Semiconductor Materials for High Efficiency Solar Cell - Abstract
11 August - Hashem Akbari (LBNL/EETD) - Cool Surfaces and Shade Trees Reduce Energy Use and Improve Urban Air Quality - Abstract
14 July - Jon Thaler (Univ Illinois) - The Lure of the Dark and Mysterious - Abstract
7 July - Kem Cook (LLNL) - Microlensing based discovery of exoplanets and the discovery of the lowest mass expoplanet orbiting a normal star.- Abstract
23 June - Paolo Gorla (Lab. Naz. del Gran Sasso) - Optimization of the CUORE detector performance and background reduction - Abstract
16 June - Robert Lin (UCB/SSL) - The RHESSI space mission to study particle acceleration and energy release in solar flares - Abstract
26 May - Jason Melbourne (UCSC) - Keck Laser Adaptive Optics, High Resolution Infrared Studies of Distant Galaxies and Supernovae - Abstract
12 May - Ignacio Taboada (UCB) - Neutrino-induced cascades and neutrino telescopes - Abstract
5 May - Dimitry Chirkin (LBNL/INPA) - IceCube: From inception to 1/8th of the full detector - Abstract
14 April - Gianpaolo Carosi (LLNL) - A Search for Signatures of Dark Matter in the AMS-01 Electron and Antiproton Spectrum - Abstract
7 April - Nao Suzuki (LBNL/INPA) - Listening to the Harmony of the Universe - Abstract
31 March - Saurabh Jha (UCB) - Nearby Type Ia Supernovae - Abstract
24 March - Talso Chui (JPL) - Using the Moon as a Low-Noise Seismic Detector for Strange Quark Matter - Abstract
17 March - Ryan Bay (UCB) - Chasing globally synchronous volcanic fallouts and abrupt climate changes from pole to pole - Abstract
10 March - Robert Cahn (LBNL) - Presentation to HEPAP on DEFT - Abstract
3 March Valeri Korneev (LBNL/ESD) - Seismicity Precursors of San Andreas Fault Earthquakes - Abstract
24 February - Sebastien Bongard (LBNL/INPA) - Type Ia Supernova Spectral Line Ratios as Luminosity Indicators - Abstract
17 February - Zhaoming Ma (Univ. Chicago) - Impact of Photometric redshift on SNAP - Abstract
10 February - Thomas Budinger (LBNL) - 3-D Imaging of Radionuclides(Gamma Emitters) in the Human Body
3 February - Phil Marshall (SLAC) - Surveying for Strong Gravitational Lenses - Abstract
27 January - Robert Bea - Looking Back and Forward: Failure of the New Orleans Flood Defense System - Abstract
20 January - Tad Patzek (UCB/LBNL) - Are Biofuels Sustainable? - Abstract
13 January - Buford Price(UCB/LBNL) - Life in Ice on Earth (and Mars?) - Abstract

2005

9 December - Nat Butler (MIT) - The Discovery of GRB 050709: Clues to the Nature and Progenitors of Short Gamma-ray Bursts - Abstract
2 December - Kevin Lesko (LBNL) - The Homestake Underground Laboratory - Open for Science! - Abstract
18 November - Lawrence Wai (SLAC) - Dark Matter Searches with GLAST - Abstract
11 November - Elena Guardincerri (Genova Univ) - CUORE/CUORICINO: A double beta decay experiment at Gran Sasso - Abstract
4 November - Paul Kalas (UCB Astronomy Dept.) - First scattered light images of nearby debris disks and evidence for extrasolar planets - Abstract
21 October - Inez Fung (UCB) - Co-evolution of carbon sinks in a changing climate - Abstract
20 October - Richard Holman (CMU)- Can you see Trans-Planckian Physics in the CMB - Abstract
14 October - Alexander Kappes (Univ. Erlangen-Nuernberg - Hunting for Neutrinos of the Deep Sea - The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope - Abstract
30 September - Natalia Kuznetsova (LBNL) - What's New with SNAP? - Abstract
23 September - Jeff Filippini (UCB) - New Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search - Abstract
16 September - Alan Poon (LBNL/INPA) and Corinn Brown (CRS) - Get Kids Excited About Science! - Abstract
6 September - Stefan Funk (MPI-Heidelberg) - The Galaxy in very high-energy gamma-rays as seen by H.E.S.S. - Abstract
2 September - Jesse Wodin (Stanford) - EXO-200: A LXe Detector for Double Beta Decay - Abstract
19 August - Nikolai Tolich (LBNL/INPA) - Experimental investigation of geologically produced antineutrinos with KamLAND - Abstract
12 August - John Orrell (PNNL) - Germanium Radiation Detectors in Liquid Argon: Applications & Experimental Progress - Abstract
5 August - Reyco Henning (LBNL/INPA)00 - A Proposed Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay with the Majorana Experiment. - Abstract
29 July - Steve Boggs (UCB/SSL) -Unraveling the Giant Magnetar Flare from SGR 1806-20 - Abstract
22 July - Joshua Bloom (UCB)- Shedding Light on Short Gamma-ray Burst Progenitors - Abstract
15 July - Lloyd Knox (UC Davis) - Probing Dark Energy and Mean Curvature with Standard Rulers - Abstract
8 July - Roland Burgmann (UCB) - The Size and Duration of the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake from Far-Field Static Offsets - Abstract
24 June - Jeff Newman (LBNL/INPA) - Testing for evolution of the fine structure constant with the DEEP2 Redshift Survey- -Abstract
10 June - Giles Graham(LLNL) - Catching Comet Dust: NASA's Stardust Mission - Abstract
3 June - Heinrich Paes (Univ. Hawaii) - Neutrino oscillations and shortcuts in the extra dimension - Abstract
29 April - David Smith (UCSC) - Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes with RHESS I- Abstract
22 April - Thomas Gilbert (UC Berkeley) - Endogenous versus Exogenous Shocks in Complex Networks: An Empirical Test using Book Sale Rankings - Abstract
15 April - Alysia Marino (Fermilab) - Update on the MINOS Neutrino Oscillation Experiment - Abstract
8 April - Charles Currat (LBNL/INPA) - Recent Results from SNO - Abstract
1 April - Joshua Bloom (Harvard CfA/UC Berkeley) - Discovery of a Contemporaneous Infrared Flash from GRB: Time-Domain Fruit Ripe for the Picki - Abstract
25 March - Patrick Decowski (UC Berkeley / INPA) - KamLAND: Studying Neutrino Oscillation with Reactors - Abstract
18 March - David Caldwell (UCSB) - Solar Evidence for Neutrino Transition Magnetic Moments and Sterile Neutrinos - Abstract
11 March - Lorenzo Faccioli (U. Penn) - Eclipsing Binary Stars in the LMC and the SMC from MACHO: sample, orbital parameters and orbital circularization - Abstract
4 March - Kurt Cuffey (UCB)- Glaciological perspectives from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica - Abstract
25 February - Bill Reeve (Lockheed Martin) - Hubble Robotic Servicing Overview - Abstract
18 February - Davide Franco (INFN Milano) - The Borexino experiment: test of the purification systems and data analysis in the Counting Test Facility - Abstract
11 February - Dan Kocevskii (Rice Univ.) - Recent Empirical Correlations in Gamma-ray Burst Observations and Their Applications - Abstract
4 February - Roland Mundil (Berkeley Geochronology Center) - Causation, timing and tempo of mass extinctions: Recent advances in geochronology - Abstract
3 February - Alison Coil (UCB) - First Large-Scale Structure Results from the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey - Abstract
1 February - Nao Suzuki (UC San Diego) - Baryon Asymmetry and Quasar Spectrum Classification using PCA - Abstract
27 January - Louis-Gregory Strolger (STScI) - High-z Supernova Rates: Constraints on Type Ia Supernovae Progenitor Models - Abstract
24 January - Jasonjot Singh Kalirai (Univ. British Columbia) - Studies of White Dwarfs: in the Field and in Star Clusters - Abstract
21 January - Ron Marzke (San Francisco State Univ.) - Evolved Galaxies in the Young Universe - Abstract
20 January - Karen Masters (Cornell Univ.) - Galaxy Flows In and Around the Local Supercluster - Abstract
18 January - Rachel Bean (Princeton Univ.) - Dark Insights from Light: Addressing Different Perspectives on Dark Energy - Abstract
14 January - Adam Bolton (MIT) - Strong Gravitational Lensing and Elliptical Galaxy Structure - Abstract
7 January - Randall Grahm (Bonny Doon Winery) - Robert Parker and Oprah: Winemaking in the Post-modernist World - Abstract
6 January - Gajus Maknaitis (Univ. Washington) - Constraining dark energy with ground-based supernova observations - Abstract

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