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Events During the Week of September 4th through September 11th, 2016

Monday, September 5th, 2016

No events scheduled

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
Teaching science fiction: Milton College 1969-73
Time: 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm
Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
Speaker: Jim Blair, Milton and Edgewood College
Abstract: I Why & How
II Class structure & Pedagogy
A Bulletin board
B Reading list & small group discussions
C Lectures: History & Themes, How to Predict the Future, Is there Humanoid life on other planets?
Time Travel & Theories of History, SF Fans, Culture & Awards (Hugo & Nebula)
III Visiting Authors
IV SF on Audio
V Film Series
VI Authors and Lectures on Film
VII Secondary Universe Conferences: Toronto & Drake
Host: Clint Sprott
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Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology)
The Impact of Self-Interacting Dark Hydrogen on Structure Formation
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Kimberly Boddy, University if Hawai I
Abstract: The standard cosmological model with collisionless, cold dark matter (CDM) is remarkably successful in describing the observed large-scale structure of the Universe; however, on small scales ranging from dwarf spheroidal galaxies to galaxy clusters, dark matter halos have more cored profiles with lower central densities than those generated by simulations. An attractive solution to these anomalies is to modify predictions of small-scale structure through dark matter self-interactions. I will discuss a particular model in which dark matter is the analog of hydrogen in a secluded sector. The self-interactions, which include both elastic scatterings as well as inelastic processes due to a hyperfine transition, exhibit the right velocity dependence to explain the low dark matter density cores seen in spiral galaxies while being consistent with all constraints from observations of clusters of galaxies. Significant cooling losses may occur due to excitations and subsequent decays of the hyperfine state, which may affect the evolution of low-mass halos and the early growth of black holes. Furthermore, the interaction between dark matter and dark radiation suppresses the matter power spectrum at small scales, resulting in minimum halo masses that are significantly larger than those typically predicted by CDM.
Host: Joshua Berger
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Graduate Introductory Seminar
Biophysics
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hal
Speaker: Coppersmith, Gilbert
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

Department Meeting
Time: 12:15 pm
Place: 5310 Chamberlin hall
Speaker: Albrecht Karle
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Thursday, September 8th, 2016

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Friday, September 9th, 2016

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