Simulation Public Lecture This Friday 5/5; Astronomy on Tap 5/15

[Cameron Hummels]

Hey everyone,

Friday Lecture

We're having our next public lecture and stargazing event this Friday night at 8PM.  The talk will be given by Dr. Andrew Wetzel, a postdoc here at Caltech, and he will be discussing how to make computational simulations of galaxies like our own Milky Way.  Afterward, we'll offer an expert Q&A Panel and guided stargazing with our telescopes, so please join us!  For more information about this event including directions, please see out website at http://outreach.astro.caltech.edu .

Title: Simulating the Galaxies of our Universe

Abstract:

The formation of galaxies like our own Milky Way is complex, involving gravity, dark matter, hydrogen gas, star formation, and stellar explosions. Theoretical astrophysics is now in an exciting era, as we are able understand this complex formation process by simulating galaxies using the world's most powerful supercomputers. I will describe exciting new theoretical advances in how galaxies like our Milky Way form within the cosmic web of the Universe. 

Astronomy on Tap

In two weeks, we're hosting our next Astronomy on Tap on Monday 5/15 at 7:30PM.  We'll have two informal talks on Black Holes, and on the recent detection of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system.  It should be a great night, so please join us.  For more information, see our Astronomy on Tap site: http://outreach.astro.caltech.edu/aot .

Cameron

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Cameron Hummels

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Astronomy

California Institute of Technology

http://chummels.org