PhD Colloquium

In Pursuit of New Worlds: Searches for and Studies of Transiting Exoplanets from Three Space-Based Observatories, S. Ballard PhD Colloq.

Date: 

Friday, April 13, 2012, 11:00am to 12:00pm

The Ph.D. colloquium by Sarah Ballard will be held on Friday, April 13, at 11 AM in Phillips Auditorium.  

At 2 PM, Sarah will defend her thesis in the Classroom (A-101).

Talk Title: In Pursuit of New Worlds: Searches for and Studies of Transiting Exoplanets from Three Space-Based Observatories

Instability-Driven Limits on Ion Temperature Anisotropy in the Solar Wind: Observations and Linear Vlasov Theory, Ben Maruca, PhD Colloq.

Date: 

Friday, April 13, 2012, 9:00am to 10:00am

The Ph.D. colloquium by Ben Maruca will be held on Friday, April 13, at
9:00 AM in Phillips Auditorium.

At 10:30 AM, Ben will defend his thesis in Room M-240, 160 Concord Ave.

Talk Title: Instability-Driven Limits on Ion Temperature Anisotropy in
the Solar Wind: Observations and Linear Vlasov Theory

Abstract: Kinetic microinstabilities in the solar wind arise when its
non-thermal properties become too extreme.  This thesis project focused
specifically on the four instabilities associated with ion temperature