Meet peers who are doing research and connect with them! Learn to talk to potential research mentors and/or broaden your research network. We’ll help you figure out the basics of networking including tips on how to talk to new people, … Read more
Come check out Astronomy on Tap Triangle's short and engaging talks about astronomy over beer. Find us in the taproom of Fullsteam Brewery in Durham, NC from 7-9 PM on Wednesday, October 5th! Have you ever looked up at the night … Read more
K2 provided a phenomenal opportunity to study properties of stars in clusters, particularly young low-mass stars, far beyond the expectations of the original Kepler mission. The high-precision photometry provided by K2 allows us to probe stellar variability to lower masses and lower amplitudes than has ever been done before. Younger stars are generally more rapidly rotating and have larger star spots than older stars of similar masses, so spots rotating into and out of view reveal the (surface) rotation rate of these stars. K2 has monitored stars from several clusters, most notably Rho Oph (~1 Myr), Taurus (~5 Myr), USco (~20 Myr), the Pleiades (~125 Myr), and Praesepe (~700 Myr). The light curves have yielded thousands of rotation rates, and revealed far greater diversity in light curves than was anticipated. Now that we have TESS data as well, we can add stars from many more clusters, including the Upper Centaurus-Lupus (UCL) and Lower Centaurus-Crux (LCC) young moving groups (~15 Myr). In this talk, I will review my K2 results including new TESS results from UCL/LCC.
Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars. The awards are open to postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines and are designed to assist postdoctoral scholars in their continued … Read more
The Graduate School is excited to announce that graduate student Mackenna Wood from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has advanced to our top 10 in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. in Bondurant … Read more
Prof. Jon Engel Perspectives on the 2022 Nobel Physics Prize Friday, October 14th, 2:30-3:30 pm, Phillips Hall 247. Coffee and cookies will be served in Phillips 269, 2:00-2:30 pm.
No regular colloquium today. Special event: "APS Chapter Graduate Student Colloquium" The UNC APS Chapter is happy to host three graduate students to give brief and informal presentations on their research. It is an opportunity to connect and share … Read more
This fair brings together employers who are seeking to fill summer internships and full-time jobs with students from STEM and other majors. It is also a great opportunity to expand your network (and practice your "elevator pitch") even if … Read more
Type Ia supernovae are among the most scientifically valuable objects in modern astronomy, especially as “standard candles” for measuring cosmic distances. Despite their importance, the nature of supernova Ia progenitors remains a mystery—they arise either from a single white dwarf … Read more
As many as 50% of otherwise pristine white dwarf H or He photospheres show evidence of metal contamination resembling bulk-Earth composition. These metals are thought to accrete onto the surface of the white dwarf from a debris disk composed of … Read more