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- SMP 2/7/15 | Accretion Power in Astrophysics: Gravity Goes to Work | Speaker: Jon Miller
- SMP 4/18/15 | Dark Energy, Alchemy, and Quantum Teleportation | Speaker: Graduate Students
- SMP 4/11/15 | Topology and Electrons in Solids | Speaker: Lu Li
- SMP 3/28/15 | The Secret Lives of Fluids | Speaker: David Goluskin
- SMP 3/21/15 | Living Large: The Paleobiology Diplodocus and Other Long-Necked Dinosaurs | Speaker: Jeffrey Wilson
- SMP 3/14/15 | Model Thinking: One to Many and Many to One | Speaker: Scott Page
- SMP 2/21/15 | Hail to the Data: What We're Learning from Learning Analytics | Speaker: Timothy McKay
- SMP 2/14/15 | Surfing the Universe | Speaker: Lydia Bieri
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Accretion power pervades astrophysics. It governs the assembly of stars, the formation of planets, the evolution of black holes, and even affects the very largest structures in the universe. At its core, accretion is an elegant interplay of gravitation and electromagnetism, ultimately producing fantastic power. This talk will describe the basics of accretion and provide examples of how scientists study this process using new telescopes and techniques.
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street parking structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
For more information regarding the Saturday Morning Physics series, click here, or call 734.764.4437.
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