March 2010

March 5: Monthly Meeting

Extreme Astrophysical Objects Through A Small Telescope

Savvas Koushiappas

Prof. Koushiappas will discuss extreme astrophysical objects that can be viewed through a small telescope. Even though a small telescope is limited due to its small aperture (less than 6 inches), there is a plethora of mind-boggling objects that can be viewed. He will also discuss the observational properties of extreme objects and give an overview of the physical processes that give rise to these objects.

Professor Koushiappas works in the interface of particle astrophysics and cosmology. He is interested in the structure and distribution of dark matter in the Universe, as well as astrophysical processes that can help identify the particle nature of it. He joined Brown University in the summer of 2008. Before that he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and prior to that he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at ETH-Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2004.

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