Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
The committee members are:
The seminar schedule for the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) is tentative and becomes final a few days before the Friday talk.
Please send all suggestions for future INPA talks and speakers to the INPA Committee.
To be added to the INPA News Mailing List, please contact Erica Hall.
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Eddie Schlafly (LBNL) – Mapping the Galaxy’s Dust in 3D
June 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Milky Way’s dust is of basic importance in astronomy. It
is both crucial to the formation of stars and is a pervasive
observational nuisance. Despite the dust’s importance, existing dust
maps are largely limited to two dimensions, with the distance to the
dust unknown. The advent of large surveys like Pan-STARRS1 has
allowed us to map dust in three dimensions in unprecedented detail. In
this talk, I will describe how we use observations of stars in the
Milky Way to map dust, and I will discuss three major results: a
catalog of distances to major molecular clouds, the discovery of a 100
pc ring of dust in Orion, and the 3D dust map itself. Upcoming
surveys promise continued scientific returns: Gaia, DECam, and LSST
will provide more precise and deeper data than ever before, enabling
unique maps of the Galaxy’s spiral structure and the study of the
dust’s properties in 3D.
INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.