====== Astro Journal Club ====== The Astro Journal Club has hybrid meetings (both in FOSC 202 and on zoom), Mondays from 12 - 1 pm. For those people interesting in hearing announcements about activities, or for communicating with other people active in this effort, there is a mailing list. You can subscribe by sending an email to join-astrophysics@list.smu.edu. You will receive an email explaining how to confirm your subscription to the mailing list. ===== Remote Connection Information ===== **Join Zoom Meeting** \\ https://smu.zoom.us/j/98428117879?pwd=UDAzelI1VUdHRzM0VXJPY0NMM3Eydz09 ===== Spring 2022 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | January 24 | | | | | January 31 | Krista | [[https://www.nap.edu/download/26141|Decadal Survey Report]] | https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/decadal-survey-on-astronomy-and-astrophysics-2020-astro2020 | | February 7 | Cynthia | TBD | | | February 14 | Eric | https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.01214 | | | February 21 | Joel/Roundtable | JWST | Links to come here | | February 28 | | | | | March 7 | Joe Ryan | https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08181 | 1.) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212686417300420\\ 2.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02264v1\\ 3.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.4924v2\\ 4.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2384v2\\ 5.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01759v1\\ 6.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03835v3\\ 7.) https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03394v2\\ 8.) https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.07044v1 | | March 14 | | | | | March 21 | | | | | March 28 | | | | | April 4 | Joel Meyers | https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11431 | https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.11391 | | May 2 | Joe Ryan | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abdd40/pdf | | | May 9 | Joe Ryan | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/502/1/436/6095721 | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/504/4/5840/6261198 https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10728 | ===== Fall 2021 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | November 8 | | | | | November 15 | Bob | Rodriguez-Torres et al 2017 | | | November 22 | | | | | November 29 | | | | | December 6 | | | | | December 13 | | | | ===== Spring 2021 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | February 22 | Bob | https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04298 | | | March 1 | No Meeting | | | | March 8 | No Meeting | | | | March 15 | Bob | Optimizing Photonics Ring-Resonator Filters for OH-Suppressed Near-Infrared Astronomy | | | March 22 | Joel | Physics of Neutrino Mass | | | March 29 | Krista | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...904...83S/abstract | | | April 5 | Steve S. | Amateur/Teaching Astronomy Opportunities with SMU Physics Department Resources | | | April 12 | Rob | https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03537 - Strong constraints from COSINE-100 on the DAMA dark matter results using thesame sodium iodide target | | | April 19 | | | | | April 26 | | | | | May 3 | | | | ===== Fall 2020 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | September 14 | No Meeting | Graduate Student Lunch | | | September 21 | Group Introduction | 3 minutes, 5 slides from each person | Introduction of you and your interests | | September 28 | Taylor Wallace | Radon Plate-Out | | | October 5 | Cynthia | exoplanet searches | [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fZdmPiiN--DQr4-tr1NMn6NeqgRDkebovwp8UqyAzXM/edit?usp=sharing|slides]] | | October 12 | Krista | Supermassive Black Holes | | | October 19 | No Meeting | | | | October 26 | No Meeting | | | | November 2 | No Meeting | | | | November 9 | Noah / Cynthia | NanoHz Gravitational Waves | | | November 16 | Ishwita | | | | November 23 | No Meeting - Grad Lunch | | | | November 30 | Jasmine | | | | December 7 | | | | ===== Summer 2020 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers | | | June 1 | Bob | https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.05318 | | | | June 15 | Joel | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-019-0137-0?draft=collection | https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.03663 | [[https://smu.box.com/s/eqnscmsxxpvjg97pmah168jjwfty4ea5|Flauger Slides]] [[http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/inflation20/flauger/|Flauger Talk Video]] | | June 29 | Jodi/Rob | https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.09721 | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.13278|XENON1T observes tritium]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12487|Solar axions cannot explain the XENON1T excess]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12529|Prospects of Migdal Effect in the Explanation of XENON1T Electron Recoil Excess]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11919|Neutrino self-interactions and XENON1T electron recoil excess]] | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDp0svIavsI|Xenon1T presentation]] {{ ::shockley20200617.pdf |slides.pdf}} | | July 6 | Eric | https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10218 | | | | July 20 | No Meeting | Identifying Dark Matter Meeting (https://indico.cern.ch/event/766367/page/20554-connection-details) | | | | August 10 | No Meeting | SLAC Summer Institute (https://conf.slac.stanford.edu/ssi2020/) | | | | August 17 | No Meeting | SLAC Summer Institute (https://conf.slac.stanford.edu/ssi2020/) | | | ===== Spring 2020 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers | | | January 27 | No Meeting | | | | | February 3 | Joel | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.05291|https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.05291]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.09187|https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.09187]] | | | February 10 | No Meeting | | | | | February 17 | Cynthia | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.00101|https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.00101]] | | | | February 24 | Eric | https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.06958 | | | | March 2 | Rob | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.181102 | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.251801 , Suggest Krista consider https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12043v1 | | | March 9 | (Linux Mtg) | | | | | March 16 | SPRING BREAK | | | | | March 23 | Yoni Kahn (via remote) | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06937|https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06937]] {{ :smu_journal_club_3-22-20.pdf |Slides}} | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.08893|https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.08893]] | | | March 30 | Vera Glusevic (via remote) Note: We will start at 12:15pm this day. | | {{ :gluscevic-smu2020.pdf | Slides (pdf)}} | | | April 6 | No Meeting | | | | | April 13 | (Linux Mtg) Ryan Staten (via remote) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0067-0049/226/2/24/pdf | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.03145.pdf | | | April 20 | No Meeting | | | | | April 27 | Cynthia | https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2962 {{ :Leptogenesis.pdf | Slides (pdf)}} | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2177-0, see also https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0502169 and https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0703087 | | | May 4 | Cynthia | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0609125 | | | ===== Fall 2019 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | September 9 | Joel | https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.10625 [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TrZqtaTOuDMSaFxqLXkVxeZE9uZt6zUTAMIKKeGUtLo/edit?usp=sharing|Slides]] | https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.03663 | | September 16 | GRAD STUDENT LUNCH | NONE | NONE | | September 23 | Rob | [[https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.201101|Search for γ-Ray Line Signals from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with H.E.S.S.]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.08609|A New Population of Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources Detected by HAWC]] | | September 30 | Jodi | Highlights from [[http://taup2019.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/|TAUP 2019]] {{ :190930_journalclub.pdf | slides}} | {{ :web_plenary_x_drexlin.pdf | Katrin_talk.pdf}} {{ :web_plenary_i_pschmidt.pdf | Gravitational_waves.pdf}} {{ :taup_2019.pdf | Dark_Matter_Theory.pdf}} | | October 7 | Cynthia | https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.03507 [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jCtuwFzYu8jCOKmixZ48EwIKBhwa9-j7m1JKrHckFyo/edit?usp=sharing|slides]] | https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07947 | | October 14 | No Meeting Fall Break | | | | October 21 | Ishwita | | | | October 28 | Eric | https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.04255 | https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.06533 | | November 4 | Krista | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.00940.pdf | | | November 11 | Joel | https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.03689 [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pgN-6y55j-wzb4vjj4ClWHUTHige43qQ/view?usp=sharing|Neutrinos in the CMB]] | | | November 18 | GRAD STUDENT LUNCH | NONE | | | November 25 | NO MEETING | NONE | | | December 2 | Eric | https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.12083 | | | December 9 | Ivan Vitev (LANL) [Host:Fred] | Effective field theories in reactions with nuclei: from jets to quarkonia | | ===== Fall 2017 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | August 21 | No Meeting 1st Day of Class | | | | August 28 | Jodi | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.06372.pdf|arXiv:1708:06372]] | | | September 4 | No Meeting Labor Day | | | | September 11 | Ryan | https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03413 | | | September 18 | Rob | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02222|https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.02222]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03434|https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03434]] | | September 25 | Matt | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa831c | | | October 2 | Govinda | https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01513 | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/166/meta | | October 9 | No Meeting Fall Break | | | | October 16 | Ryan | https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03413 | | | October 23 | No Meeting TSAPS | | | | October 30 | No Meeting DM Day | | | | November 6 | Rob | https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.07902 | | | November 13 | Matt | https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.05024 | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9373 | | November 20 | Frank Avignone Lunch | | | | November 27 | Ryan | https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101 | http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_GW170817 | | December 4 | Dan | [[https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.111102|SIDM Can Explain Diverse Rotation Curves]] [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02716|arxiv]] | | ===== Spring 2017 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper ^ Additional Papers ^ | January 30 | Jodi | [[http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-016-0009| NATURE ASTRONOMY 1, 0009 (2016)]] | {{ ::nphys3175.pdf |Nature Physics Article 1}} {{ ::nphys3137-s1.pdf |Nature Physics Article 2}} | | February 6 | Matt | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05917|arxiv 1609.05917]] | | | February 13 | Rob | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.02688v1| Dark Matter Search in a Proton Beam Dump with MiniBooNE]] \\ [[http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.060401|Cosmic Bell Test: Measurement Settings from Milky Way Stars]] | | | February 20 | Govinda | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04635|arxiv 1611.04635]] | | | February 27 | Ryan | http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7642/full/nature21360.html | | | March 6 | Burcin Mutlu Pakdil (Hosted by Fred) | [[https://smu.box.com/s/w1m4eembcv4l4ukgwf5tyuijvffnye8h| ]] | | | March 13 | No Meeting Spring Break | | | | March 20 | Rob | [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v543/n7645/full/nature21685.html|Strongly baryon-dominated disk galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation ten billion years ago]] | | | March 27 | Ryan | See the link I provided above (new exoplanets) | | | April 3 | Govinda | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08293|arxiv 1703.08293]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.08165|arxiv 1701.08165]] | | April 10 | Jodi | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.07325| arXiv:1612.07325]] | | | April 17 | Matt | [[http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa693a| http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa693a]] | | | April 24 | Dan Akerib Lunch | | | | May 1 | Hang | [[https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/mnras/468/3/10.1093_mnras_stx517/1/stx517.pdf?Expires=1493692328&Signature=EnEg6GYpy0LzaCM2mgaIXGttIHtp8RcoIRM8URPMUsgm46R8MPxvFJ-f3UKoPRpVRlEOu7kNtSZNg7QXBlUo5Q34S4-NwDbCwIpzEe4pF3QU3z7fJiu3VMdbhOHmsaiViM-aiy2lt-1wDT-qK29dUmeVgbJc1fnuNGqAB7Fiv15tQTAmT-WIohB9c9HoqRNmLP3UErVaJk18w8Ug8RA80fPCz1XiLCIJaQ8L5GGppZroq-bAdi1c4RfYkyH4w140fDGFxa3q5iScp3bDTq0IO2beLjrkpDB7hyQ65ilMtVZ~nQaszXnhVoXwtrSVAvbqzNT8wJ7AB6Hf4YuC1eBAmw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LVPAVW3Q| The weak-lensing masses of filaments between luminous red galaxies ]] | | ===== Fall 2016 Schedule of Events ===== ^ Date ^ Lead ^ Main Paper Link ^ Additional Papers ^ | September 19 | Jodi | [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03158|1604.03158]] | | | September 26 | Dan | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07410|1607.07410]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06154|1609.06154]] \\ [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06138|1609.06138]] | | October 3 | Bob & Farley | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08573|1603.08573]] | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09076|1609.09076]] \\ [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.6993|1304.6993]] \\ [[https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508646|astro-ph/0508646]] | | October 10 | Fall Break | No Meeting | | | October 17 | Govinda | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.04730v4.pdf|1603.04730]] | | | October 24 | Matt | [[http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/830/1/L14|Minniti et al. 2016]] | | | October 31 | Rob | [[http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.061101#fulltext|Sasaki et al. 2016 ]] | [[http://www.nature.com/articles/srep35596| 1506.01354]] \\ [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08972|1610.08972]] | | November 7 | Ryan | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05898|1508.05898]] | | | November 14 | Dan | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01492|1609.01492]] | | | November 21 | Pavel Nadolsky | HEP lunch seminar | N/A | | November 28 | Fred Olness | | N/A | | December 5 | Matt | [[http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/L27|ApJL Link]] | | | December 12 | Ryan | | | ===== Events ===== * 2014/09/29: Jodi , recent AMS results * [[http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.121102|Electron and Positron Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station]] * [[http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.121101|High Statistics Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5–500 GeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station]] * 2014/09/15: [[http://www.indiana.edu/~iubphys/faculty/lstrigar.shtml|Louis Strigari]] (visitor). He suggested these papers as background to the discussion: * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1103.0007|Too big to fail? The puzzling darkness of massive Milky Way subhaloes]] * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1108.2404|A Method for Measuring (Slopes of) the Mass Profiles of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies]] * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.6079|Dynamical models for the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal in a Lambda CDM universe]] * 2014/09/08: [[http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jfilippi/Welcome.html|Jeff Filippini]] (Caltech), a special guest, via BigBlueButton, discussing the [[http://www.physics.smu.edu/web/seminars/astro/SMUastro_BICEP2_08Sep2014.pdf|BICEP-2 results]].