KITP: xrb theory
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in which we contemplate a compact accretor and a low mass donor, in theory...
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January 30, 2009
Iceland to join EU by 2011?
Category: Add category
Grauniad reports Iceland to be fast tracked for EU membership. We'll see, public could swing either way on the issue in the interval. Real problem is the fish. If the grounds are opened to EU vessels and Iceland loses...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 3:15 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2009
KITP: cluster mass functions
Category: astro
in which we ponder the globular cluster mass function and whether the current mass function really is lognormal and how this came about given that everybody but everybody believes the initial mass function must have been a power law......
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 1:51 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2009
Cosmic Collisions: Galaxies
Category: astro
Cosmic Collisions: Galaxies, an astronomy special, one of three, is airing tonight (wednesday 18th January) at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 pm central...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 9:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
KITP: structure of globulars
Category: KITP
I missed the session on tuesday of "Short Talks: Structure of GCs and Their Dynamics", fortunately the audio and video feed is here for posterity Fujii, Varri and Waters present....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 3:58 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
KITP: concentration and truncation
Category: KITP
how big is a globular cluster? There are many ways to measure the size of a globular cluster, both observationally and theoretically. This causes some confusion, especially when theorists try to talk to observers, or vica versa....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 2:14 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
the ineffable sign of a productive theorist
Category: academia
or, why I am not a mathematician at heart...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 12:28 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 27, 2009
Emergent Phenomena in Negative Heat Capacity Systems: Fundamental Physics from Dense Star Clusters
Category: astro
wherein you can learn about the "No Teleportation Theorem" and why there is no classical Scattering Theorem or some such nonsense... me, podcast with bonus video feed. Argh....
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 1:19 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 26, 2009
f. catus domesticus
Category: random
some things are just evil...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 6:58 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2009
H.R. 1 - Recovery and Reinvestment
Category: politics
"Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science..."...
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson at 2:44 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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