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KITP: in which we reach a conclusion or two
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 9, 2009 the Kavli Institute program on Dynamics and Evolution of Globular Clusters is reaching the end, and we highlight the important issues… The west is the best The west is the best Get here, and we’ll do the rest
KITP: Quantum Reality
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 9, 2009 “…we really do not understand the quantum theory in an intuitive manner because quantum laws are so radically different from the classical laws of physics. The dichotomy that the modern world is quantum, but the precise meaning of the quantum remains elusive, disturbed the stalwarts of physics such as Einstein, Schrodinger, and Feynman, and continues…
KITP: dwarf globulars
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 8, 2009 final stretch and we contemplate big stellar clusters in small galaxies in particular, if you plot the observed number of globular clusters as a function of galaxy magnitude you find the specific incidence, the number of globulars per unit light, is high for large ellipticals and small for Milky Way like spirals, but there is…
KITP: in which the organisers try to finish us off…
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 7, 2009 last week of the globs workshop, so the pace is stepped up, with two talks this afternoon
KITP: final stretch
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 7, 2009 back from a brief but complex zig zag across the Southland and we are getting ready to wrap up the globs workshop if only we could find someone to organise the final thursday dinner…
KITP: open cluster issues
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on April 2, 2009 Bob! We move on to open clusters, in the hope that we may actually understand those, since they are smaller and more tractable for simulations, right?
KITP: collapse
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on March 31, 2009 This beautiful tuesday morning, Dave tutors us on relaxation and cluster core collapse. Then it is party at Alison’s place. But, first, we go through thermodynamics of self-gravitating internally relaxed systems, multiple equilibria and general dimensionless solutions.
KITP: topological phases of matter
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on March 31, 2009 Steven Simon from Oxford University gives the Director’s Blackboard Talk: “Interesting and Useful” (video and podcast)
Posso parlare?
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on March 30, 2009 Questa confusione non mi piace!
KITP: planets in globular clusters!
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on March 30, 2009 The dynamics workshop in back, refreshed and ready to rock with yet more people in place. This morning Melvyn tutors us on planets. In globular clusters.