Physics & Astronomy
Colloquium
The formation of galaxies like the Milky Way was long thought to
be a steady process that created a smooth distribution of stars.
Instead, recent discoveries of complex substructure in the distribution
of the Milky Way's stars have deeply shaken this standard view.
I will discuss how the unprecedently accurate and robust data from
modern surveys, such as Sloan Digital Sky Survey, have enabled some
of these discoveries, and will speculate what further progress can be
expected from the upcoming next-generation surveys, such as Large
Synoptic Survey Telescope.
3:30 PM, Friday, November 3, 2006
Room 155, Chem-Phys Building
Dr. Zeljko Ivezic
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington
``Mapping the Milky Way with SDSS and LSST''
Refreshments will be served in CP 179 at 3:15 PM