Lecture Description
March 01, 2010
Observing String Multiverse with Astrophysical Black Holes
Sergei Dubovsky, Stanford University Institute For Theoretical Physics
One of the most intriguing and controversial recent ideas in cosmology and string theory is that the Universe is highly inhomogeneous on the length scales much longer than its currently observable part, with many of the fundamental "constants" of Nature varying on the ultra-long length scales. Our location in this cosmic landscape is to a large extent determined by requiring that the local particle physics parameters should allow for life to develop. Dr. Dubovsky will review the origin of these ideas and explain how they can be supported by the near future observations of astrophysical black holes.
Course Index
- Dale Cruikshank: Outer Solar System Ices
- Adrian Brown: Poles of Mars
- Bruce Damer: Simulating Life's Origin
- Laurance Doyle: Mongolian and other Historic Solar Eclipses
- Daniel Rasky: Augustine Commission - The Way Forward on US Manned Spaceflight
- Sergei Dubovsky: Observing String Multiverse with Astrophysical Black Holes
- Conny Aerts - Asteroseismology
- Carol Stoker - Phoenix Mission and Habitability
- ames Benford - Interstellar Beacons
- Brad Bailey - Life in Basaltic Glass in the oceanic basins
- Nancy McKeown: Mawrth Vallis, Mars
- Bob Pappalardo: Europa Jupiter Orbiter
- David Jewitt:- Solar System Primordial Ice Reservoirs
- Harry Jones: Starship Life Support
- Jeff Moore: Mysteries on Titan
- Farid Salama: Interstellar Clouds
- Mark Showalter: Marine Biodiversity
- Jen Blank: ChemCam on Mars Science Lab Rover
- Pete Worden, Pavel Podvig, Will Marshall: Nuclear Weapons and Space Weapons
- Samantha Blair: Interstellar Medium Interference
- Jon Jenkins: Kepler Worlds
- Dan Lubin: Maunder Minimum
- Monika Kress: Habitable Planets
- Intersection of Physics and Biology - Jan Liphardt
- Mark Marley: Atmospheres of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets
- Sarah Church: Polarized Cosmic Microwave Background
- Peter Jenniskens: Hayabusa Reentry
- Don Lowe: Late Heavy Bombardment
- Mark Krumholz: Star Formation Rate
- Heather Knutson: Exoplanet Atmospheres
- David Des Marais: Exploring Mars for Habitable Environments
- Ralph Lorenz: Titan Unveiled
- REU Students Review 2010
- Nick Kanas: Psychology of Spaceflight
- Rus Belikov: Beyond Kepler - Imaging Exo-Earths
- Bill Colson: Free Electron Laser Communications
- David Korsmeyer: NASA Future Human Missions
- Pascal Lee: Haughton-Mars Project
- Chris McKay: Titan - Past, Present, Future
- Nathalie Cabrol: Lakes on Mars
- Margarita Marinova: Martian Dichotomy
- Ellen Howell: Radar videos of asteroids
Course Description
Carl Sagan Center/SETI Institute Colloquium Series
Attend a colloquium! They are FREE, open to the public and held from noon to 1pm, every Wednesday at the SETI Institute, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, California.