Seminal Paper

I will pick several seminal papers on various relevant topics that will be presented by students during most Friday classes. Please email me or tell me in class about your choice. First come, first serve. These sessions will be like a journal club, where I encourage discussion throughout the period. Your presentation should cover all of the important background, motivation, results, and subsequent impact on the field. I will do the first presentation, so you get some ideas on what's expected from the content and style of the talk.

1. Sept 6: Led by Wise. BBN by Wagoner et al. (1967)
2. Sept 27
   1. Led by Ying. Inflation by Guth (1981)
   2. Led By Lott. Hot Big Bang by Gamow (various short papers in the 1940's: paper I, II, III, IV, V)
3. Oct 4
   1. Led by Allen. Gravitational collapse by Gunn & Goth (1972)
   2. Led By Zechmann. Galaxy formation within CDM cosmology by Blumethal et al. (1984)
4. Oct 11
   1. Led by Ferrel. Large scale structure simulations in CDM cosmologies by Davis et al. (1985)
   2. Led By Gregoire. Semi-analytic galaxy modeling by White & Frenk (1991)
5. Oct 18
   1. Led by ???. Dark matter halo density (NFW) profiles by Navarro et al. (1996)
   2. Led By Chen. Numerical evidence for dark matter halos in galaxy simulations by Ostriker & Peebles (1973)
6. Oct 25
   1. Led by Skinner. Galaxy rotation curves, evidence for dark matter by Rubin et al. (1980)
   2. Led By Wang. Galaxy formation in dark matter halos by White & Rees (1978)
7. Nov 8
   1. Led by Ferguson. Simulating galaxy mergers by Toomre & Toomre (1972)
   2. Led By Moore. Disk galaxy formation within dark matter halos by Fall & Efstathiou (1980)
8. Nov 15
   1. Led by Brummel-Smith. M-sigma relation (two short papers) by Ferrarese & Merritt (2000) and Gebhardt et al. (2000)
   2. Led By Li. Simulations of high-redshift quasar formation by Li et al. (2007)