Dr. Bob Millis
Lowell Observatory, founded in 1894 by Percival Lowell, is an unusual astronomical research institution. It is a private nonprofit corporation,proud of its history, and with continuing strong ties to the Lowell family. In this talk, I will briefly discuss the history of the Observatory and describe our growing array of research telescopes, including the 4.2-m Discovery Channel Telescope now under construction at a site 40 miles south of Flagstaff, Arizona. Given that Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory, I will comment on recent Lowell research related to this body and the IAU reclassification of Pluto. I will discuss my own efforts, and those of my colleagues, to learn about Pluto's neighbors in the Kuiper Belt through the Deep Ecliptic Survey on the 4-m telescopes at KPNO and CTIO. The talk will conclude with a discussion of the expected role of the Discovery Channel Telescope in expanding further our knowledge of the distant Solar System.The tight correlation seen in a variety of galaxies holds good even in compact (100 pc) Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies. It has been suggested that high magnetic fields (of milligauss strength) may maintain the correlation by preventing the dominance of inverse Compton scattering. I will discuss some issues of nonlinearity of the correlation in general, as well as the problems posed by high magnetic fields. Secondary cosmic ray electrons, which may be copiously be produced in these high density regions may offer a solution. I will also talk about future observations that may help in elucidating the proble