Seminars at Lund Observatory
Astronomy seminars are given in English. They are open to all, but aimed at an audience with basic knowledge in astrophysics. Unless otherwise noted, seminars take place on Thursdays 14:15 in Lundmarksalen.
Autumn 2020 | ||
| 2020-09-03 | Brian Metzger Columbia University |
Shocking New Insights into Classical Novae Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-09-10 (POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING) | Alyson Brooks Rutgers |
Small Statistics No More: a suite of simulated dwarf galaxies
to interpret observations Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-09-17 | Leonardi Testi ESO |
Protoplanetary disks and the dawn of planets Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-09-24 | Caty Pilachowski Indiana University |
Early Results
from the Blanco DECam Bulge Survey Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-09-2513:00 | Brian Thorsbro Lund |
PhD defence: Clues to Galaxy Evolution from Spectroscopic Observations of Galactic Center Stars Click HERE to join the Youtube broadcast |
| 2020-10-08 | |
Seminar moved to 29 October due to LifeWise workshops |
| 2020-10-14 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Katrin Ros Lund |
From icy dust and vapour towards planets Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-10-15 | Jo Barstow UCL |
Modelling transit spectra for cloudy exo Jupiters Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-10-22 | Monika Lendl Geneva |
First results from the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-10-29 | Michela Mapelli INAF, Padova |
The mass spectrum of black holes in isolation and in star
clusters Talk delivered on Zoom (details to be sent over email) |
| 2020-11-05 | Ricardo Schiavon Liverpool John Moores University |
The galaxy within the Galaxy - Evidence from APOGEE for the
presence of a major building block of the Milky Way halo buried in
the bulge |
| 2020-11-0609:00 | Iryna Kushniruk Lund |
PhD defence: The nature of kinematic structures in the Galactic disc |
| 2020-11-12 (POSTPONED TO SPRING) | Richard Monier Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris |
POSTPONED TO SPRING |
| 2020-11-19(POSTPONED TO SPRING) | Nadine Neumayer MPIA |
POSTPONED TO SPRING The formation of supermassive black holes - clues from
nuclear star clusters |
| 2020-12-03 13:30 |
Master thesis
presentation by John Wimarsson |
Stars Eating Planets Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-12-0413:00 | Giorgi Kokaia Lund |
PhD defence |
| 2020-12-10(POSTPONED TO SPRING) | Joe Liske Hamburg |
POSTPONED TO SPRING |
Spring 2020 | ||
| 2020-01-16 |
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| 2020-01-23 | Gabriele Pichierri MPIA |
The onset of instability in resonant chains |
| 2020-01-30 | Romain Teyssier Zurich |
Simulating galaxy formation and cosmic magnetism |
| 2020-02-3/4/5 |
PhD seminars | |
| 2020-02-06 | Adrian Barker Leeds |
Tidal dissipation in convective stars |
| 2020-02-10/11 |
Compact Objects for All | |
| 2020-02-20 | Simona Pirani Lund |
PhD defence |
| 2020-02-27 | Martin Rey Lund |
How diverse are dwarf galaxies? |
| 2020-03-05 | Justin Read Surrey |
Precision cosmology with dwarf galaxies |
| 2020-03-06 |
COMPUTE Winter meeting | |
| 2020-03-11 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Matthäus Schulik Lund |
Simulations of giant-planet formation |
| 2020-03-12 & 13 |
Postponed to autumn (1-2 October)Svenska Rymdforskares Samarbetsgrupp 2020(registration required) | |
| 2020-03-19 | Andrew Levan Radboud University |
Made of stars: The origin of heavy elements from neutron
star mergers or massive stars Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-03-26 | Janez Kos University of Ljubljana |
Precise spectroscopy of open clusters Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-04-01 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 | Chris Reynolds Cambridge |
Particle physics beyond the Standard Model with clusters of
galaxies Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-04-09 | No seminar (Good Friday on 04-10) |
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| 2020-04-16 | |
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| 2020-04-21 COMPUTE seminar (Tuesday, 14.15-15.00) |
Jens Saak Max-Planck |
Sustainable development of research software Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-04-23 |
Anne Klitsch Copenhagen |
A molecular view of the cosmic baryon cycle Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-04-29 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Jens Hoeijmakers Lund |
Heavy metals in the atmospheres of ultra-hot
exoplanets Talk delivered on Zoom (details sent over email) |
| 2020-05-04 Compute event (fika to fika) |
(POSTPONED!) Machine learning in Radio & Radar |
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| 2020-05-06 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Brian Thorsbro Lund |
Clues to galaxy evolution from chemical abundances of stars in the Galactic centre |
| 2020-05-07 | |
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| 2020-05-15 (Friday) | Matthäus Schulik Lund |
PhD defence |
| 2020-05-18 to 20 |
Master thesis presentations
May 18
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| 2020-05-27 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Astrid Ordell |
Phenomenological constraints in multi-scalar extensions |
| 2020-05-28 | No regular astronomy seminar | Honorary doctorate lecture by Mary Higby Schweitzer and Thomas Henning 10.00–12.00, Lundmarksalen For more information, click here |
| 2020-06-03 ATP talk Wednesday 15:15 |
Iryna Kushniruk |
The nature of kinematic structures in the Galactic disk |
| 2020-06-04 | Bianca Poggianti Padova |
Cosmic Jelly Fish |