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PREVIOUS SEMINARS DURING THE 2000's


Astronomiska Seminariet i Lund

Seminars at Lund Observatory


HT 2009



10-Sep-2009
Johan SANDELL, Lund Observatory
An Abundance Study of the Transition between the Galactic Thick and Thin Disc

24/26-Sep 2009
Astronomdagarna i Stockholm

1-Oct-2009
Dominic FORD, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, U.K.
A Semi-Empirical Model of Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies

9-Oct-2009
Anita ENMARK, Lund Observatory.
Adaptive Optics in Integrated Modeling of Telescopes (PhD thesis defence with George Angeli, TMT, as the faculty opponent)

12-Oct-2009
Anne L'HUILLIER, Atomic Physics, Lund
The Physics Nobel Prize 2009
(Joint physics and astronomy seminar)

21-Oct-2009
Barak A. TAFRESHI, Lennart Nilsson scientific photography award winner 2009, The World at Night, Iran
Reclaiming the Night Sky

22-Oct-2009
Swetlana HUBRIG, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
Abundance Characteristics and Mechanisms Potentially Responsible for Exotic Chemical Peculiarities in Upper Main-Sequence Peculiar Stars

29-Oct-2009
Josefin LARSSON, Dept. of astronomy, Stockholm
X-ray Emission from the Inner Accretion Flow of Active Galactic Nuclei 

5-Nov-2009
Anna ÁRNADÓTTIR, Lund Observatory
A Closer Look at the Galactic Thin and Thick Disks Using Strömgren Photometry

12-Nov-2009
Dainis DRAVINS, Lund Observatory.
Highest-Resolution Spectroscopy in Astrophysics

19-Nov-2009
David SODERBLOM, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 
The Stars as a Sun: Placing the Sun in a Galactic Context

23-Nov-2009
Anna ÁRNADÓTTIR, Lund Observatory
A Photometric Study of the Galactic Disks Based on Strömgren Photometry
(PhD thesis defence with Bengt Edvardsson, Uppsala, as the faculty opponent)

26-Nov-2009
Uffe Gråe JØRGENSEN, Niels Bohr Institutet, København
The Hunt for Earth-Like Exoplanets

3-Dec-2009
Peter LAURSEN,DARK Cosmology Centre, København
Lyman-alpha Radiative Transfer with Dust

10-Dec-2009
Henrik HARTMAN, Lund Observatory.
The Astrophysical Laboratory Eta Carinae
A Spectroscopist's View


VT 2009


 
22-Jan-2009
Justyn MAUND, DARK Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen
The Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
 
29-Jan-2009
Graham M. HARPER, CASA; Boulder, Colorado
New Clues to Mass Loss from M Supergiants Hiding the Hot Stuff in Betelgeuse
 
5-Feb-2009
Birger SCHMITZ, Dept. of Geology, Lund University
An Astronomical Perspective on the Evolution of Life during the Past 540 Million Years
 
9-10-Feb-2009
Extreme Astrophysics for All
Mini-workshop for a broad audience of astronomers
 
15-Aug-2009
Alexander HANSSON, Lund Observatory
Stellar Population Parameters of Galaxies
 
10-Feb-2009
Marjatta LYYRA, Temple University, Philadelphia & Lise Meitner visiting professor, LTH
Applications of Quantum Optics in Molecular Systems
(Joint Lund Laser Centre seminar)  
 
13-Feb-2009
Steven WEINBERG, University of Texas, Austin
Living with Infinities. The Contributions of Gunnar Källén, and Expectations for the Future
(Gunnar and Gunnel Källén memorial lecture)
 
19-Feb-2009
Mary WILLIAMS, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
A RAVE about Streams
 
26-Feb-2009
Mats LINDROOS, CERN
Next Generation Neutrino Beams and a Possible Connection to the European Spallation Source
(Joint physics and astronomy seminar)
 
12-Mar-2009
Wladimir LYRA, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
The Turbulent Birth of Planets
 
12-Mar-2009
Örjan SKEPPSTEDT, Siegbahn Laboratory, Stockholm University
The FAIR Project from a Swedish Horizon
(Joint physics and astronomy Seminar)
 
19-Mar-2009
Michael J. WAY, NASA Ames Research Center & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
A Brief History of the Prediction and Detection of the Expansion of the Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background
 
19-Mar-2009
Anton ZEILINGER, Quantum Optics, University of Vienna
From the Foundations of Quantum Optics to Quantum Information
(Joint physics and astronomy Seminar)
 
3-Apr-2009
Daniel ADÉN, Lund Observatory
A Study of the New Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in Hercules – Mass, Metallicity, and a Stellar Inventory
 
15-Apr-2009
Shahin JAFARZADEH, Lund Observatory
Detection of Faint Stars near GAIA Objects
 
16-Apr-2009
Zhiwen WU, Lund Observatory
Modeling Adaptive Optics for E-ELT
 
23-Apr-2009
Justin READ, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich
Astrophysical Probes of Dark Matter
 
29-Apr-2009
Dougal MACKEY, Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Unveiling Star Cluster Formation and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds
 
7-May-2009
Alexander STEFANESCU, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching bei München & Max-Planck-Institut Halbleiterlabor, München
Optical High-Time-Resolution Observations of High-Energy Transients
 
18-May-2009
SwAN, Swedish Astrobiology Meeting
 
28-May-2009
John BLACK, Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers
Molecules in Wonderland: Departures from equilibrium in molecular astrophysics
 
2-Jun-2009
Lennart LINDEGREN, Lund Observatory
Planet-hunting, Quantum Fluctuations in the Early Universe and Picoradial Astronomy: Exploring the Universe from Observatories in Space
(Joint Lund Laser Centre seminar)
 
3-Jun-2009
Thomas BENSBY, European Southern Observatory, Santiago de Chile
Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Bulge as Traced by Microlensed Dwarf and Subgiant Stars
 
9-Jun-2009
Arnold van ARDENNE, ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy & Onsala Space Observatory
Widefield Radio Imaging with the Square Kilometer Array
 

HT 2008


 
5-Aug-2008
Lina KOHLSTRÖM, Lund Observatory
A Differential Study of the Elemental Abundances of K-giants in Baade's Window
 
15-Aug-2008
Alexander HANSSON, Lund Observatory
Stellar Population Parameters of Galaxies in the Wide-Field Nearby Galaxy-Cluster Survey
 
28-Aug-2008
Eric JOSSELIN, Groupe de Recherche en Astronomie et Astrophysique du Languedoc (GRAAL),Université Montpellier II
Collisional Excitation of Warm Water
 
8-Sep-2008
Clifford WILL, Washington University, St.Louis, MO & Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris
The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment
 
10-Sep-2008
Michael MÜLLER, European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München
The European Extremely Large Telescope - Design and Analysis
 
18-Sep-2008
Dmitrijs DOCENKO, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching & Institute of Astronomy, University of Latvia, Riga
Optical, Infrared, and Radio Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnant Ejecta
 
25-Sep-2008
Richard BLACKWELL-WHITEHEAD, Lund Observatory
Laboratory Astrophysics: Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy for Astrophysics
 
2-Oct-2008
Eli YABLONOVITCH, Electric Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Nanophotonics, from Photonic Crystals to Plasmonics
 
9-Oct-2008
Margrethe WOLD, Institutt for teoretisk astrofysikk, Oslo
Dust-Obscured Quasars as Probes of Galaxy Evolution
 
10-Oct-2008
Christian VETTIER, ESS-Scandinavia
ESS-Scandinavia: Pushing neutron science forward
 
16-Oct-2008
Chunglee KIM, Lund Observatory
Pulsar Binaries as Gravitational-Wave Sources
 
23-Oct-2008
Ummi ABBAS, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino
The Clustering in Large Scale Galaxy Surveys: A phenomenological approach
 
30-Oct-2008
Olga BOTNER, Nuclear and particle physics, Uppsala
IceCube - Opening a window to the neutrino Universe
 
30-Oct-2008
Dimitri ARGYRIOU, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie
Neutrons and X-rays Together Reveal Unique States in Condensed Matter Like Never Before
 
6-Nov-2008
Paul VREESWIJK, DARK Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen
High-Resolution Spectroscopy of GRB Afterglows with VLT/UVES
 
13-Nov-2008
Douglas G. MacMYNOWSKI, Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Thirty Meter Telescope: Performance Modeling and Control
 
27-Nov-2008
Anne L'HUILLER, Atomic physics, Lund
Attosecond Physics and High-Order Harmonic Generation
 
4-Dec-2008
Heidi KORHONEN, European Southern Observatory, Garching
Stellar Magnetic Activity: Starspots and activity cycles 
 
9-Dec-2008
Magnus AXELSSON, Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University
Short-term X-ray Variability in Cygnus X-1
 

VT 2008


 
17-Jan-2008
Andreas KOCH, UCLA Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kinematic and Chemical Constraints on the Formation of M31's Halo
 
4-5 Feb-2008
Gaia for All, Mini-workshop for Swedish astronomers
 
13-Feb-2008
Johan WARELL, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Mercury: Old planet in new light
 
21-Feb-2008
Hampus NILSSON, Lund Observatory
Measurements of Atomic Parameters
 
28-Feb-2008
Hans KJELDSEN, Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Århus
Measurements of Stellar Structure through Asteroseismology
 
13-Mar-2008
Daniele MALESANI, Dark Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen
The Gamma Ray Burst - Core Collapse Supernova Connection
 
27-Mar-2008
Per KNUTSSON defends his PhD thesis
Faculty opponent: Roberto Ragazzoni, Padova
Experimental Adaptive Optics - A test facility for adaptive optics on a small telescope
 
3-Apr-2008
Giampaolo PIOTTO, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Padova
Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters
 
11-Apr-2008
Michel MAYOR, Observatoire de Genève
Exoplanets: The road to earth twins
 
17-Apr-2008
Ariel GOOBAR, Albanova University Center, Stockholm
Prospects and Challenges in Supernova Cosmology
 
21-Apr-2008
Rashid A. SUNYAEV, IKI, Space Research Institute, Moscow &
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Crafoord Prize Lecture on High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
 
8-May-2008
Sergei KLIONER, Lohrmann-Observatorium, Dresden
Experimental Foundations of Gravitational Physics
 
15-May-2008
Christian FENDT, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg
Astrophysical Jets - Formation and Propagation 
 
29-May-2008
Alfonso ARAGON-SALAMANCA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Nottingham
The Formation of Lenticular Galaxies 
 
5-Jun-2008
Bacham Eswar REDDY, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
RV Tau Stars and the Solar Connection 
 
18-Jun-2008
Donald M. WIBERG, University of California, Santa Cruz
Astronomy, Cosmology, and Control Systems: Instrumentation for understanding the Universe through adaptive optics
 

HT 2007


 
30-Aug-2007
Bo THIDÉ, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala & LOIS Space Centre, Växjö
Electromagnetic Angular Momentum in Radio-Based Space Physics and
Astrophysics - Concepts and Possibilities
 
4-Sep-2007
Sofia FELTZING, Lund Observatory
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
 
6-Sep-2007
George DAI, Advanced Medical Optics, Santa Clara, CA
Wavefront Optics: From Astronomy to Vision
 
13-Sep-2007
Jim DALE, Lund Observatory
Stellar Collisions in the Galactic Centre
 
5-Oct-2007
Frank WILCZEK, MIT Physics Department
Anticipating a New Golden Age
 
11-Oct-2007
Peter THEJLL, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen
The Terrestrial Albedo Monitor Project - From Telescopes to Climate Research
 
18-Oct-2007
Jennifer SIMMERER, Lund Observatory
Elemental Abundance Variation in Galactic Thin-Disk Stars
 
25-Oct-2007
Alexis BRANDEKER, Stockholm Observatory
Binarity in Star Formation
 
1-Nov-2007
Mark WILKINSON, University of Leicester
Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies and the Nature of Dark Matter
 
2-Nov-2007
Urban ERIKSSON, Lund Observatory & Kristianstad University
Stellar Surface Structures and the Astrometric Search for Exoplanets
 
8-Nov-2007
Robert CUMMING, Stockholm Observatory
Galaxy Formation Processes Close to Home: The strange
kinematics of luminous blue compact galaxies
 
20-Nov-2007
Åke KVICK, MAX-lab & ESRF
Synchrotron Radiation - A Versatile Tool for Materials Research
 
29/30-Nov-2007
ELTs: Which Wavelengths?
(A symposium honoring Arne Ardeberg)
 
6-Dec-2007
Per KNUTSSON, Lund Observatory
Experiences from the Adaptive-Optics Experiment at Lund Observatory
 
10-Dec-2007
Patrik JONSSON, Lick Observatory
Panchromatic Models of Simulated Galaxies
 
12-Dec-2007
Alessandro DE ANGELIS, MAGIC Physics Coordinator, University of Udine
Very-High Energy Photons from Distant Galaxies
 

VT 2007


 
25-Jan-2007
Claudio GERMANÀ, Lund Observatory & Padua
Temporal Variability in X-ray Binaries - Relativistic models and optical observability

01-Feb-2007
Craig SANSONETTI, NIST
Wavelength Standards for the Real World

08-Feb-2007
Ross CHURCH, Lund Observatory
Binary Evolution within Stellar Clusters

15-Feb-2007
Hans OLOFSSON, Stockholm/Onsala
Evolved Stars as Seen through the Eyes of APEX and ALMA

27-Feb-2007
Daniel ADÉN, Lund
Neutrino-antineutrino annihilation in supernovae

01-Mar-2007
Robert DUNN, Southampton
Radio sources in clusters of galaxies

15-Mar-2007
Mark PEARCE, KTH
PAMELA – a satellite experiment studying antiparticles in the cosmic radiation

22-Mar-2007
Peter WINTOFT, IRF/Space Physics, Lund
The unpredictability and limited use of sunspot numbers as a solar activity measure

29-Mar-2007
Gillian NAVE, NIST
Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy at NIST for the calibration and interpretation of astrophysical spectra

12-Apr-2007
Richard STANCLIFFE, Cambridge
Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

19-Apr-2007
Gottfried KANBACH, MPE, Garching
Practical High-Time-Resolution Astronomy: Concept and results from the OPTIMA project

03-May-2007
Nuno SANTOS, Lisbon
Statistical properties of exoplanets

10-May-2007
Tom MARSH, Warwick
Ultracam: studying astrophysics on the fastest timescales

24-May-2007
Michael ANDERSEN, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
PEPSI: a high-resolution spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope
 
30-May-2007
Cole MILLER, Maryland
Getting a kick out of black hole spin alignment

7-Jun-2007
Karl SVENSSON, Lund
Numerical simulations of galactic trajectories for high velocity stars

20-Jun-2007
Jonas JOHANSSON, Lund
Computation of star formation histories for resolved stellar populations
- with an application to the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy
 
21-Jun-2007
Gustav STRÖMBÄCK, Lund
The Elusive Stellar Halo - Groundbased photometry of resolved stellar populations towards the outer regions of NGC 3109
 

HT 2006


 
07-Sep-2006
Gunilla LJUNG, Lund Observatory
Measurements of oscillator strengths in Zr II and Cr II

14-Sep-2006
Jay GALLAGHER, University of Wisconsin
Dense and intense: Star formation in starburst galaxies

21-Sep-2006
Kasper ÖBERG, Lund Observatory
A new experimental method to determine transition probabilities

28-Sep-2006
Poul-Erik NISSEN, Aarhus
High precision spectroscopy with the ESO VLT/UVES spectrograph: Lithium and Sulphur abundances in the early universe

05-Oct-2006
Norbert CHRISTLIEB, Uppsala
Past, present, and future surveys for metal-poor stars

19-Oct-2006
Garrelt MELLEMA, Stockholm
The reionization of the universe

26-Oct-2006
Kambiz FATHI, Stockholm
Galaxy evolution: from large-scale dynamics down to the nucleus of spiral galaxies

02-Nov-2006
Steinn SIGURDSSON, Penn State University
Extreme mass ratio inspirals into supermassive black holes: LISA sources and rates

09-Nov-2006
Hans ZINNECKER, Astrophysics Institute, Potsdam
Planet searches around white dwarfs

15-Nov-2006
Karl-Heinz LANGANKE, GSI Darmstadt
Supernovae and nuclear structure

23-Nov-2006
Maria ALDENIUS, Lund Observatory
Improving the precision of atomic data of astrophysical interest
 

VT 2006


 
19-Jan-2006
Mattias ERIKSSON, Lund Observatory
Fluorescence lines as a diagnostic tool

26-Jan-2006
Ulrike HEITER, Uppsala
Stellar model atmospheres on the test bench

02-Feb-2006
Mats LARSSON, Stockholm University
H3+ and the cosmic ionization rate

09-Feb-2006
Ilya USOSKIN, University of Oulu
Modern high solar activity: How unusual is it?

16-Feb-2006
Jacques BECKERS, University of Washington
The Effects of Large Scale Stellar Surface Flows on Exo-Solar Planet Detection

17-Feb-2006
Hans Martin SCHMID, ETH, Zurich
Polarimetry of extra-solar planets

23-Feb-2006
Johann DISCHLER, Lund Observatory
Radial infall of stellar clusters towards the black hole at the Galactic centre

02-Mar-2006
Alessandro ROMEO, Onsala/Chalmers
N-Body Simulations with Two-Orders-of-Magnitude Higher Performance Using Wavelets

07-Mar-2006
Malcolm FRIDLUND, Astrophysics Division, ESTEC/ESA
Comparative Planetology

09-Mar-2006
Oleg KOCHUKHOV, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Asteroseismology of magnetic pulsators: Toward 3-D maps of stellar atmospheres

30-Mar-2006
Dougal MACKEY, Cambridge, U.K.
Structural evolution of globular cluster cores

04-April-2006
Willy BENZ, UBern
Giant planet formation: Confronting theory with observations

20-April-2006
Martin LUNDQVIST, Lund Observatory
Determining r versus s process content of metal poor stars using abundance trends and isotope shifts

21-April-2006
Elizabeth GRIFFIN, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada
The Earth's Ozone: New roles for old astronomical data

27-April-2006
Günter WIEDEMANN, Hamburg Observatory
Advanced methods for high-resolution spectroscopy at large telescopes

11-May-2006
Claes FRANSSON, Stockholm
Interaction of supernovae with their circumstellar media

16-May-2006
Ian BONNELL, University of St Andrews
Star formation in spiral galaxies

23-May-2006
Erik ZACKRISSON, Tuorla Observatory
The red halos of galaxies

30-May-2006
Daniel FARIA, Lund Observatory
Galaxy formation and evolution

20-June-2006
Hans-Günter LUDWIG, Paris Observatory, Meudon
CIFIST: Searching for, observing, and modelling extremely metal-poor stars
 

HT 2005


 
05-Sep-2005
Frederick M. WALTER, Stony Brook University
The Extended Atmosphere of V471 Tau: Clues to the magnetic morphology of T Tauri stars and the young Sun?

08-Sep-2005
Peter WHEATLEY, Warwick
Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP)

15-Sep-2005
Eva GREBEL, Basle
The Violent Local Group - A History of Accretion and Survival

29-Sep-2005
Marc FREITAG, Northwestern Univ./Univ. of Cambridge
Ten million stars and a supermassive black hole

13-Oct-2005
Torgny KARLSSON, Copenhagen
Traces of the First Stars - Chemical Evolution in the Early Milky Way

14-Oct-2005
Magnus FOHLMAN, Lund Observatory
Co and Mn abundance trends for 73 F and G dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood

31-Oct-2005
Sepehr ARBABI-BIDGOLI, Tehran
Constraining the variability of dark energy with structure formation

04-Nov-2005
Bernard SCHUTZ, Albert Einstein Institute
LISA: Gravitational Wave Detection in Space

10-Nov-2005
Nial TANVIR, University of Hertfordshire
Short duration gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies

24-Nov-2005
John CONWAY, Chalmers/Onsala
Radio observations of circumnuclear and circumstellar disks

08-Dec-2005
Francesca DE ANGELI, Cambridge, U.K.
Understanding the Properties of Blue Stragglers in Different Environments

12-Dec-2005
Giampaolo PIOTTO, Padua
Observations of stellar clusters

14-Dec-2005
Douglas HEGGGIE, Edinburgh
The Dynamical Evolution of Stellar Clusters
 

VT 2005


 
03-Feb-2005
Andrew KING, Leicester, UK.
Accretion, Outflows, and the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes
 
10-Feb-2005
Göran ÖSTLIN, Stockholm Observatory
Lyman Alpha Emission from Starburst Galaxies
 
17-Feb-2005
Steve SHORE, Pisa
The Classical Nova Explosion: "Everything you could want in an astrophysical object and more ..."

03-Mar-2005
Sabine MOEHLER, Kiel
Hot Stars in Old Stellar Populations

08-Mar-2005
Ricky NILSSON, Lund Observatory
High-speed Astrophysics: Chasing Neutron-Star Oscillations
 
10-Mar-2005
Hans LUDWIG, Lund Observatory
Hydrodynamical simulations of convection-related stellar micro-variability
 
17-Mar-2005
Suzanne AALTO, Onsala/Chalmers
Probing Starburst Evolution with APEX and ALMA
 
07-Apr-2005
Helena UTHAS, Lund Observatory
High-Speed Astrophysics: Rapid Events near Compact Objects

11-Apr-2005
Friedel THIELEMANN, Basle
The Origin of the Elements

14-Apr-2005
Roy BOOTH, Onsala/Chalmers
The Square Kilometer Array

28-Apr-2005
Nils RYDE, Uppsala
A few examples of Mid-Infrared Stellar Spectroscopy at High Resolution
 
12-May-2005
Zoran POPOVIC & Jorgen THAUNG, Gothenburg
Adaptive Optics in Vision Science

19-May-2005
Josefin LARSSON, Lund Observatory
High-velocity massive stars
 
09-Jun-2005
Cesare BARBIERI, Padua
Towards a Virtual Observatory: Digitizing the Astronomical Photographic Archives of the Italian and Vatican Observatories
 
21-Jun-2005
Jonas GURELL, Lund Observatory
Hyperfine Structure in Ho II
 
22-Jun-2005
Johannes LINDEN, Lund Observatory
Time-resolved Spectroscopy in Low Pressure Plasmas

28-Jun-2005
Anna FREBEL, Australian National University
Extremely metal-poor stars
 

HT 2004


 
09-Sep-2004
Christopher TOUT, University of Cambridge
Thermally Pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
 
16-Sep-2004
Ted GULL, NASA Goddard
Eta Carinae: What We Have Learned with STIS from the 2003.5 Minimum

23-Sep-2004
Jürgen SCHMITT, Hamburg Observatory
X-rays from Stars: Insights and Problems
 
30-Sep-2004
Willem WAMSTEKER, ESA, Madrid-Villafranca
The Motivation and the Astrophysical Problems for the UV World Space Observatory
 
07-Oct-2004
Jacques BECKERS, University of Chicago
Sunspots, Gravitational Redshift and Exosolar Planet Searches
 
12-Oct-2004
Jeff LINSKY, University of Colorado, Boulder
What is the Total Deuterium Abundance in the Local Galactic Disk?

21-Oct-2004
Andrew LEVAN, Leicester
Gamma-Ray Bursts, Supernovae and Star Formation
 
28-Oct-2004
Mette OWNER-PETERSEN, Lund Observatory
Adaptive optics: goals, prospects and limitations
 
04-Nov-2004
Fred BRUHWEILER, Catholic University, USA.
Two-Dimensional Spectral Imagery of Massive OB Associations in the Local Group
 
11-Nov-2004
Bjarne JØRGENSEN, Lund Observatory
Determining the Ages of Stars and Star Formation Histories
 
18-Nov-2004
Felix RYDE, Stockholm  Observatory
Emission Components in Gamma-Ray Bursts
 
24-Nov-2004
Sean CARROLL, University of Chicago
Dark Energy and the Preposterous Universe

25-Nov-2004
Cathy HORELLOU, Onsala/Chalmers
Cosmology using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
 
09-Dec-2004
Bengt GUSTAFSSON, Uppsala
The First Stars and the Enigmatic Galactic Halo - do we really understand anything of that?
 
16-Dec-2004
Ekaterina VERNER, NASA/GSFC & Catholic University
Fe II Diagnostic Tools for Quasars
 

VT 2004



11-Mar-2004
Danielle ALLOIN, European Southern Observatory, Chile
ESO Research Facilities in Santiago
 
01-Apr-2004
Michael MURPHY, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
A varying fine-structure constant? Evidence for and against
 
15-Apr-2004
John HEARNSHAW, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Photographic photometry 1850-1950, including an account of astronomy's most grandiose international project and its most ignominious failure
 
22-Apr-2004
John HEARNSHAW, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Measuring precise radial velocities with the Hercules spectrograph at Mt.John
 
27-Apr-2004
Johan FYNBO, University of Aarhus
Lyman-alpha selected startbursts at redshifts around 3

29-Apr-2004
Jesper SOLLERMAN, Stockholm Observatory
The supernova - Gamma ray burst - connection
 
06-May-2004
Tomas HODE, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
The search for biosignatures on Mars

13-May-2004
Daniel FARIA, Lund Observatory & ESO Santiago
The nature of the G1 clump in the halo of M31
 
25-May-2004
Andreas KORN, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Evidence for Gravitational Settling: Found or Unfounded?

26-May-2004
Jacques BECKERS, University of Chicago
Interferometric imaging in astronomy: A personal retrospective

03-Jun-2004
Paul BARKLEM, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Accurate and not-so-accurate metal-poor star abundances
 
10-Jun-2004
Karen G. SCHMIDT, Center for Planetary Science, Copenhagen
Ice and water on Mars
 
11-Jun-2004
Kim NILSSON, Lund Observatory
Multi-wavelength analysis of 15 Lyman-alpha emitting high-redshift galaxies

14-Jun-2004
Alarik HAGLUND, Lund Observatory
Eccentricity variations and stability in real and hypothetical extrasolar planetary systems

21-Jun-2004
Fredrik SVENSSON, Lund Observatory
Hydrodynamical simulations of convection-related stellar micro-variability
 

HT 2003



04-Sep-2003
Samuel REGANDELL, Lund Observatory
Orbit, absolute dimensions and chemical analysis of the double-lined eclipsing binary QR Hya (HD 94853)
 
11-Sep-2003
Pawel ARTYMOWICZ, Stockholm Observatory
Extrasolar planets and theories of their formation
 
09-Oct-2003
Peter WOITKE, Berlin
Dusty Brown Dwarfs - a New Challenge in Stellar Atmosphere Models
 
16-Oct-2003
Eva MEZEY, Lund Observatory
Observations of atmospheric scintillation

06-Nov-2003
Åke NORDLUND, Copenhagen
Modeling solar faculae and sunspots

27-Nov-2003
Henrik OLOFSSON, Onsala/Chalmers
Mm/submm molecular cloud spectroscopy with the Odin space telescope.

04-Dec-2003
Peter HAUSCHILDT, Hamburg Observatory
Model Atmospheres of M, L and T dwarfs
 
11-Dec-2003
Dag GULLBERG, Lund Observatory
On the determination of accurate stellar radial velocity measures
 

VT 2003


 
23-Jan-2003
Hans-Günter LUDWIG, Lund Observatory
Radiation-hydrodynamics of Stellar Atmospheres: Why, How, & What
 
30-Jan-2003
Wolfgang DOBLER, Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics, Freiburg
Modelling convection and magnetic field generation in fully convective stars
 
20-Feb-2003
Glenn WAHLGREN, Lund Observatory
The RV Tauri Stars: Past Problems and Future Hopes
 
27-Feb-2003
Nils RYDE, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Steaming Stars: Water in Arcturus
 
06-Mar-2003
France ALLARD, Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon
Models of Brown Dwarfs
 
13-Mar-2003
Thomas BENSBY, Lund Observatory
Chemical trends in the thin and thick Galactic disks

20-Mar-2003
Axel BRANDENBURG, NORDITA, Copenhagen
Dust accumulation by vortices and planetesimal formation
 
10-Apr-2003
Stefan GESSE, Lund Observatory
Anrikning av s- och r-processelement i Vintergatans tunna och tjocka skiva
 
24-Apr-2003
Ansgar REINERS, Hamburg Observatory
Differential rotation in line profiles of solar-like stars

15-May-2003
Bo THIDÉ, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala
Probing space at the low radio frequency limit with LOFAR and its proposed Scandinavian outrigger LOIS
 
05-Jun-2003
Dainis DRAVINS, Lund Observatory
Absolute Wavelength Shifts: New Diagnostics for Stars and Stellar Atmospheres
 
12-Jun-2003
Hartmut HOLWEGER, Kiel
Exploring the Onset of Convection among Main-Sequence A Stars
 

HT 2002


 
05-Sep-2002
Liz HUMPHREYS, Onsala/Chalmers
Stellar Maser Simulations: Getting the Big Picture

20-Sep-2002
Marten VAN KERKWIJK, Astronomical Institute, Utrecht
Properties of neutron stars

30-Sep-2002
Charles COWLEY, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Implementation and Early Application of TopBase in Stellar Atmosphere Codes
 
10-Oct-2002
Lionel BIGOT, Astronomical Observatory, Copenhagen
Asteroseismology of the magnetic Ap stars
 
17-Oct-2002
Fredrik BOBERG, Lund Observatory
Solar Physics - The Lund and Stanford experiences

24-Oct-2002
Rachid OUYED, NORDITA, Copenhagen
Astrophysical Jets: Observations, Theory and Simulations
 
07-Nov-2002
Richard DE GRIJS, Cambridge, UK
Star Cluster Formation in Interacting and Starburst Galaxies

14-Nov-2002
Ralf FLICKER & Alexander GONTCHAROV, Lund Observatory
Optics in Astrophysics: a glimpse of the future

21-Nov-2002
Bernd FREYTAG, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Betelgeuse - Improved Numerical Simulations of an Entire Supergiant

05-Dec-2002
Jesper SOLLERMAN, Stockholm Observatory
Cosmology with Supernovae
 
13-Dec-2002
Floor VAN LEEUWEN, Cambridge, UK
Omega Centauri, a Globular Cluster Full of Contradictions
 

VT 2002


 
17-Jan-2002
Sofia FELTZING, Lund Observatory
Röntgenkällor i Vintergatan
 
24-Jan-2002
Laura PORTINARI, Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Copenhagen
The mass-to-light ratio and the Initial Mass Function in galactic discs

31-Jan-2002
Vladilen LETOKHOV, Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Science, Troitsk, & Sveneric JOHANSSON, Atomic Astrophysics, Lund Observatory
Atom spectroscopy with Hubble Space Telescope: Laser action and nonlinear optical effects in space

08-Feb-2002
Susanne HÖFNER, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Dynamics in AGB Stars: The Pulsation-Atmosphere-Wind Connection
 
14-Feb-2002
Kristian PEDERSEN, Astronomical Observatory, Copenhagen
X-rays - new light on cosmology
 
21-Feb-2002
Svante BJÖRCK, Palaeoecological Laboratory, Lund
Can a flickering sun switch climate? - Detailed studies of a climate event 10,000 years ago
 
01-Mar-2002
Hans RICKMAN, Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Masses and Densities of Cometary Nuclei
 
07-Mar-2002
Vladimir P. LUKIN, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk
Atmospheric Turbulence Parameter Measurements
 
14-Mar-2002
Lisbeth Fogh OLSEN, Astronomical Observatory, Copenhagen
The EIS Clusters of Galaxies - an Ongoing Project
 
21-Mar-2002
Mette OWNER-PETERSEN, Lund Observatory
Multiconjugate adaptive optics on ELTs
 
04-Apr-2002
Hans KJELDSEN, Århus
Asteroseismology from Ground and Space
 
18-Apr-2002
Rubina KOTAK, Lund Observatory
Pulsating white dwarfs: new techniques and insights
 
25-Apr-2002
Lennart LINDEGREN, Lund Observatory
The revised Gaia mission: How to do the same thing with less money
 
02-May-2002
Mattias ERICSSON, Lund Observatory
Measurements of energy levels and hyperfine structure of Ta II with application to Chi Lupi

16-May-2002
Annette FERGUSON, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
The Fossil Record in M31: Clues to Galaxy Formation & Evolution
 
23-May-2002
Christian THEIS, Kiel
Modelling interacting galaxies: a search for a needle in the haystack
 
30-May-2002
Theodore GULL, Goddard Space Flight Center
Eta Carinae & the Homunculus - a Physics Laboratory
 
25-Jun-2002
Nigel WEISS, Cambridge, UK
Mesogranules, small-scale dynamos and flux emergence on the Sun
 

HT 2001


 
06-Sep-2001
Johan HOLMBERG, Lund Observatory
Formation and evolution of the galactic disk
 
20-Sep-2001
Mark WILKINSON, Cambridge, UK
The dark matter haloes of Local Group galaxies
 
27-Sep-2001
Anja ANDERSEN, Astronomical Observatory, Copenhagen
The influence of dust properties on the mass loss in pulsating AGB stars
 
04-Oct-2001
Francesca PRIMAS, European Southern Observatory, Garching
Beryllium Observations as a Tracer of Cosmic-Rays and Supernovae in the Galaxy
 
11-Oct-2001
Vanessa HILL, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon
UVES observation of "First stars" and clues to early Galactic chemical evolution

18-Oct-2001
Sofia FELTZING, Lund Observatory
Metal-rich globular clusters in the Milky Way
 
01-Nov-2001
Melvyn DAVIES, University of Leicester, UK
Merging Neutron Stars

08-Nov-2001
Ralph SNEL, Lund Observatory
Trace gas measurements of the Earth atmosphere

22-Nov-2001
Sean RYAN, The Open University, UK
Supernova nucleosynthesis in the first stars: the iron-peak elements
 
29-Nov-2001
Nikolai PISKUNOV, Uppsala
Magnetic Doppler Imaging of CP stars

13-Dec-2001
Bengt EDVARDSSON, Uppsala
Evolved stars for galactic and stellar evolution
 


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