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FALL 2010
August 18th, 2010
Benjamin Knispel, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, IMPRS, Germany The Einstein@Home Search for Arecibo's Tightest Binary Radio Pulsar
August 26th, 2010
Jie Chen, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Lund, Sweden
Solar coronal loops
September 2nd, 2010
Jennifer Johnson, Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, USA
Nucleosynthesis in the First Generations of AGB stars
September 7th, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Birger Schmitz, Department of Geology, University of Lund, Sweden
Astrobiology - what physicists and astronomers should know about dinosaurs and how (almost) everything is connected
September 9th, 2010
Ross Church, Lund Observatory, University of Lund, Sweden
Short gamma-ray bursts -- evidence for an origin in globular clusters?
September 16th, 2010
Mir Abbas Jalali, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Finite Element Modelling of Stellar Systems
September 23th, 2010
Magister thesis final presentation
Johan Ingjald, Lund Observatory & Örebro University, Sweden
Photon Counting in Astronomy: Evaluation of avalanche photodiode detectors
September 30th, 2010
Richard Parker, Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Star and Planet Formation: Constraints from Cluster Evolution
October 7th, 2010
Robert Izzard, Argelander-Institut f�ronomie, University of Bonn, Germany
Fluid transfer between binary stars
October 21st, 2010
Martin Pessah, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
An Introduction to the Importance of Magnetic Fields on Turbulent Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks
October 28th, 2010
Helena Uthas, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK
Observational Studies of Cataclysmic Variables Evolution
November 2nd, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Steven Balbus, Laboratoire de Radioastronomie, �ole Normale Sup�eure, Paris, France
Alpha Disks, the Magnetorotational Instability, and Beyond
November 4th, 2010
Steven Balbus, Laboratoire de Radioastronomie, �ole Normale Sup�eure, Paris, France
Probing the flywheels of Helios: what makes the Sun go round
November 11th, 2010
Alice Quillen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, USA
Dissecting the Milky Way disk and halo: Clumps in tidal streams and in the disc velocity distribution.
November 18th, 2010
Thijs Kouwenhoven, Kavli Inst. for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Peking University, China
The dynamical evolution of binary systems and planetary systems in young star clusters
December 6th, 2010
Theodore Gull, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, USA
Eta Carinae: A Box of Puzzles ... Some Solved by 3D Modeling, Others Await
December 9th, 2010
Marianne Vestergaard, DARK, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Accreting Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic History
December 13th, 2010 (Nobel Laureate Lecture)
Konstantin Novoselov, The School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, Uk
GRAPHENE: Carbon's New Phase
December 16th, 2010
Jan Conrad, Fysikum, Stockholm University, Sweden
Indirect Detection of Dark Matter - Status and Perspectives
SPRING 2010
January 11th, 2010
Bengt Gustafsson, Instit. f�ysik, astronomi och rymdfysik, Uppsala University, Sweden
Is the Sun an oddball -- and is that related to our existence?
January 21st, 2010
Vivienne Wild, Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, France
Timing the starburst AGN-connection
February 4th, 2010
Karin Lind, ESO, Garching bei M�, Germany
Observational signatures of lithium depletion in halo stars - the key to solving the cosmological lithium problem?
February 11th, 2010
Sung Soo Kim, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Star Formation in the Central Molecular Zone
February 18th, 2010
Daniel Malmberg, Lund Observatory, Sweden
The effect of encounters on planetary systems in young stellar clusters
February 23rd, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Antje Jackel� Bishop of Lund, Sweden
What Theology Can Do for Science
February 25th, 2010
Sung-Chul Yoon, Argelander-Institut f�ronomie der Universit�Bonn, Germany
Evolution of merging white dwarfs
February 26th, 2010
Hans Rickman, Instit. f�ysik, astronomi och rymdfysik, Uppsala University, Sweden
Delivery of water to the early Earth
March 4th, 2010
Mathias Schultheis, Observatoire de Besancon, France
Stellar populations in the Galactic bulge
March 18th, 2010
Susanne H�r, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden
Starlight and sandstorms: cool giants in high resolution
March 25th, 2010
Pat Scott, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden
The search for particle dark matter
April 15th, 2010 (ATP seminar)
John Z. Larese, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Neutrons, Nano-materials and Molecular Adsorption
April 28th, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Justin Read, University of Leicester, England
The N-body problem in astronomy
April 28th, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Sandipan Mohanty, J�Supercomputing Center, Forschungszentrum, J� Germany
The N-body problems in computational biology
May 4th, 2010 (ATP seminar)
Kajsa Uvdal, Institutionen f�ysik, kemi och biologi, Link�g University, Sweden
Nanoparticles for Biomedical Imaging
May 6th, 2010
Maura McLaughlin, West Virginia University, Department of Physics, USA
A Pulsar Timing Array for Gravitational Wave Detection
May 10th-11th, 2010, Mon. 1.30-4pm, Tue. 9.30-12am (Monday and Tuesday, in Physics Sal B)
Gunnar and Gunnel K��Memorial Symposium on "New Horizons in Physics"
May 10th, 2010
Ingolf Lindau, Stanford University, USA and Lund University, Sweden
The X-ray free electron laser: a new and emerging research tool. Including first results from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at Stanford
May 10th, 2010
G�rd Mourou, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, USA
New horizons with ultra-high intensity lasers
May 11th, 2010
Francis Halzen, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, USA
Particle astrophysics: closing in on the sources of cosmic rays
May 11th, 2010
Brenda Dingus, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
The Latest High Energy Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Results from the GLAST/FERMI space telescope
May 12th, 2010
Ph.D. Seminars in Astronomy, Lund Observatory, Sweden
Astronomy and Astrophysics students will present their ongoing thesis work
May 18th, 2010
Torgny Karlsson, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Australia
Uncovering the chemical signatures of the first star clusters in the universe.
May 27th, 2010
Faculty of Science, Lund University Honorary Doctors of Philosophy 2010
Prof. Michael Perryman, University of Heidelberg, and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany
The Making of History's Greatest Star Map
May 27th, 2010
Prof. Peter Varga, Surface Physics Group, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Is an image worth more than a 1000 words?
May 31st, 2010
(Master students final presentations)
Fredrik Windmark, Lund Observatory, Sweden
Astrophysical validation of Gaia parallaxes
May 31st, 2010
(Master students final presentations)
Carina Lagerholm, Lund Observatory, Sweden
The Disk - Halo Transition and the Search of Stellar Streams
June 1st, 2010
(Master students final presentations)
Nils H�nsson, Lund Observatory, Sweden
Horizontal Adaptive Optics in the Ground Layer Atmosphere
June 1st, 2010
Gerhard Gr�Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
Femtosecond magnetic X-ray scattering
June 1st, 2010
Eva Olsson , Chalmers teknisk h�ola, Department of Applied Physics, Sweden
Gripping the nanoworld - to see and manipulate on the nanoscale
June 4th, 2010
(Master students final presentations)
Hannes Jensen, Lund Observatory, Sweden
A Hundred Times Sharper Than Hubble: Stellar Imaging With Intensity Interferometry
June 14th, 2010
Fred Adams, University of Michigan, Department of Physics, USA
Dynamical Processes in Extrasolar Planetary Systems
June 15th, 2010 (Ph.D. Thesis defense in Lundmarksalen)
Daniel Malmberg, Lund Observatory, Sweden
The effect of encounters on planetary systems in stellar clusters
June 16th, 2010
Jack Lissauer, Space Science & Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Exoplanets & Planet Formation in the Kepler Era
June 17th, 2010
(Master students final presentations)
Tobias Albertsson, Lund Observatory, Sweden
Collisions between Jupiter-like planets
June 18th, 2010
Markus Janson, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
Imaging and spectroscopy of extrasolar planets
FALL 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 S. ARNADOTTIR, 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 Grå e 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
SPRING 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 Källen, and Expectations for the Future (Gunnar and Gunnel Källen 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 AD�N, 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 Munchen & Max-Planck-Institut Halbleiterlabor, Munchen 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
FALL 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),Universite Montpellier II
Collisional Excitation of Warm Water
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8-Sep-2008Clifford WILL, Washington University, St.Louis, MO & Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris
The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment 10-Sep-2008 Michael MÖLLER European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Munchen 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 fur 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
SPRING 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, Institud for Fysik og Astronomi, Arhus
Measurements of Stellar Structure throught Astroseismology 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 Geneve 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 fur 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
FALL 2007
30-Aug-2007
Bo THIDE, 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
SPRING 2007
25-Jan-2007 Claudio GERMANA, 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 ADEN, 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
FALL 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
SPRING 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