AstroSem - The Astro-Seminar

Information for the WS2024

Welcome to the four-credit-point Seminar on Astronomy and Astrophysics (astro830) in the Master of Astrophysics program at the Argelander-Institute for Astronomy.

In this course, students will present a talk based on a recently published research paper selected by professors and research staff at the AIfA.  Students must discuss the research topic, the paper content, and their presentation with their respective supervisors before their presentation.

Time: Mondays, 14.00-15:15 when two talks or 13:45-15:30 when three talks,
Place: Lecture Hall 0.012, AIfA.

The AstroSem introductory session will be on Monday 14.10.24 at 14.00, where the papers will be briefly introduced (list below). Students shall have a close look at them in the following days and express their interest in two papers via email to the respective supervisors by Friday, October 18th. The papers will assigned after that date.

The talks will be scheduled for a date after the registration deadline of 31.10.2024. The first presentations will take place on November 11th.
The latest date available for scheduling a talk this semester is 27.01.2025. 

Students (and advisors) are strongly recommended to read the guidelines.  Do also read the guides to good seminar talks linked below!

Please register on basis for this seminar course: the registration and de-registration deadlines October 31st and November 7th. Late registrations will not be possible!