Seminar der Astrophysik / The Astrophysics Seminar
(http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pavel/AstroSem/seminar.html)
Course #6961 (SS08)
Elective Seminar in Experimental Physics (Advanced
Studies), 4 credit points
Wahlpflichtseminar in Experimentalphysik (Hauptstudium)
Mondays, 14 st (14:00) o'clock, HS Astronomy, Auf dem Hügel 71.
(Presentation of topics with all participants begins Monday, 7th April 2008 (at 14:15) in HS of Astronomy.)
Supervised by all astronomy lecturers.
Organizaton: Pavel Kroupa (Tel.
73-6140, pavel@astro.uni-bonn.de).
Preparation of Talks:
Material for the
seminar is provided by the supervisors (copies of papers,
pens, transparencies,
slides, overhead, beamer). If you wish to use a beamer, contact your
supervisor in time!
Quality of Talks:
This
will be the first time that you encounter up-to-date scientific
literature in the form of research papers. Research papers
are not easy to read, and this is one of the hurdles you will need
to pass on your way to giving the talk.
A research paper typically contains references to
other papers. Which of these
you should follow-up will be clarified by talking to your supervisor.
Following-up some of the cited literature will teach you how to
navigate the
manifold of professional literature.
The
talks ought to be prepared for the benefit of
your fellow students. Therefore this is an excellent chance to
practice your didactic skills. The aim is to communicate science.
Note:
Avoid black
or blue backgrounds as these
put the audience to sleep.
Avoid green lines or writing
as such lines cannot be seen well through an overhead projector.
Best is to use a simple white background with black or blue
letters for the writing.
While the talks may be held in German,
the supervisors strongly encourage
you to talk in
English, as this benefits your training.
A variety of topics are offered:
Date
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Subject
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Speaker
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Supervisor
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07.04.08
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Presentation of topics |
P.Kroupa et
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14.04.08
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21.04.
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28.04.
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05.05.
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12.05.
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Pfingstmontag --
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19.05.
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26.05.
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8) "Flare Observations"
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Lisa Zimmermann
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Maria Massi
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02.06
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09.06.
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10)
"Titan's rotation reveals an
internal ocean and changing zonal winds"
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Oskar Fetsch
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Mike Bird
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16.06.
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23.06.
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30.06.
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07.07
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14.07.
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1) "Breaking
up the Magellanic Group into the Milky Way Halo: Understanding the
Local Dwarf Galaxy Properties"
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Christine Schulz |
Pavel Kroupa |
14.07.
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2) "A Close
Look at Star Formation around Active Galactic Nuclei"
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Fabian Lueghausen |
Thomas Beckert |
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Subjects will be presented by the supervisors (please contact them)
on the first (organizational) meeting (April 7th),
but can be offered
already during the
vacation period. If you chose a subject during the vacation period, you
should volunteer
to give your seminar at an early date of the semester.
Please contact
the
supervisors.
Currently proposed topics: (a
"t" in front of the number means the
topis has been taken already):
t1) "Breaking
up the Magellanic Group into the Milky Way Halo: Understanding the
Local Dwarf Galaxy Properties"
Elena D'Onghia, ApJ Letters, 2008 (astro-ph/0802.0302)
Supervisor:
Pavel Kroupa
(not available from 9.06. until
23.06.08)
t2) "A Close
Look at Star Formation around Active Galactic Nuclei"
R. I. Davies et al. 2007, ApJ 671, 1388
Supervisor: Thomas Beckert
3) "Water vapour and hydrogen in the
terrestrial-planet-forming region of a
protoplanetary disk resolved with infrared interferometry"
Eisner, 2007, Nature 447, 562
Supervisor:
Stefan Kraus
4) "Constraining the matter power spectrum with
Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations"
Dawson et al.,2006,ApJ,647,13
Supervisor:
Ruediger Kneissl
5) "The standard model of
cosmology: latest WMAP results"
e.g. Gold, et.al., arXiv:0803.0715
Supervisor:
Ruediger Kneissl
6) "Correlation of ultra high energy cosmic rays with nearby
extragalactic objects"
The
Auger collaboration, Science 2007, November 9.
Supervisor:
Peter Biermann
7) "The formation of ultra-compact
dwarf galaxies and nucleated dwarf galaxies"
Goerdt
et al. (2008), MNRAS in press, arXiv:0711.1162
Supervisor: Holger
Baumgardt
t8) "Flare Observations"
A. Benz. 2008,Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 5, 1
Supervisor:
Maria Massi
9) "The New Horizons Radio Science
Experiment (REX)"
Tyler et al., Space Sci. Rev., in press, 2008.
Supervisor: Michael
Bird
t10) "Titan's rotation reveals an
internal ocean and changing zonal winds"
Lorenz et al., Science 319, 164, 2008.
Supervisor: Michael
Bird
11) "Gravitational Lensing
Characteristics of the Transparent Sun"
Patla & Nemiroff 2007, ApJ submitted, arXiv:0711.4811
Supervisor: Olaf
Wucknitz
12) "Tight Constraints of Variations
of Fundamental Constants from Radio- and (Sub)millimeter Astronomy"
Supervisor: Karl Menten
13) "Do ultraluminous X-ray sources
exist in dwarf galaxies?"
astro-ph/0803.1984 (http://de.arxiv.org/abs/0803.1984)
Supervisor:
Juergen Kerp
Tutors:
Supervisor: Holger
Baumgardt
Supervisor: Thomas Beckert
Supervisor:
Frank
Bertoldi
Supervisor: Michael
Bird
Supervisor:
Klaas de
Boer
Supervisor: Robin
Dutta-Roy
Supervisor: Hans Fahr
Supervisor:
Juergen Kerp
Supervisor: Ulrich Klein
Supervisor:
Ruediger Kneissl
Supervisor:
Stefan Kraus
Supervisor:
Pavel Kroupa
(unavailable on the following Mondays:
09.06.2008, 16.06.2008)
Supervisor:
Maria Massi
Supervisor: Karl Menten
Supervisor:
Thomas Reiprich
Supervisor:
Peter
Schneider
Supervisor: Olaf
Wucknitz
Pavel
Kroupa
E-mail: Pavel
K.