Seminar der Astrophysik / The Astrophysics Seminar
WS 2010-2011

(http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~reiprich/lectures/sem.html)

Course #6961   /  module astro894

Elective Seminar for the Master of Astrophysics, 4 credit points

Wahlpflichtseminar in Experimentalphysik (Hauptstudium)


Mondays, 14:00 - 15:30, HS Astronomy, room 0.03, AIfA, Auf dem Hügel 71.
Presentation of topics with all participants begins Monday, October 11, 2010 at 14:00.
Supervision: astronomy lecturers and group leaders.
Organizaton: Thomas Reiprich.

Topics:
Each student selects a topic which he/she will report on. For the list of available topics see below.

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 may 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.
 Afer your talk, your supervisor will provide feedback on the scientific content as well as on your presentation style.

While the talks may be held in German, the supervisors strongly encourage
you to talk in English, as this benefits your training.

Scheine / certificates:
This course is worth 4 credit points. The corresponding certificate ("Schein")  is awarded if the
student  (a) attends the seminars of the other students and (b) gives a successful presentation.
The certificate can be picked up in the office of Ms. Kristina Sörgel on the second floor (room 2.02) at the
end of the semester.

Schedule:
Date Topic Speaker Supervisor
11.10.2010 Presentation of topics T. Reiprich et al. -
18.10. ... ... ...
25.10. ... ... ...
01.11. ... ... ...
08.11. ... ... ...
15.11. ... ... ...
22.11. ... ... ...
29.11. ... ... ...
06.12. ... ... ...
13.12. First-year SLOAN Digital Sky Survey supernova results:
A) Hubble diagram, B) Cosmological Parameters		 A) Randolf Roeseler, B) Ruxandra Toma Peter Schneider
20.12. ... ... ...
10.01. Detection of C60 and C70 in a Young Planetary Nebula Nina Brinkmann Karl Menten
17.01. ... ... ...
24.01. ... ... ...
31.01. ... ... ...

Topics will be introduced by the supervisors (please contact them)
on the first (organizational) meeting (October 11), 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 (be sure to check in the table above that the topic has not yet been taken):

  1. Long-term monitoring of LS I +61 303 with INTEGRAL,
    Zhang, S.; Torres, D. F.; Li, J.; Chen, Y. P.; Rea, N.; Wang, J. M. 2010, MNRAS, 1144,
    paper,
    supervisor: Maria Massi

  2. Magnetar spin-down, hyperenergetic supernovae, and gamma-ray bursts,
    Todd A. Thompson, Philip Chang, and Eliot Quataert, The Astrophysical Journal, 611:380-393, 2004 August 10,
    paper,
    supervisor: Jonathan Braithwaite, unavailable in December

  3. Outflows and jets from collapsing magnetized cloud cores,
    Robi Banerjee and Ralph E. Pudritz, The Astrophysical Journal, 641:949-960, 2006 April 20,
    paper,
    supervisor: Jonathan Braithwaite, unavailable in December

  4. Detection of C60 and C70 in a Young Planetary Nebula,
    Cami et al., Science, Volume 329, p. 1180,
    paper,
    supervisor: Karl M. Menten

  5. GeV Gamma-ray Flux Upper Limits from Clusters of Galaxies,
    Ackermann et al., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 717, Issue 1, pp. L71-L78 (2010),
    paper,
    supervisor: Thomas Reiprich

  6. Spatially and spectrally resolved hydrogen gas within 0.1 AU of T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be stars,
    Eisner et al., The Astrophysical Journal 718, 774, 2010,
    paper,
    supervisors: J. Groh & Y. Wang

  7. Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals: Correlated Deviations from the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation,
    Stacy S. McGaugh, Joe Wolf, arXiv:1003.3448,
    paper,
    supervisor: Pavel Kroupa

  8. Comparison of Halpha and UV Star Formation Rates in the Local Volume: Systematic Discrepancies for Dwarf Galaxies,
    Lee, J. et al., 2009, ApJ, 706, 599,
    paper,
    supervisor: Jan Pflamm-Altenburg

  9. The dependence of Type Ia Supernovae luminosities on their host galaxies,
    Sullivan, M. et al., 2010, MNRAS, 406, 782,
    paper,
    supervisor: Jan Pflamm-Altenburg

  10. Abundance patterns of multiple populations in globular clusters: a chemical evolution model based on yields from AGB ejecta,
    D'Ercole, Annibale; D'Antona, Francesca; Ventura, Paolo; Vesperini, Enrico; McMillan, Stephen L. W., MNRAS, 407, 854 (2010),
    paper,
    supervisor: Robert Izzard, unavailable until 18th October, also on 29th October and maybe for a week in mid December

  11. The most massive objects in the Universe,
    D. E. Holz and S. Perlmutter, arXiv:1004.5349,
    paper,
    supervisor: Kaustuv moni Basu

  12. The observed growth of massive galaxy clusters - II. X-ray scaling relations,
    Mantz et al., 2010MNRAS.406.1773,
    paper,
    supervisor: Yu-Ying Zhang, unavailable 10/10-30/10, 07/11-14/11

  13. IC 3418: Star Formation in a Turbulent Wake,
    Hester et al., ApJ 716, L14,
    paper,
    supervisor: Uli Klein

  14. The Megamaser Cosmology Project. II. The Angular-diameter Distance to UGC 3789,
    Braatz et al., The Astrophysical Journal 718, 657, 2010,
    paper,
    supervisor: Wouter Vlemmings

  15. Too big, too early? Multiple High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters: implications,
    Hoyle, Jimenez, Verde, arXiv1009.3884H,
    paper,
    supervisor: Cristiano Porciani

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