Seminar der Astrophysik / The Astrophysics Seminar
WS 2011-2012.

(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 0.012, AIfA, Auf dem Hügel 71.
Presentation of topics with all participants begins Monday, October 10, 2011 at 14:00.
Supervision: astronomy lecturers and group leaders.
Organizaton: Thomas Reiprich.

About:
This is the primary seminar for Master of Astrophysics students.

Topics:
Each student selects a topic, on which they will report. 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, please contact your supervisor ahead of 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 (Master of Astrophysics students). The corresponding certificate ("Schein" for Diplom Physik students)  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. Ellen Vasters on the third floor (room 3.004, phone 73-3676) at the
end of the semester.

Schedule:
Date Topic Speaker Supervisor
10.10.2011 Presentation of topics T. Reiprich et al. -
17.10. ... ... ...
24.10. ... ... ...
31.10. ... ... ...
07.11. ... ... ...
14.11. ... ... ...
21.11. ... ... ...
28.11. ... ... ...
05.12. ... ... ...
12.12. ... ... ...
19.12. ... ... ...
09.01.2012 ... ... ...
16.01. ... ... ...
23.01. ... ... ...
30.01. ... ... ...

Topics will be introduced by the supervisors
on the first (organizational) meeting (October 10), but can be offered already during the
vacation period. If you choose 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. Distance limits to intermediate- and high-velocity clouds,
    Smoker et al., 2011, MNRAS, 415, 1105,
    paper,
    supervisor: Nadya Ben Bekhti

  2. An Accurate Distance to High-Velocity Cloud Complex C,
    Thom et al., 2008, ApJ, 684, 364,
    paper,
    supervisor: Nadya Ben Bekhti

  3. A radio pulsar search of the gamma-ray binaries LS I +61303 and LS 5039,
    M. Virginia McSwain, Paul S. Ray, Scott M. Ransom, Mallory S. E. Roberts, Sean M. Dougherty and Guy G. Pooley,
    paper,
    supervisors: Maria Massi, Lisa Zimmermann

  4. Nearby galaxies as pointers to a better theory of cosmic evolution,
    Jim Peebles, Adi Nusser, 2010, Nature, 465, 565,
    paper,
    supervisor: Pavel Kroupa,
    unavailable Oct.23-Nov.4th 2011

  5. Local Group Dwarf Spheroidals: Correlated Deviations from the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation,
    McGaugh, Stacy S.; Wolf, Joe, 2010, ApJ, 722, 248,
    paper,
    supervisor: Pavel Kroupa,
    unavailable Oct.23-Nov.4th 2011

  6. Circumstellar Material in Type Ia Supernovae via Sodium Absorption Features,
    Sternberg, Gal-Yam & Simon et al., Science 333, 856 (2011),
    paper,
    supervisor: Sung-Chul Yoon

  7. The Westerbork Hydrogen Accretion in Local Galaxies (HALOGAS) Survey I. Survey Description and Pilot Observations,
    Heald et al., A&A, 526, 118, 2011,
    supervisor: Uli Klein

  8. A Radio-loud Magnetar in X-ray Quiescence,
    L. Levin et al. (2010), ApJL, 721, L33-37,
    paper,
    supervisor: Thomas Tauris,
    unavailable Oct.31-Nov.4, Dec.12-16

  9. The braking index of PSR J1734-3333 and the magnetar population,
    C.M. Espinoza et al. (2011), ApJL, in press,
    paper,
    supervisor: Thomas Tauris,
    unavailable Oct.31-Nov.4, Dec.12-16

  10. Head-Tail Clouds: Drops to Probe the Diffuse Galactic Halo,
    Putman, Saul & Mets,
    paper,
    supervisor: Juergen Kerp

  11. A Spitzer-MIPS Search for Dust in Compact High-Velocity HI Clouds,
    Williams et al.,
    paper,
    supervisor: Juergen Kerp

  12. Extended Star Clusters in the Remote Halo of the Intriguing Dwarf Galaxy NGC 6822,
    N. Hwang, M. G. Lee, J. C. Lee, W.-K. Park, H. S. Park, S. C. Kim, J.-H. Park, 2011ApJ...738...58H,
    paper,
    supervisor: Iskren Georgiev

  13. Novel Test of Modified Newtonian Dynamics with Gas Rich Galaxies,
    McGaugh, Stacy S., Physical Review Letters, 2011, 106, 121303,
    paper,
    supervisor: Jan Pflamm-Altenburg

  14. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: ACT-CL J0102-4215 "El Gordo," a Massive Merging Cluster at Redshift 0.87,
    Menanteau et al., ApJ, submitted, arXiv:1109.0953,
    paper,
    supervisor: Thomas Reiprich,
    unavailable Oct 17 -- Oct 21

  15. Is the common envelope ejection efficiency a function of the binary parameters?,
    Davis, Kolb and Knigge, Accepted for publication in MNRAS,
    paper,
    supervisor: Robert Izzard,
    unavailable 19-21st October, 2nd-8th November, 21st December-6th January

  16. Quantifying the effect of baryon physics on weak lensing tomography,
    Elisabetta Semboloni, Henk Hoekstra, Joop Schaye, Marcel P. van Daalen, Ian G. McCarthy, arXiv:1105.1075,
    supervisor: Peter Schneider
    unavailable Oct 10

  17. A Kiloparsec-Scale Binary Active Galactic Nucleus Confirmed by the Expanded Very Large Array,
    H. Fu et al., arXiv:1109.0008,
    supervisor: Peter Schneider
    unavailable Oct 10

  18. The detached dust shells of AQ Andromedae, U Antilae, and TT Cygni,
    F. Kerschbaum, D. Ladjal, R. Ottensamer, M.A.T. Groenwegen, M. Mecina, et al., A&A 518, L140 (2010),
    paper,
    supervisors: Matthias Maercker, Sofia Ramstedt

  19. Does the growth of structure affect our dynamical models of the universe? The averaging, backreaction and fitting problems in cosmology,
    Chris Clarkson, George Ellis, Julien Larena, Obinna Umeh, arXiv:1109.2314,
    supervisor: Cristiano Porciani,
    unavailable Oct 17-21, Dec 12-16

  20. Sterile neutrinos with eV masses in cosmology -- how disfavoured exactly?,
    Jan Hamann, Steen Hannestad, Georg G. Raffelt, Yvonne Y.Y. Wong, arXiv:1108.4136,
    supervisor: Cristiano Porciani,
    unavailable Oct 17-21, Dec 12-16,

  21. Baryons at the Edge of the X-ray-Brightest Galaxy Cluster,
    Simionescu, Allen, Mantz et al., 2011 Science 331, 1576,
    paper,
    supervisor: Kaustuv Basu, Frank Bertoldi

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