Astrophysics Group Meetings

On Tuesday afternoons in the Library, the Astrophysics Group meets for seminars (internal and external) and to discuss topics from general astronomy to group matters. These get-togethers are specifically meant to be very informal. They are intended to promote the free exchange of ideas between members of the group and others.

Speakers normally give presentations of up to an hour (including time for questions) and these will begin at 3pm unless stated otherwise.

Coffee and biscuits are usually provided at all meetings.

In charge for the period 1st January to 30th June 2001 are Mathew Page and Rhaana Starling.

Calendar 2001 January to June
Date Title Speaker
9th Jan

16th Jan The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Chris Tout
Cambridge University
23rd Jan Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei Prof Dave Axon
University of Hertfordshire
30th Jan

6th Feb X-ray Clusters of Galaxies and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Mark Birkinshaw
Bristol University
13th Feb

20th Feb

27th Feb

6th Mar Radio Jet X-ray Binaries Diana Hannikainen
University of Southampton
13th Mar

20th Mar Multiwavelength Observations of Black Hole Candidates in the Low/Hard State Catherine Brocksopp
Astrophysical Research Institute,
Liverpool John Moores University
27th Mar Radio lobes of Centaurus A as buoyant bubbles Curtis Saxton
Australian National University
Monday 2nd Apr
Note the change of day
GRBs: from their progenitor to their observations at energies E>10 GeV with the ARGO-YBJ experiment T. Di Girolamo
University of Rome
10th Apr

17th Apr no seminar - Easter Break
24th Apr

1st May

8th May

15th May Current Theoretical Astrophysics Projects at MSSL Kinwah Wu
Silvia Zane
MSSL
22nd May X-ray Jets in the Chandra era Diana Worrall
Bristol University
29th May V405 Aur Cynthia James
MSSL
5th June Observations of ultrasoft Seyferts Simon Vaughan
Cambridge University
12th June
SOHO's (and MSSL's) Grazing Incidence Spectrometer : Degrading the Coronal Heating Problem Carl Foley
MSSL
19th June no meeting
WEDNESDAY 27th June
note the change of day
New Results on AGN from XMM-Newton James Reeves
Leicester University

If you have any comments or if you'd like to come and give us a seminar, please drop Mathew Page or myself a line.


Astrophysics seminars July to December 2000
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last updated - 21st June 2001 - Rhaana Starling
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