| January - December 2018 |
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| Date | Title | Speaker | Expertise |
Thursday 4 January
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 11 January, 14:30
| Formation, growth, and coalescence of supermassive black holes | Davide Fiacconi
IoA, University of Cambridge | supermassive black holes |
Thursday 18 January, 14:30
| Cosmic Rays in High-Redshift Star-forming galaxies and their effects on the ISM | Ellis Owen
MSSL/UCL | cosmic rays |
Thursday 25 January, 14:30
| Forward modelling the Euclid galaxy clustering measurement | Katarina Markovič
ICG, Portsmouth | cosmology |
Thursday 1 February
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 8 February, 14:30
| Weak Lensing Cosmology with the Square Kilometre Array | Ian Harrison
University of Manchester | cosmology, weak lensing |
Thursday 15 February, 14:00
| Plasma-Astrophysics: The Connection Between Global Dynamics and Kinetic Plasma Physics | Daniel Verscharen
MSSL/UCL | fundamental plasma processes in space and astrophysics |
Tuesday 20 February, 14:00
| Mapping the Milky Way in 6D with Gaia | Jo Bovy
University of Toronto | dynamical structure, formation and evolution of the milky way |
Thursday 22 February, 14:30
| Developing a Standard Model for the Rotation and Magnetic Activity of Sun-Like Stars | Sean Matt
University of Exeter | formation, structure and evolution of stars and their environments |
Thursday 1 March
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Friday 9 March, 14:30
| Supernova Cosmology: Not Just w | Ed Macaulay
ICG, Portsmouth | cosmology |
Thursday 15 March, 14:00
| Preparing for Stage IV Lensing Experiments | Peter Taylor
MSSL/UCL | weak lensing, cosmology |
Thursday 22 March, 14:30
| Title | Name
Institute | Topic |
Thursday 29 March, 14:30
| EASTER BREAK |
Thursday 5 April
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 12 April, 14:30
| Contribution of AGN to cosmic reionization | Girish Kulkarni
IoA Cambridge | cosmic reionization |
Monday 23 April, 14:30
| Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam | Masahiro Takada
Kavli-IPMU, University of Tokyo | observational cosmology |
Thursday 26 April, 14:30
| Surveys with the SKA Precursor MeerKat | Natasha Maddox
ASTRON | quasars, radio surveys |
Monday 30 April, 14:30
| Snow and the Seven Thousands White Dwarfs | Jeremy Heyl
UBC | compact objects |
Thursday 3 May
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 10 May, 14:30
| Active Galactic Nuclei as cosmological probes | Elisabeta Lusso
Durham University | cosmology, quasars as standard candles |
Thursday 17 May, 14:30
| The Structure of Galactic Thick Disks | Marie Martig
LJMU | Galactic Disks |
Thursday 24 May, 14:30
| Testing the LCDM paradigm with strong gravitational lenses | Tom Collet
ICG Portsmouth | dark matter |
Thursday 31 May, 14:30
| Probing the nature of dark matter with galaxy clusters | Andrew Robertson
Durham University | dark matter |
Thursday 7 June
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 14 June, 14:30
| Solving Cosmological puzzles with neutrino physics | Pasquale Di Bari
University of Southampton | Particle cosmology, neutrino physics |
Thursday 21 June, 14:30
| X-rays across the galaxy population: tracing star formation and AGN activity | James Aird
University of Leicester | X-ray surveys |
Thursday 28 June, 14:30
| Gamma-ray astronomy: Current status and future plans | Anthony Brown
Durham University | gamma-ray astronomy |
Thursday 5 July
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 12 July, 14:30
| Inferring the properties of dark matter from gaps in stellar streams | Denis Erkal
University of Surrey | dark matter |
Thursday 19 July, 14:30
| Internal Seminar | TBD
University of Sydney | Topic |
Thursday 26 July, 14:30
| The outskirts of Globular Clusters: from todal tails to the Milky Way potential | Eduardo Balbinot
University of Surrey | globular clusters |
August
| SUMMER BREAK |
Monday 27 August, 14:30
| Title TBC | Wei Cui
Purdue University | Topic |
Friday 31 August, 14:30
| Title TBC | Simon Murphy
University of Sydney | Topic |
Thursday 6 September
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 13 September, 14:30
| Title TBC | Mattia Negrello
University of Cardiff | galaxy formation and evolution |
Thursday 20 September, 14:30
| Title | Name
Institute | Topic |
Thursday 27 September, 14:30
| Title TBC | Warrick Ball
University of Birmingham | Stellar structure and modelling, astroseismology |
Thursday 4 October
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 11 October, 14:30
| Title TBC | Baojiu Li
ICC, Durham University | cosmology, modified gravity theories |
Thursday 18 October, 14:30
| Title TBD | Ilian Iliev
University of Sussex | cosmology, reionization |
Thursday 25 October, 14:30
| Title TBC | Martin Haehnelt
Cambridge IoA | Topic |
Thursday 1 November
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 8 November, 14:30
| Title TBC | Tim Roberts
Durham University | Topic |
Thursday 15 November, 14:30
| Title TBC | David Sobral
Lancaster University | Topic |
Thursday 22 November, 14:30
| Title TBC | Speaker
Institution | Topic |
Thursday 29 November, 14:30
| Title | Julie Wardlow
Lancaster University | Topic |
Thursday 6 December
| ASTRO GROUP MEETING |
Thursday 13 December, 14:30
| Title | Name
Institute | Topic |
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