ESAC Seminars - 2020 Programme

     

    During 2020, the virtual ESAC Seminar series worked in collaboration with ESTEC seminars

    Date Title Abstract  Speaker Affiliation Room
    Thursday 15:00h

    10 December 2020    		 Direct imaging and spectral characterization of long period exoplanets and brown dwarfs Print Abstract Emily Rickman ESA/STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA​​​​​ Virtual Seminar
    Thursday 10:30h

    3 December 2020    		 Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) Event Print Abstract Multiple speakers - Virtual Webinar
    Thursday 15:00h

    19 November 2020    		 The Villafranca Catalogue of Galactic OB Groups Print Abstract Jesús Maíz-Apellániz CAB-INTA/CSIC, Madrid, Spain Virtual Seminar
    Thursday 15:00h

    12 November 2020    		 Philae lands in skull-top crevice: An engineering & scientific detective story Print Abstract Laurence O'Rourke ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain​​​​​ Virtual Seminar
    Thursday 15:00h

    5 November 2020    		 A Song of Ice and Fire: the Fate of Planetary Systems After Stellar Death Print Abstract Andrew Vanderburg University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA Virtual Seminar
    Thursday, 15:00h

    29 October 2020

    		 Cosmic jellyfish as laboratories of galaxy evolution Print Abstract Bianca Maria Poggianti Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 15:00h

    22 October 2020

    		 How being single or stripped in a binary affects the death of massive stars Print Abstract Eva Laplace University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 15:00h

    15 October 2020

    		 The Magellanic Stream - Circumnavigating the Galaxy Print Abstract Andrew Fox ESA/AURA, STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 15:00h

    8 October 2020

    		 Fundamental stellar parameters of benchmark stars for large stellar surveys of the Milky Way Print Abstract Iva Karovicova University of Heidelberg, Germany Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 15:00h

    1 October 2020

    		 Phosphine in the Clouds of Venus Print Abstract Jane Greaves Cardiff University Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 15:00h

    10 September 2020

    Concept Study for a Mercury Lander

    		 Print Abstract Sébastien Besse ESA/ESAC, Madrid, Spain​​​​​ Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    23 July 2020

    X-raying the winds of massive stars using high mass X-ray binaries

    		 Print Abstract Victoria Grinberg Tübingen University, Germany​​​​​ Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    16 July 2020

    eRosita: looking at the Universe with 7 open X-ray eyes

    		 Print Abstract Mara Salvato Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    9 July 2020

    EuroMoonMars Highlights and Results

    		 Print Abstract Bernard Foing ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    25 June 2020

    Europa and its water vapour plumes

    		 Print Abstract Hans Huybrighs ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    18 June 2020

    The Dusk of Planets - planetary destruction and the fate of planets around stars in their end stages

    		 Print Abstract Markus Kissler-Patig ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain Virtual Seminar

    Thursday 10:30h

    4 June 2020

    		 The ESO Extremely Large Telescope Print Abstract Jason Spyromilio European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 14:30h

    28 May 2020

    		 Is the Dark Matter made of Primordial Black Holes? Print Abstract Günther Hasinger ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    7 May 2020

    		 Variability of black hole outflows Print Abstract Michael Parker ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    30 April 2020

    		 An update on the icy moons: The first global geomorphological map of Titan and lab experiments for the 'JUICE' moons Print Abstract Anezina Solomonidou ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 10:30h

    16 April 2020

    		 Wind accretion in high-mass X-ray binaries Print Abstract Ileyk El Mellah KU Leuven, Belgium Virtual Seminar

    Thursday, 11:30h

    27 February 2020

    		 What determines the open solar flux?
         		 Print Abstract

    Matthew Owens

    (invited speaker)

    		 University of Reading, UK B3

    Thursday, 10:30h

    20 February 2020

    		 Harvesting the fruits of a new spectral database: from hollows to explosive volcanism on Mercury
         		 Print Abstract Oceane Barraud NRS Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France B3
    Thursday, 10:30h

    13 February 2020

    		 GNSS technology in support to moon exploration: a great opportunity for Europe Print Abstract Javier Ventura-Traveset ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Thursday, 10:30h

    6 February 2020

    		 Resolving X-ray Obscuration Biases with Isotropic AGN Selection Print Abstract Peter Boormann Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic B3

    Thursday 10:30h

    30 January 2020

    Exploring the asteroid belt from the ground with VLT/SPHERE

    Print Abstract

    Benoit Carry

    Oservatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

    B3

    Thursday, 10:30h

    16 January 2020

    		 Demonstrating Resources that Link Astronomy Research with Education
         		 Print Abstract Fraser Lewis Faulkes Telescope  Project, Liverpool John Moores University, Open University, UK B3

    Thursday 10:30h

    19 December 2019

     

    		 New views on the Galaxy from the Gaia space mission Print Abstract

    Amina Helmi

    (invited speaker)

    		 Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

     

    B3