ESAC Seminars - 2012 Programme

    Date Title Abstract  Speaker Affiliation Room

    Thursday, 10:30h
      13 December 2012

    		 A multiwavelength view of the microquasar Cyg X-1: variability and state transitions on timescales from hours to years Print Abstract Victoria Grinberg Dr. Remeis Observatory & Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP),Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany B3

    Tuesday, 10:30h
      4 December 2012

    		 Multiwavelength properties of gamma-ray loud binary systems Print Abstract Masha Chernyakova Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland B3

    Tuesday, 10:30h
      4 December 2012

    		 Unveiling the Super-Orbital Modulation of LS I +61 303 in X-Rays Print Abstract Jian Li Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (IEEC-CSIC) B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
     22 November 2012

    		 Star formation in nearby young clusters Print Abstract Catarina Alves de Oliveira ESAC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Tuesday, 10:30h
     20 November 2012

    		 The Sunyaev Zel'dovich Effect: a Multimeter in Cosmology Print Abstract Marco De Petris Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy D1

    Monday, 10:30h
      29 October 2012

    		 Holographic Imaging: Sharp Images for Everyone Print Abstract Rainer Schoedel Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Granada, Spain D52

    Monday, 14:30h
      12 November 2012

    		 An empirical view of the formation of stellar clusters Print Abstract João Alves Astronomy Department, University of Vienna, Austria D1

    Monday, 10:30h
      29 October 2012

    		 Kepler's treasure chest of eclipsing binary stars Print Abstract Steven Bloemen KU Leuven, Belgium D52

    Thursday, 10:30h
      9 October 2012

    		 Tools to characterize the spatial and density structure of molecular clouds Print Abstract Nicola Schneider LAB Bordeaux, France B3

    Tuesday, 10:30h
      9 October 2012

    		 Uncovering low-mass multiplanetary systems in high-precision radial velocity surveys Print Abstract Damien Ségransan Observatoire de Geneve, Switzerland D52

    Thursday, 10:30h
      4 October 2012

    		 The asteroids and the early Solar System: from 3-D shape modeling to planetary migration Print Abstract Benoit Carry ESAC, Madrid, Spain B3

    Wednesday, 10:30h
      3 October 2012

    		 New Results on Massive Outflows in Black Hole X-ray Binaries Print Abstract Joey Neilsen MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MA, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
      27 September 2012

    		 Orion revisited: a massive cluster in front of the ONC Print Abstract Hervé Bouy Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain D1/D2

    Wednesday, 10:30h
      12 September 2012

    		 Self-calibration in Astronomy. A general principle as applied to Gaia Print Abstract Lennart Lindegren Lund Observatory, Sweden B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
      23 August 2012

    		 Early Science with Gaia: Characterisation of Extrasolar Planets" Print Abstract Eduard Bopp University of Heidelberg, Germany B3

    Monday, 11:00h
    30 July 2012

    		 The OSIRIS-REx mission - an overview Print Abstract Edward Beshore Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA B5

    Thursday, 10:30h
    19 July 2012

    		 Mass and star formation rate evolution of infrared galaxies in the COSMOS field Print Abstract Helena Dominguez Bologna Observatory, Italy B3

    Wednesday, 14:30h
    18 July 2012

    		 Cosmology with the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in the Herschel and Planck Print Abstract Sergio Colafrancesco University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    28 June 2012

    		 Cyclotron line in accreting binaries: present and future prospectives Print Abstract Carlo Ferrigno Integral Science Data Centre, Geneva, Switzerland B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    21 June 2012

    		 Exoplanets and their host stars - the X-ray view Print Abstract Katjia Poppenhaeger Hamburg Observatory, Germany A24

    Wednesday, 11:30h
    20 June 2012

    		 Characterizing the astrometric errors in the Gaia Catalogue Print Abstract Berry Holl Lund Observatory, Sweden B3

    Tuesday, 10:30h
    5 June 2012

    		 Testing the Kerr-nature of astrophysical black hole candidates Print Abstract Cosimo Bambi Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Fakultät für Physik, Theoretische Physik, München, Germany B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    31 May 2012

    		 The compositional mass distribution of asteroids Print Abstract Francesca DeMeo EAPS, Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA B5

    Friday, 10:30h
    25 May 2012

    		 Organized magnetic fields around black holes Print Abstract Vladimir Karas Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    24 May 2012

    		 Spectrophotometry in Planetary Exploration: Implications for regolith studies Print Abstract Patrick Pinet Université de Toulouse, France B3

    Thursday, 14:30h
    17 May 2012

    		 Fermi-LAT and Suzaku Observations of the Radio Galaxy Centaurus B Print Abstract Yasuyuki Tanaka Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Japan B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    26 April 2012

    		 Reconstruction of Asteroid Shapes from their Lightcurves Print Abstract Josef Durech Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic LAEFF Library

    Wednesday, 10:30h
    25 April 2012

    		 High ionization species in the nearby Interstellar Medium from an exhaustive analysis of the IUE INES database: the case of Ap-Bp stars Print Abstract Rubens Freire-Ferrero Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France B3

    Thursday, 11:00h
    19 April 2012

    		 Magnetic activity and accretion in low-mass stars and brown dwarfs Print Abstract Beate Stelzer Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Italy

    LAEFF Library

    Tuesday, 10:30h
    17 April 2012

    		 Evolution of disks around low mass stars and brown dwarfs in the context of the Lambda Orionis Star Forming Region Print Abstract Amelia Bayo European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile

    B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    12 April 2012

    		 The cloudy veil of Venus Print Abstract Colin Wilson Oxford University, UK

    B3

    Wednesday, 12:00h
    28 March 2012

    		 Hydrogen on Venus, microdiamonds on Earth and Valhalla on Callisto: Signposts of ******s in the Solar System Print Abstract Jose Caballero Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB), Madrid, Spain

    LAEFF Library

    Thursday, 10:30h
    8 March 2012

    		 New insights on the thermal properties of asteroids using infrared interferometry Print Abstract Alexis Matter Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany B3

    Friday, 10:30h
    2 March 2012

    		 Studying the stellar wind structure of Vela X-1 using XMM-Newton Print Abstract Silvia Martínez Núñez Universidad de Alicante, Spain B3

    Monday, 10:30h
    27 February 2012

    		 Galactic parameters and Galactic history Print Abstract Ralph Schoenrich Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    23 February 2012

    		 The IMCCE Virtual Observatory Solar System Portal Print Abstract Jerome Berthier IMCCE, Paris Observatory, France LAEFF Library

    Thursday, 10:30h
    16 February 2012

    		 In and around the rich association Cygnus OB2 Print Abstract Fernando Comeron European Space Observatory, Garching, Germany B5

    Wednesday, 11:45h
    15 February 2012

    		 From brown dwarf companions to planetary companions of brown dwarfs: Results from high-precision astrometry observations Print Abstract Johannes Sahlmann Observatoire de Geneve, Switzerland LAEFF Library

    Friday, 14:30h
    10 February 2012

    		 The Herschel Lensing Survey (HLS) Print Abstract Eiichi Egami University of Arizona, USA B3

    Thursday, 10:30h
    12 January 2012

    		 On the black hole mass and soft X-ray lag relation in radio quiet AGN Print Abstract Barbara De Marco University of Bologna, INAF/IASF, Italy B3