Dr. Stephanie Yardley University College London, UK The Elusive Sources of Solar Energetic Particles Abstract: Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are accelerated by magnetic reconnection-driven processes during solar flares and by CME-driven shocks. Large gradual SEP events, associated with… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-02-08 Dr Mika Holmberg (ESA)
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission and the reliability of its future measurements Abstract: The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ESA’s first large class mission to the outer Solar System. JUICE will explore Jupiter and its surrounding, with… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-01-11 15:00: Dr. Dúalta Ó Fionnagáin (NUI Galway)
Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections on Epsilon Eridani Abstract: Stellar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), while having some tentative and indirect detections, remain an otherwise elusive phenomenon. I will discuss the simulations of such stellar CMEs using observations of the stellar… Read More
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Last Updated: 7th December 2021 by Sophie Murray
2021-12-14 15:00: Dr Samuel Geen (University of Amsterdam)
The Unexpected Ways Stellar Winds Shape Star Formation Abstract: Massive stars regulate star formation by injecting large quantities of energy into their environment in a process called feedback. In this talk I’ll discuss some of my recent work… Read More
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Posted: 9th November 2021 by Sophie Murray
2021-10-20, 15:00: Dr. Patrick Hennebelle (Universite Paris-Saclay)
From the galactic disk to the protoplaneraty disks: The ECOGAL project Speaker: Dr. Patrick Hennebelle from Universite Paris-Saclay Abstract: The Ecogal project is a synergy ERC whose ambition is to provide a continuous and self-consistent statistically meaningful description of… Read More
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Last Updated: 2nd November 2021 by Sophie Murray
2021-11-09, 15:00: Dr Colm Bracken (Maynooth University)
Untangling the Delayed-Choice Entangled Quantum Eraser – Could the KIDs offer the solution? Speaker: Dr Colm Bracken, Maynooth University Abstract: In this proposed update to the DCQE (delayed-choice quantum eraser) set-up, we propose to use photon-counting MKIDs as the… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th November 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-09-27, 15:00: Dr. Erin Higgins (Armagh Observatory & Planetarium)
Dr. Erin Higgins Armagh Observatory & Planetarium, UK The evolution of massive stars as black hole progenitors Abstract: The evolution of massive stars is poorly constrained, even on the main sequence. Dominant processes such as rotation and mass loss… Read More
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Last Updated: 22nd October 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-10-26, 15:00: Dr. Cheng-Han Hsieh (Yale University)
Dr. Cheng-Han Hsieh Yale University, USA Rotating filament in Orion B – Do cores inherit their angular momentum from their parent filament? Abstract: Angular momentum is one of the most important physical quantities that govern star formation. The… Read More
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Posted: 27th September 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-10-12, 15:00: Prof. Sandra Chapman (University of Warwick)
Prof. Sandra Chapman University of Warwick, UK Quantifying space climate as the statistics of space weather: networks and burst distributions Abstract: Space weather and solar terrestrial physics observations are increasingly becoming a data analytics challenge and there are… Read More
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Posted: 27th September 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-10-05, 15:00: Dr. Stephanie Yardley (UCL)
Dr. Stephanie Yardley University College London, UK The Elusive Sources of Solar Energetic Particles Abstract: Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are accelerated by magnetic reconnection-driven processes during solar flares and by CME-driven shocks. Large gradual SEP events, associated with… Read More
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Last Updated: 27th September 2021 by Simon Purser
2021-09-27, 15:00: Dr. Alberto Sanna (INAF)
Dr. Alberto Sanna Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, INAF, Italy Understanding the formation of High-Mass Stars: lessons from G23.01-0.41 Abstract: Stars more massive than ten times our Sun have had major influence on the history and evolution of the Milky… Read More
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