Seminars

All seminars are held at STARPLAN's meeting room. Please contact Martin Bizzarro for further information.

13 Oct 2011 - 14:00
Stellar rotation, magnetic activity and exoplanets
Heidi Korhonen
Marie Curie Fellow, NBI/Starplan
The faster a cool star rotates, the better its dynamo works and more magnetically active it is....
10 Oct 2011 - 14:00
Dynamics and Chaotic Long-Term Diffusion of Jovian Irregular Satellites - Implications for Solar System Giant Planet Formation
Tobias Cornelius Hinse
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea
The dynamical time evolution of Jovian irregular satellites is mainly governed by solar and giant...
30 Sep 2011 - 10:30
The TERMS Project: Systematic Transit Exclusion
Stephen Kane
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, Caltech, USA
Transiting planet discoveries have yielded a plethora of information regarding the internal...
08 Sep 2011 - 14:00
The Origins of Magnetic Dynamos in Young Suns
Stephen Marsden
James Cook University, Australia
The Sun and similar main-sequence stars show evidence of magnetic dynamos and cycles that produce...
03 Aug 2011 - 15:00
Exploring water chemistry in protostellar envelopes
Susanne Wampfler
ETH -- Zurich
Water is a key molecule in both the physics and chemistry of star-forming regions. The goal of the...