Recent Talks

List of all the talks in the archive, sorted by date.


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Tuesday November 17, 2015
Dr. Tomaso Belloni
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy

Abstract

Lecture 4:
- Radio/IR emission
- Relativistic jets
- Accretion/ejection
- Wind outflows
-Links to variability


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Tuesday November 17, 2015
Dr. Andrea Possenti
Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari, Italy

Abstract

Lecture 1: Rudiments on pulsars
- Formation of neutron stars
- Energetics
- Basics of pulsar electrodynamics
- Profile phenomenology
- Zoology


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Tuesday November 17, 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Ferrara
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Abstract

Lecture 3:
- Variable Gamma-ray Sources
- Blazars, GRBs and other Extragalactic sources
- Pulsars, Binaries and Novae


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Tuesday November 17, 2015
Dr. Tomaso Belloni
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy

Abstract

Lecture 3:
- BHB time variability
- Evolution of transients
- BH states


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Monday November 16, 2015
Dr. Tomaso Belloni
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy

Abstract

Lecture 2:
- High-energy emission
- BHB spectra


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Monday November 16, 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Ferrara
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Abstract

Lecture 2:
- Brief history of space-based gamma-ray astronomy
- Detecting gamma rays
- Fermi mission and instruments


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Monday November 16, 2015
Dr. Elizabeth Ferrara
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Abstract

Lecture 1:
- Gamma-ray production in various source classes
- Producing variability on the gamma ray regime


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Monday November 16, 2015
Dr. Tomaso Belloni
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy

Abstract

Lecture 1:
- Accretion onto compact objects
- X-ray binaries
- Black-hole binaries (BHB)
- X-ray pulsars


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Friday November 13, 2015
Dr. Danny Steeghs
University of Warwick, UK

Abstract

Lectures 5 & 6:
- Multi-wavelength aspects
- Fast spectroscopy
- Spectroscopy analysis demo


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Friday November 13, 2015
Dr. Danny Steeghs
University of Warwick, UK

Abstract

Lectures 5 & 6:
- Multi-wavelength aspects
- Fast spectroscopy
- Spectroscopy analysis demo



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    Thursday October 10, 2024 - 9:15 GMT+1  (Aula)
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    Dr. Nikki Arendse
    Thursday October 17, 2024 - 10:30 GMT+1  (Aula)

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