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Current and Future Views at the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute

Mercoledì 8 luglio alle ore 15:00 Yerlan Aimuratov (Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Kazakhstan) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Current and Future Views at the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute”. Abstract: In this mainly introductory talk, we will present the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and its current activities. There are several general directions the institute is pursuing, including the […]

Giu 26

When, Where, and How Are Supermassive Black Holes Fueled?

Giovedì 2 luglio alle ore 15 Antonio La Marca (European Space Agency – ESA) terrà un seminario dal titolo “When, Where, and How Are Supermassive Black Holes Fueled?”. Abstract: Supermassive black holes reside at the centers of most galaxies and can profoundly influence their evolution through episodes of intense accretion, phases called Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Despite […]

Giu 15

Modified Newtonian Dynamics – a competitor to the dark matter paradigm

Giovedì 18 giugno alle ore 15:00 Tom Richtler (U. de Concepcion, Chile) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Modified Newtonian Dynamics – a competitor to the dark matter paradigm”. Abstract: About 1980 it became clear that flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies could not be explained by stellar population properties, but apparently needed invisible matter. Moti Milgrom (1983) […]

Mag 28

The impact of asteroseismology in modern astrophysics

Giovedì 04 giugno alle ore 15:00 Maria Pia Di Mauro (INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, Italy) terrà un seminario dal titolo “The impact of asteroseismology in modern astrophysics“. Abstract: Asteroseismology has evolved from a largely descriptive discipline into one of the most powerful diagnostic tools in modern astrophysics, providing unique constraints on the internal […]

Apr 28

Lensing at all scales

Giovedì 30 aprile alle ore 15:00 Achille Nucita (Università del Salento, Lecce) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Lensing at all scales”. Abstract: Gravitational lensing has emerged as a powerful tool for probing the Universe across a vast range of physical scales. We give an overview of the gravitational lensing phenomena, from retro-lensing by black holes […]

Apr 17

Resolved stellar populations as tracers of galaxy evolution

Giovedì 23 aprile alle ore 12:00 Matteo Monelli (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Resolved stellar populations as tracers of galaxy evolution“. Abstract: Resolved stellar populations in Local Group galaxies provide fundamental information to understand galaxy formation and evolution, which can be constrained using their photometric, spectroscopic, and dynamical properties. Pulsating […]

Apr 9

Direct imaging of exoplanets: techniques, instruments, and future prospects

Giovedì 16 aprile alle ore 12:00 Nicholas Devaney (University of Galway, Irlanda) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Direct imaging of exoplanets: techniques, instruments, and future prospects”. Abstract: This seminar will present an introduction to the direct imaging of exoplanets and review the current status of the field. While several thousand exoplanets have been discovered, primarily […]

Mar 20

From questions to answer: the Milky Way bulge with MOONS

Giovedì 26 marzo alle ore 12:00 Elena Valenti (European Southern Observatory, Garching – Germania) terrà un seminario dal titolo “From Questions to Answer: The Milky Way bulge with MOONS”.  ABSTRACT: The formation of bulges remains one of the key open questions in galaxy evolution. Several mechanisms have been proposed – such as the dynamical instability […]

Mar 6

Building dwarf galaxies from the bottom up: evidence for dwarf–dwarf mergers in the nearby Universe

Giovedì 12 marzo alle ore 15:00 Francesca Annibali (INAF – Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Building Dwarf Galaxies from the Bottom Up: Evidence for Dwarf–Dwarf Mergers in the Nearby Universe”. ABSTRACT: Although interactions and mergers are a fundamental component of the commonly accepted Lambda CDM paradigm, direct […]

Feb 19

Galaxy morphology across cosmic time: environment, evolution, and the MICADO breakthrough

Giovedì 26 febbraio alle ore 15:00 Benedetta Vulcani (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova) terrà un seminario dal titolo “Galaxy Morphology Across Cosmic Time: Environment, Evolution, and the MICADO Breakthrough”. ABSTRACT: Galaxy morphology encodes key information about how galaxies form and evolve. In the local Universe, morphological trends with stellar mass and environment are now well established, providing strong […]