University of Heidelberg

Dynamics of galaxies, star clusters and planetary systems (MVSem)

Lecturers: Andreas Just, Rainer Spurzem and Francesco Flammini Dotti

Winter term 2023/24 (2 SWS)
Wednesday 14:15 - 15:45, ARI seminarroom (1st floor)

This 'Masterpflichtseminar' is addressed specifically to master students, who intend to obtain the mantadory 'MVSem' graded certificate required for the master in physics. It is organised as a journal club, where every topic usually consists of a seminar talk by the student presenting one or more recent research papers. An additional written report on the presentation is required.

Registration

Please register here for participation

Time Plan

A presentation of possible topics, the choice of topics and time plan will be done in the first and second session (in brackets you find the available supervisors for each date). A list of topics as suggested by the lecturers can be found here. More and other suggestions are always welcome.

  • 18.10. (AJ,RS,FFD) Planning Session
  • 25.10. (AJ,RS,FFD) Optional Meeting Question/Answer via Zoom
  • 1.11. public holiday
  • 8.11. (AJ,RS,FFD) --
  • 15.11. (AJ,RS,FFD) T. Schiwy: F2. The possibility of Mirror Planet as Planet Nine in Solar System
  • 22.11. (AJ,FFD) D. Götz: F6. The orbits of outer planetary satellites using the Gaia data
  • 29.11. (RS,FFD) no Seminar
  • 6.12. (AJ,RS,FFD) J. Möhrle: J2. On the nature of rotation in the Praesepe cluster
  • 13.12. (AJ,RS,FFD) J. Garrecht: F1. Reduced late bombardment on rocky exo-planets around M-dwarfs
        & N. Riffert: J4. The relationship between galaxy and halo sizes in the Illustris and IllustrisTNG simulations
  • 20.12. (RS,MAS) (seminar only online) L. Hrdlicka: S3. Partial stellar tidal disruption events and their rates
  • 10.1. (AJ,FFD) O. Avril: F5. Do all gaps in protoplanetary discs host planets?
  • 17.1. (AJ,RS,FFD) S. Bauer: J1. Benchmarking MESA isochrones against Hyades single star sequence
  • 24.1. (AJ,RS,FFD) T. Ebbinghaus: F4. The Dynamical Consequences of a Super-Earth in the Solar System
  • 31.1. (RS,FFD) M. Geßner: S2. The Three Hundred Project - The GIZMO-SIMBA Runs
  • 7.2. free (MSc exam week)

(Responsible for contents: Andreas Just)
Contact: A. Just
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