Astronomy Group Monday Lunchtime Talks 2013/14
All talks take place at 1.00pm in the Seminar Room, unless
stated otherwise. For more information, contact Tim.Staley
soton.ac.uk
Autumn term
26th September 2013 - 15th December 2013
| Date | Speaker | Talk title |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct | Poppy Martin | Measuring the ionosphere with LOFAR |
| 14 Oct | Sam Connolly | The Long Term X-Ray Spectral Variability of NGC 1365 |
| 21 Oct | - | |
| 28 Oct | - | |
| 4 Nov | - | |
| 11 Nov | Judith Ineson | TBC |
| 18 Nov | - | |
| 25 Nov | Tim Staley | "Who is Git and why do I care? (An intro to version control systems for academics)" |
| 2 Dec | Dan Plant | TBC |
| 9 Dec | Rob Firth | "The Rising Light Curves of SNe Ia from PTF" |
Spring term
13th January 2014 - 29th March 2014
| Date | Speaker | Talk title |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan | Helen Klus | "Spin period change and the magnetic fields of neutron stars in BeXB in the SMC" |
| 20 Jan | Arran Shaw | "Multiwavelength studies of the Black Hole X-ray Transient Swift J1753.5-0127" |
| 27 Jan | Caitriona Jackman | "Small hamsters in large snakes: Observing reconnection in situ and remotely in planetary magnetotails - with applications for stellar magnetospheres" |
| 3 Feb | Mike Childress | The Search for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae |
| 10 Feb | - | - |
| 17 Feb | Sam Tuttle | "Exploring the auroral zoo: the relation between scale size and energy in the aurora" |
| 24 Feb | James Matthews | Disk winds in cataclysmic variables |
| 3 Mar | ||
| 10 Mar | Chris Riseley | The Diffuse Radio Emission and Magnetic Field of Abell 3667 |
| 17 Mar | - | - |
| 24 Mar | - | (Lectureship presentations all day) |
Summer term
28th April 2014 - 14th June 2014
| Date | Speaker | Talk title |
|---|---|---|
| 28 April | Vincent Bouillot | TBC |
| 5 May | - | (Bank holiday) |
| 12 May | Therese Cantwell / Alex Clarke |
TBC / TBC |
| 19 May | Anthony Preston | The backreaction from the Starobinsky R^2 term in inhomogeneous cosmology |
| 26 May | - | (Bank holiday) |
| 2 Jun | Sadie Jones | Building and sustaining research communities through astronomy outreach and public engagement |
| 9 Jun | TBC | TBC |