Bristol Astrophysics Seminars

Introduction

The astrophysics group hosts a series of meetings throughout the academic year. The programme includes invited seminar speakers, local speakers and conference reports. Graduate students in the group are expected to be present: all others are welcome. Final year project students, and other interested parties outside the astrophysics group, are positively encouraged to attend.

Thursday, 12:00-1:00pm.
Room 3.27 (Oct-Dec)/3.34 (Jan-July), H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory.
Everybody is welcome to join us for lunch at the Hawthorns after the seminar.

Autumn Term 2011 Programme

13th October	Clement Baruteau (DAMTP, University of Cambridge)
	Rapid inward migration of planets formed by gravitational instability
20th October	Karen Masters (Portsmouth)
	Cosmic Evolution from Galaxy Zoo
27th October	The Bristol Astrophysics Group
	Introduction to group members and their research interests
3rd November	Daniel Thomas (Portsmouth)
	Environment and self-regulation in galaxy formation
10th November	Ian McCarthy (Cambridge)
	The effects of quasar-driven outflows on galaxy groups and clusters
17th November	Matthew Smith (Cardiff)
	A clean sweep for dust in Nearby Galaxies with Herschel
24th November	Stephen Wilkins (Oxford)
	Exploring the Early Universe with HST/WFC3
1st December	Will Hartley (Nottingham)
	UKIDSS UDS: Galaxy bimodality at z > 1
8th December	Sarah Dodson-Robinson (Austin, Texas)
	Observational Signposts of Young, Multiplanet Systems

Spring Term 2012 Programme

19th January	Mo Ali (Leeds)
	Gamma-ray Astronomy: From binaries to galaxy Clusters
26th January	Tom Maccarone (Southampton)
	Black holes and neutron stars in globular clusters
2nd February	Chris Done (Durham)
	Using stellar mass black holes to understand AGN
9th February	Anna Scaife (Southampton)
	Non-gravitational processes during structure formation: observations of SZ-selected clusters
16th February	Elizabeth Mannering (Bristol)
	Part 1: The effect of AGN on thier local environment
23rd February	David Bonfield (Hertfordshire)
	Herschel-ATLAS: Accretion luminosity and SF in QSO hosts
1st March	Sergei Nayakshin (Leicester)
	Super massive black hole (SMBH) feeding and feedback
8th March	Myrto Symeonidis (UCL)
	The X-ray/infrared connection in galaxy evolution
15th March	Philipp Podsiadlowski (Oxford)
	The Origin of the UV Upturn in Elliptical Galaxies
22nd March	Elizabeth Mannering (Bristol)
	POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER EASTER

Summer Term 2012 Programme

26th April	Nina Hatch (Nottingham)
	Galaxy Protoclusters: cradles of galaxy formation
3rd May	Jennifer Hatchell (Exeter)
	The Early Stages of Star Formation
8th May	Alessandro Morbidelli (Nice) - NOTE: SPECIAL TUESDAY SEMINAR AT 2PM IN ROOM 3.21
	Solar System evolution and the diversity of planetary systems
17th May	Ignacio Ferreras (MSSL)
	On the formation of massive galaxies
24th May	Ryan Cooke (Cambridge)
	Finding the First Metals
31st May	Victor Debattista (University of Central Lancashire)
	CANCELLED
7th June	Sami Dib (Imperial)
	(TBC)
21st June	Scott Kay (Manchester)
	(TBC)

Participating in Seminars via the Access Grid Node

If you would like to participate in a seminar using your Access Grid Node, then please inform Luke Davies (luke.davies@bristol.ac.uk) and Malcolm Bremer (m.bremer@bristol.ac.uk) at least one week in advance as we do not broadcast our seminars by default. Once you have ascertainted that we will be broadcasting our seminar, then you will need the following information. We use the virtual venue "University of Bristol", this is available using either the "Institution Rooms" on the INSORS Venue server page (http://virgo.agsc.man.ac.uk/) or the AG2 venue page (https://george.ag.mcc.ac.uk:8000/Venues/default) also run by the Access Grid Support Centre. If we are broadcasting powerpoint it will be on the following page http://venue.insors.net/igpix/uofbristol/, we will have the IGchat icon open and can also use AG Text Chats on jabber.mcs.anl.gov (let us know which room you want to use). Finally, there is a phone in the room and the number is: 0117 331 7439.

The seminar organizers are Luke Davies and Malcolm Bremer.

See also the Physics Department Colloquia.