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Conference Programme

IT = Invited Talk (20min + 5 min questions)

CT = Contributed Talk (12 min + 3 min questions)

The poster exhibition will take place outside the auditorium. Note that posters are limited to a width of 70 cm!

 

Wednesday 2 October

Location:  LUX auditorium

12:00-13:30Registration
13:30-13:35Welcome by LOC
13:35-13:45Introduction from National committee for astronomy
13:45-13:55Introduction from Swedish Astronomical Society
 Chair: Adam Rains
13:55-14:20Ryan BoukroucheStockholm University(IT) Exploring the impact of clouds on observations of terrestrial exoplanets in their habitable zones from the upcoming Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE)
14:20-14:35Alexandra MuresanChalmers(CT) Diversities and similarities exhibited by multi-planetary systems
14:35-15:00Poster flash presentations
15:00-15:50Poster session and coffee/tea
 Chair: Henrik Hartman
15:50-16:05Emil KnudstrupOnsala Space Observatory(CT) Do particular planets prefer polar orbits?
16:05-16:20Victor Rufo-PastorLund University(CT) On the rapid growth of the milky way-mass disks  - The physics of triggering CGM cooling in Genetically Modified Simulations
16:20-16:35Tom BakxChalmers(CT) From blobs to clouds: Spatially and spectrally resolving the most intensely star-forming environments through cosmic time
16:35-16:50Marília G C C CarlosUppsala University(CT) Detailed chemical composition of solar analogues with and without planets
 
18:00Utdelning av Svenska astronomiska sällskapets Rosa Tengborg-stipendium
18:05-19:00

Nordenmarkföreläsning: Sanna Alwmark, Lund University

Jakten på stenplaneternas tidiga historia

This popular science lecture will be given in Swedish (på svenska) in the LUX auditorium and also broadcasted on zoom

https://lu-se.zoom.us/s/63327853561

More information can be found at Svenska astronomiska sällskapets webpage here 

 

Thursday 3 October

Location:  LUX auditorium

08:30-09:00Registration
 Chair: Terese Hansen
09:00-09:25Diane FeuilletUppsala university(IT) Find foreign stars in the Milky Way and discovering the history of their original homes
09:25-09:40Shilpa B SeshashayanaMalmö university(CT) Fluorine abundances in Open Clusters
09:40-09:55Ella WangStockholm  university(CT) Dips and flashes: Lithium abundances in one million stars
09:55-10:10Christian LehmannLund university(CT) Strangers in the Galactic Disk: the Strength of Radial Migration as told by Local Metal-Rich Stars
10:10-10:25Kris YouakimStockholm university(CT) Characterizing Milky Way halo stellar streams using chemo-kinematic tagging with unsupervised machine learning
10:25-10:55Coffee and tea
 Chair: Santiago del Palacio
10:55-11:20Anne-Kathrin BaczkoOnsala Space Observatory Chalmers(IT) AGN jets from formation to dissipation
11:20-11:35Kelley HessOnsala Space Observatory Chalmers(CT) Sweden and the Square Kilometre Array: On the ground running
11:35-12:00Santi Roca-FabregaLund University(IT) The ARRAKIHS ESA-F2 Space Mission: Unveiling the nature of dark matter
12:00-12:30A Adamo, S Feltzing, E de BeckSU, LU, Chalmers(CT) On ESOs STC, UC and Council
12:30-13:30Lunch break
 Chair: Sophie Rosu
13:30-13:55Anja MoeslingerSwedish Institute of Space Physics(IT)
13:55-14:10Claudia SkoglundStockholm University(CT) Starshades: Geoengineering Solutions and Technosignatures in Direct Imaging Phase Curves
14:10-14:25Klaudia JaworskaLund University(CT) Exocomets of β Pictoris
14:25-14:40Terese OlanderUppsala University(CT) Spectroscopy of benchmark M dwarfs for the Plato mission
14:40-14:55Miora AndriantsaralzaChalmers University of Technology(CT) DEATHSTAR – A new hope for accurate mass-loss-rate estimates for AGB stars
14:55-15:40Poster session + coffee/tea
 Chair: Henrik Hartman
15:40-16:05Georgia PanopoulouOnsala Space Observatory Chalmers(IT) Mapping the Galactic magnetic field in 3D with stellar polarization
16:05-16:20Franz KirstenOnsala Space Observatory Chalmers(CT) High cadence monitoring of hyperactive Fast Radio Bursts at Onsala Space Observatory -- what does the high energy emission of repeating FRBs tell us about the non-repeaters?
16:20-16:35Yang HuStockholm University(CT) SN 2021aaev: A Superluminous Type II SN with Long-Timescale - Flash Ionisation
16:35-16:50Sean BrennanStockholm University(CT) Massive stars activity shortly before core-collapse
16:50-17:05Oscar WistemarRoyal Institute of Technology(CT) Analyzing GRB211211A prompt emission with a photospheric model
18:00-.....

Conference dinner at Vattenhallen, including award for Best Poster, and while having coffee and cake desert we will hear Dainis Dravins presenting:

Astronomy meetings in Sweden – a very non-personal view

 

Friday 4 October

Location:  LUX auditorium

 Chair: Urban Eriksson
08:30-08:55Jonas EnanderOscar Klein Center(IT) From stars to stories: how to create engagement with astronomy
08:55-09:10Avinash SinghStockholm University(CT) Strategies for Astronomy Outreach and Astrophotography in emphasizing Amateur engagement in Scientific Follow-up
09:10-09:25Anastasios KapodistriaStockholm University(CT) Higher Education Astronomy – An exploration of representations and their meaning making functions
09:25-09:40Erik PerssonLund University(CT) Space humanities: the role of humanities for space exploration
09:40-10:20Coffee/Tea
 Chair: Katrin Ros
10:20-10:45Alexander BockLinköping University(IT) OpenSpace – A free and open-source browser of the universe
10:45-11:00Anna ArnadottirLund University(CT) Starlit encounters at the Lund University Planetarium
11:00-11:15Robert CummingOnsala Space Observatoty Chalmers(CT) Disco ball astronomy: time to get ready for solar eclipses in 2025-2028
11:15-11:30Johan WarellSvensk Amatörastronomisk Förening(CT) The SAAF Margareta Westlund Telescope: A remote telescope for amateur astronomy, school and science
11:30-11:35Katja Lindblom International Astronomical Union new National Outreach Coordinator for Sweden
11:35-11:45Urban ErikssonUppsala UniversitySummary
11:45-11:55Closing remarks by LOC
 

 

The astronomy building. Photo.

 

The meridian telescope. photo.

The LOC includes

  • Thomas Bensby
  • Lund Observatory members

The SOC includes

  • Henrik Hartman, Malmö (chair)
  • Thomas Bensby, Lund
  • Katrin Ros, Lund, Populär Astronomi
  • Urban Eriksson, SAS, Uppsala
  • Santiago del Palacio, Chalmers
  • Adam Rains, Uppsala
  • Tim Linden, Stockholm, physics
  • Sophie Rosu, Stockholm, KTH
  • Terese Hansen, Stockholm, astro
  • Hayley Williamson, IRF Kiruna