UNIVERSITY of CRETE - PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Section of Astrophysics & Space Physics
2008-2009 Seminars

In this page we present a list of the seminars organized by the Section of Astrophysics & Space Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete. These talks typically take place on semi random intervals by the various visitors of the Section and they are open to all members of the Department. In addition, we often include in this page colloquia of the Physics department on topics which overlap with the research areas of the Section. The complete list of the regular colloquia of the department is available here.

Unless otherwise noted, the seminars take place in the 2nd floor seminar room of the Physics Bldg. You may check the link of each seminar for details on the topic as well as the exact location and time of each talk. If you think you may be visiting Crete and you would like to visit us please contact Vassilis Charmandaris or Aga Slowikowska.

For more information on the activities of the Section of Astrophysics & Space Physics, you may check the PDF files of the annual reports of the Section for the calendar years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Date Title / Speaker
2 SEP 2009:
@15:15.		 "The Physics of Galaxy Clusters" Dr. Marcus Bruggen, Jacobs University Bremen , Germany
31 AUG 2009:
@15:15.		 "Unusual transients" Dr. Stephen Rosswog, Jacobs University Bremen , Germany
22 JULY 2009:
@15:00.		 "Positron Annihilation in the Galaxy" Prof. Nikos Prantzos, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
24 JUNE 2009:
@15:00.		 "How the accretion disc found its voice" Dr. Phil Uttley, University of Southampton
10 JUNE 2009:
@15:00.		 "A review of current Fermi results" Dr. Gottfried Kanbach, MPE Garching, Germany
1 JUNE 2009:
@15:00.		 "THE BIRTH OF STARS: CHILDREN OF GRAVITY AND COSMIC MAGNETISM" Prof. Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias, University of California, Berkeley
20 MAY 2009:
@15:00.		 "Extreme flux states of NGC 4151 observed with the current X-ray satellites" Dr. Piotr Lubinski, ISDC Versoix, Switzerland
14 MAY 2009:
Phys. Col. @17:00.		 "The Missing Baryons Hunt: a crucial test of our Standard Cosmology and Feedback" Dr. Fabrizio Nicastro, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, INAF, Italy and Physics Dpt, University of Crete
13 MAY 2009:
@15:00.		 "A census of X-ray nuclear activity in nearby galaxies" Iossif Papadakis, Uni. of Crete / FORTH
6 MAY 2009:
@15:00.		 "Searching LMXBs in GCs - elliptical galaxies" Paolo Bonfini, Uni. of Crete / FORTH
29 APRIL 2009:
@15:00.		 "Orbital and super-orbital variability of X-ray binaries" Prof. Andrzej Zdziarski, CAMK Warsaw, Poland
15 APRIL 2009:
@15:00.		 "The SEDs of Starburst galaxies" Brent Groves, Leiden University, Netherlands
9 APRIL 2009:
Phys. Col. @17:00.		 "The Explosive Death of Sun-Like Stars" Prof. Y. Terzian, Astronomy Department, Cornell Univ., USA
8 APRIL 2009:
@15:00.		 "What lies within the hearts of Luminous Infrared Galaxies" Tanio Diaz Santos, IESL-FORTH, Crete
1 APRIL 2009:
@15:00.		 "Soft X-ray fluence distribution of SWIFT GRB afterglows" Dr. Fabrizio Nicastro, INAF-Rome Obs./CfA/ITE
25 MARCH 2009:
@15:00.		 no seminar, Holiday
18 MARCH 2009:
@15:00.		 "The Event Horizon of Sagittarius A" Iossif Papadakis , Uni. of Crete / FORTH
11 MARCH 2009:
Journal Club @15:00.		 "Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 - the Einstein Cross II. Energy profile of the accretion disk" Iossif Papadakis , Uni. of Crete / FORTH
4 MARCH 2009:
@15:00.		 "Outflowing corona in galactic black hole binaries" Malgorzata Sobolewska, IESL - FORTH, Crete
25 FEB 2008:
@15:00.		 "Are there atoll/Z sources in High-Mass X-ray Binaries? " Pablo Reig, Uni. of Crete / FORTH
18 FEB 2008:
@15:00.		 "X-ray source populations in spiral and star-forming galaxies" - part II Andreas Zezas, Uni. of Crete / FORTH
11 DEC 2008:
@12:00.		 "X-ray source populations in spiral and star-forming galaxies" - part I Andreas Zezas, Uni. of Crete / FORTH
27 NOV 2008:
@12:00.		 "Modelling the ultraviolet-to-infrared spectral energy distributions of galaxies" Elisabete da Cunha, IESL-FORTH, Crete
20 NOV 2008:
@12:00.		 "The evolution of black-hole binaries" Tomaso Belloni INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy
13 NOV 2008:
Phys. Col. @17:00.		 "The Extreme Physical Properties of Neutron Stars" Prof. Joachim Truemper, MPE Garching, Germany
10 OCT 2008:
@15:00.		 "Non radial pulsations in Be and BeX stars" Dr. Juan Gutierrez, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
3 OCT 2008:
@15:00.		 "The Evolution of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters with Fallback Disks" Dr. Unal Ertan, Sabanci University, Istanbul
25 SEP 2008:
@12:30.		 "Exploring the Hot Universe with IXO" Dr. Fabrizio Nicastro, INAF-Rome Obs./CfA/ITE
18 SEP 2008:
@14:00.		 Highlights of the Swift GRB Mission Prof. David Burrows, PSU
12 SEP 2008:
@12:00.		 Trigger mechanisms and evolution of ultra-luminous IR galaxies: local vs high-z Dr. Kalliopi Dasyra, Caltech

Past Seminars

Date Title / Speaker
5 JUN 2008:
@12:00.		 AGN Workshop, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, 2 - 6 June 2008
5 MAY 2008:
@12:00.		 "Herschel Mission Overview"
Dr. Stephan Ott, ESA
1 MAY 2008:
@12:00.		 HOLIDAY
24 APR 2008:
@12:00.		 EASTER HOLIDAY
23 APR 2008:
@15:00.		 "The Marriage of Dwarf Planets and other Kuiper Belt Residents"
Hilke Schlichting, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
17 APR 2008:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 "Latest news from extragalactic infrared surveys: environment effects & ubiquity of AGNs in massive galaxies"
Dr. David Elbaz, CEA/Saclay, France
17 APR 2008:
@12:00.		 "Tracing back the history of galaxies from fossil records (metals, cosmic background,...) and direct measurements (deep surveys, galaxy counts, luminosity functions, cosmic SFR history)"
Dr. David Elbaz, CEA/Saclay, France
10 APR 2008:
@12:00.		 M.Sc. Thesis: "Spectroscopy of the bright optical counterparts of X-ray sources in the direction of M 31"
Paolo Bonfini, UoC and University of Milano-Bicocca
3 APR 2008:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " Galaxy Formation and Evolution in the First Billion Years"
Dr. Ranga Chary, Spitzer Science Center, Caltech, USA
27 MAR 2008:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 "All Black Holes Great and Small"
Dr. Sera Markoff, Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek", University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
27 MAR 2008:
@12:00.		 "AGN Heating and Feedback in Clusters of Galaxies"
Dr. Michael Wise, Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek", University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
26 MAR 2008:
@17:00.		 "Common weaknesses: similarities between low-luminosity black holes from the stellar to the supermassive"
Dr. Sera Markoff, Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek", University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 MAR 2008:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 "Cosmological Inflation: A Personal Perspective"
Dr. Dimosthenes Kazanas, GSFC, NASA
13 MAR 2008:
@12:00.		 "GAMMA-project: The *G*LAST *A*GN *M*ulti-frequency *M*onitoring *A*lliance"
Dr. Emmanouil Angelakis, MPI for Radio Astronomy, Bonn
6 MAR 2008:
@12:00.		 "Past and current research from X-ray black holes"
Dr. Malgorzata Sobolewska, FORTH
14 Feb 2008:
@12:00.		 "Microlensing Search for Planets with Two Simultaneously Rising Suns"
M.Sc. Emmanouil Chatzopoulos, University of Crete
10 Jan. 2008:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 "The Antikythera Mechanism"
Prof. John Seiradakis, University of Thessaloniki
29 Nov. 2007:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Energetics, Nucleosynthesis, and Cosmology"
Prof. James Truran, University of Chicago, USA
22 Nov. 2007:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " High-Time-Resolution Astronomy: Astrophysical Concepts and Observational Results"
Dr. Gottfried Kanbach, MPE Garching, Germany
15 Nov. 2007:
@12:00.		 "Inflows and Outflows from Supermassive Black Holes"
Dr. George Chartas, Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
9 Nov. 2007:
@12:00.		 "The Missing Baryons Hunt"
Dr. Fabrizio Nicastro, INAF- Rome Observatory, Italy. & Harvard Center for Astrophysics, USA
5 Nov. 2007:
@11:00.		 "Newtonian theory of gravity: Negative mass, repulsive gravity, and consequences"
Prof. Nikolaos Spyrou, University of Thessaloniki
18 Oct. 2007:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " X-ray and Gamma-Ray observations of Galactic black holes"
Prof. Joern Wilms, Dr. Karl Remeis-Sternwarte, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
11 Oct. 2007:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " Mid-IR properties of Interacting Galaxies: from Spirals to ULIRGs"
Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris, Univ. of Crete
5 Oct. 2007:
@17:00.
Physics Colloquium		 " Origin and Distribution of the Elements in the Universe"
Prof. Johannes Andersen, The Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
20 Sep. 2007:
@13:30.		 " Recent results in GRBs: has Swift solved the puzzle?"
Dr. Evert Rol, University of Leicester, UK
21 June 2007:
@1:30pm		 "The Sun in 3D: First Results from the STEREO Mission"
Dr. Angelos Vourlidas, Naval Research Lab, USA
7 June 2007:
@5:00pm		 "ZEUS: Star formation in the Early Universe"
Prof. Gordon Stacey, Cornell University, USA
31 MAY 2007:
@5:00pm		 "Cassini at Saturn: Rings, Atmosphere and Moons"
Prof. Phil Nicholson, Cornell University, USA
11 MAY 2007:
@11:00am
@ FORTH		 "Sparse Representation and Applications in Astronomy"
Dr. Jean-Luc Starck, Service d'Astrophysique CEA/Saclay, France
10 MAY 2007:
@1:30pm		 "Modeling Structure Formation in the Universe: From Dark Matter Halos to Galaxies to Supermassive Black Holes"
Dr. Stelios Kazantzidis, Stanford University, USA
9 MAY 2007:
@4:15pm		 "Integral-field spectroscopy of nebulae and galaxies:application to chemically inhomogeneous interstellar media"
Dr. Yannis Tsamis, University College London, UK
4 MAY 2007:
@1:30pm		 "The Architecture of Planetary Systems Revealed by Debris Disk Imaging"
Prof. Paul Kalas, University of California, Berkeley, USA
3 MAY 2007:
@1:30pm		 "Dissecting Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies"
Dr. Polychronis Papaderos, University of Gottingen, Germany
19 APR 2007:
@1:30pm		 "The environment of AGN at z~1"
Dr. Antonis Georgakakis, Imperial College, UK
22 MAR 2007:
@1:30pm		 "Star Formation and Dynamics in Galaxies"
Dr. Angelos Misiriotis, Univ. of Crete
19 JAN 2007:
@3:00pm		 "Pulsar Characteristics Across the Energy Spectrum"
Dr. Agnieszka Slowikowska, Univ. of Crete
18 JAN 2007:
@5:00pm		 "Active Galactic Nuclei: The ups and downs of their X-ray emission"
Prof. Iosif Papadakis, Univ. of Crete
12 OCT 2006:
@5:00pm		 "Opening a window to the Universe"
Prof. John Papamastorakis, Univ. of Crete
28 AUG 2006:
@1:00pm		 "Average hard X-ray emission from Neutron Star LMXBs: Observational evidence of different spectral states"
Dr. Adamantia Paizis, INAF-IASF, Milano, Italy
10 AUG 2006:
@3:00pm		 "What have we learned from the Chandra Deep Field South"
Prof. Colin Norman, Johns Hopkins University, USA
14 JUL 2006:
@1:00pm		 "Prompt emission spectra from the photosphere of a Gamma Ray Burst"
Dr. Dimitris Giannios, Max Planck Instritute of Astrophysics, Germany
13 JUL 2006:
@2:00pm		 "Analytic Models of Cosmic Ecology and the High-Energy Universe"
Dr. Vasso Pavlidou, University of Chicago, USA
13 JUL 2006:
@1:00pm		 "Protostar Formation in Magnetic Molecular Clouds: A Shocking Birth"
Dr. Kostas Tassis, University of Chicago, USA
11 JUL 2006:
@1:00pm		 "The magnetic field of A-stars and magnetars"
Dr. Henk Spruit, Max Planck Instritute of Astrophysics, Germany
8 JUN 2006:
@4:00pm		 "The Infrared Universe"
Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson, Imperial College, UK
25 MAY 2006:
@1:00pm		 "An application of integral-field spectroscopy: the chemical inhomogeneity of nebulae"
Dr. Yiannis G. Tsamis, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, UK
3 MAY 2006:
@1:00pm		 "Incorporating the molecular gas in galaxy-size numerical simulations: Another step towards realism"
Dr. Padelis Papadopoulos, Institute of Astronomy, ETH, Switzerland
5 APR. 2006:
@1:30pm		 "Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB): A Personal View and some New Developments"
Dr. Demos Kazanas, NASA/GSFC, USA
16 FEB 2006:
@5:00pm		 "Imaging on the Cassini Mission to Saturn/Titan: Visible Surfaces and Tenuous Plasmas"
Prof. Stamatis Krimigis - Academy of Athens & Head Emeritus, Space Dept, APL, Johns Hopkins University, USA
21 DEC 2005:
@3:30pm		 "The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33"
Dr. Alceste Bonanos, DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
15 DEC 2005:
@3:30pm		 "Statistical and Physical Infrared properties of AGN as measured by SWIRE"
Dr. Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain
7 DEC 2005:
@1:00pm		 "Turbulent Cascades in MHD"
Dr. Alexandros Alexakis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
23 SEP 2005:
@12:00pm		 "First light with Z-Spec, a new broadband mm-wave spectrometer, and future prospects for sensitive far-IR spectroscopy from space"
Dr. Matt Bradford, JPL/Caltech, USA

Last modified: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
by: Vassilis Charmandaris and Aga Slowikowska
University of Crete | Department of Physics | Section of Astrophysics & Space Physics