Date: Friday 19 May 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Thalia Traianou, Istituto de Astrofisíca de Andalucía IAA-CSIC, Spain Abstract: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are some of the most luminous objects in the universe, powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes …
Neutron star parameter constraints using pulse profile modeling
Friday 5 May 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Tuomo Salmi Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam Abstract: X-ray pulses of rapidly rotating neutron stars (NSs) can be used to probe the equation of state …
INAF and its One Thousand and One Stories
Date: 26 April 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Dr. Martina Cardillo IAPS-INAF Abstract: One of the most powerful collaborations in the whole Universe is the one between Art and Science. In the light of …
Protosolar hydrogen source for water in the Moon and the Early Earth
Date: 8 March 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Alice Stephant, INAF-IAPS Abstract: Since the first report of the detection of water in-situ in lunar volcanic glasses, the origin of endogenous water in the Moon has …
Supermassive black holes through the lens of multiwavelength polarization
Date: 22 March 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Dr. Yannis Liodakis Turku University Abstract: Supermassive black holes form the most intriguing astrophysical systems offering countless opportunities to study fundamental physics in regimes not …
From the Astronomical Observatory of the Roman College (Collegio Romano) to the Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana)
Date: 29 March 2023, at 11:00 Speakers: Dr. M. Galaverni & Dr. G. Gionti, SJ, Specola Vaticana Abstract: We will describe the transition from the Astronomical Observatory of the Roman College to the Vatican Observatory. Following Fr. …
The fractal reconnection scenario: energy cascade induced by magnetic reconnection.
Speaker: Fulvia Pucci,Bochum university, Ruhr Abstract: Magnetic reconnection is considered to be the energy source underlying flares and outbursts, from Pulsar wind nebulae, to primordial galaxy clusters energy release. Jets of active galactic …
Current starvation and relativistic magnetic reconnection: an old idea of present interest
Date: 17 February 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Francesco Pegoraro, Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Italy Abstract: In an ultra-relativistic plasma regime, magnetic reconnection may take completely different features due to the relativistic limit …
The multiplicity of stellar populations of Globular Clusters
Date: 1 Febbraio 2023, at 11:00 Speaker: Santi Cassisi da INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81803050318?pwd=aEJ6MTFJU01qdWhJNWowb1pjR1VuZz09 Abstract: Galactic globular clusters have always been at the crossroad of several investigations in both Stellar and Galactic Astrophysics. For …
Turbulence modes and star formation efficiency in the Milky Way
Date: 25 Gennaio 2023, at 11:00 Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81803050318?pwd=aEJ6MTFJU01qdWhJNWowb1pjR1VuZz09 Speaker: Raffaele Rani da CAG – Center for Astronomy and Gravitation,National Taiwan Normal University Abstract: The nature of turbulence in molecular clouds is one of …