From November 25, 2023 to March 24, 2024 – Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome THE EXHIBITION “Time Machines” is an exhibition about Italian astrophysics and astronomy. What awaits you is a journey through the universe created to make you find out the new Read More …
Category: Events & Seminars
Title: “The Awakening Beasts in our Universe”
Seminar by Jiachen Jiang, Leverhulme/Isaac Newton Fellow – Institute of Astronomy (University of Cambridge, UK) Tuesday 4th of April, 2.30 pm (On-line seminar. Link: https://meet.google.com/ots-rija-hyc) Abstract: “Unlike the stochastic variability in the optical and UV emission of active galactic nuclei (AGN), Read More …
Title: “The accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 during its 2022 outburst: hints of an orbital shrinking”
Seminar by Giulia Illiano, PhD – Astronomical Observatory of Rome (INAF-OAR) Tuesday 7th of March, at 2.30 pm Abstract: “Accreting millisecond pulsars (AMSPs) are rapidly rotating neutron stars hosted in a tight binary system with a low-mass companion. Their millisecond periods Read More …
Title: “Disk, corona, jet connection in black hole X-ray binaries using reverberation mapping”
Seminar by Jingyi Wang, PhD student (MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Cambridge) Wednesday 8th of June 2022, 14:15 p.m Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ots-rija-hyc Abstract: “Black holes tell us about accretion and ejection physics in the strongest gravity Read More …
Title: “A Spectroscopic point of view on Central Engines in Accreting Neutron Stars”
Seminar by Nicolas Trueba, PhD student (Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan) Wednesday 30th of March, 14:15 p.m Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ots-rija-hyc Abstract: “High-resolution spectroscopic studies of absorbing disk winds and atmospheres in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are key in Read More …
Title: “Astrometric techniques for the calibration of the ASTRI Cherenkov telescope”
Seminar by Simone Iovenitti, PhD (INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory, University of Milan). Monday 7th of March, 15:00 p.m. Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/jfi-jtfp-ybu Abstract: “ASTRI in an Italian project for the study of Very High-Energy astrophysical phenomena up to 300 TeV and Read More …
Title: “Numerical simulation of a stable sub-Eddington accretion disk”
Seminar by Debora Lančová (Silesian University in Opava – Czech Republic, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center – Polish Academy of Sciences). Wednesday 16th of March, 14:15 p.m. Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ots-rija-hyc Abstract: “We have performed general relativistic radiative magneto-hydrodynamics (GRRMHD) simulations of Read More …
Title: “Surfing the waves of quantum space-time with ALBATROS”
Seminar by Luciano Burderi (Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy). Thursday 10th of March, 14:15 p.m. Abstract: ALBATROS (Astonishingly Long Baseline Array Transients Reconnaissance Observatory in Space) is an ambitious astrophysical mission concept that uses a fleet of Read More …
Title: “BLAZARS from the new observational window of X-ray polarimetry: prospects the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer”
Seminar by Laurea Di Gesu, ASI (Italian Space Agency) March 2 2022, 2:15 P. M Abstract: “The NASA/ASI Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched on December the 9th 2021, thereby opening the new observational window of X-ray polarimetry. Blazars, that are Read More …
Title: “MUSE spectroscopy of Ultraluminous X-ray sources large-scale feedback”.
Seminar by Andrés Gúrpide, PhD in Astrophysics (University of Southampton) February 23 2022, 2:15 P. M. Abstract: “What happens when a compact object is fed at mass-transfer rates exceeding the classical Eddington limit is still poorly understood. After decades of Read More …