10 April 2013An informal meeting will take place at the auditorium of the building hosting the Planetário do Porto and the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto, between CAUP's researchers and Astronomy students.
The event is open to any student with a potential interest in carrying out a degree in Astronomy in the upcoming 1 or 2 years, including students of licenciaturas and mestrados in related areas such as Physics, Mathematics and other relevant science or engeneering degrees.
Projects booklet available for download here.
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Programme
| Opening Presentations | |
| 14:00 | Welcome & CAUP Booklets Release Carlos J. A. P. Martins |
| 14:05 | Introduction to CAUP Pedro P. Avelino |
| 14:15 | The Masters Programme Pedro T. P. Viana |
| 14:30 | The Doctoral Programme Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro |
| Ongoing research projects | |
| 14:45 | Cosmic Tidal Shear Correlations for Galactic Halos Vanessa Böhm |
| 14:50 | Correcting stellar spectra from telluric lines Diana Cunha |
| 14:55 | Astrophysical Probes of Fundamental Physics and Unification Miguel C. Ferreira |
| 15:00 | Giant planets around evolved stars Annelies Mortier |
| 15:05 | The effect of stellar spots on the high precision transit light curve Mahmoudreza Oshagh |
| 15:10 | Questions |
| 15:15 | Break |
| Proposed research projects | |
| 15:35 | Field Theory applications to Astrophysics, Cosmology and High Energy Physics Pedro P. Avelino |
| 15:40 | Probing inside strongly magnetic stars Margarida S. Cunha |
| 15:45 | Probing the Formation of Galaxies using Lyman-Alpha Emission and Absorption Andrew J. Humphrey |
| 15:50 | Modelling the interaction between the accretion and outflow regions around YSO’s João J. G. Lima |
| 15:55 | Questions |
| 16:00 | Fundamental Physics with the E-ELT and Euclid Carlos J. A. P. Martins |
| 16:05 | Physical requirements for the existence of a convective core in main sequence stars Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro |
| 16:10 | Dwarf Galaxies and Pseudo-bulges Polychronis Papaderos |
| 16:15 | Validation of small transiting exoplanets with PASTIS Alexandre Santerne |
| 16:20 | Questions |
| Research teams | |
| 16:25 | The Stars and Planets Team Margarida S. Cunha |
| 16:40 | The Galaxies and Cosmology Team Polychronis Papaderos |
| 16:55 | Closing remarks Carlos J. A. P. Martins |
All Astronomy students (undergraduates, MSc and PhD students) are strongly encouraged to attend.
For more information please contact Carlos J. A. P. Martins.