Centro de Astrofísica U.Porto

6 June 2012

An 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.

Programme

09:30	Introduction Carlos J. A. P. Martins
09:45	CAUP's presentation Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro
10:00	Presentation of the Masters and PhD degrees Pedro T. P. Viana e Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro
Ongoing research projects
10:30	Frequency of giant planets around metal-poor stars Annelies Mortier
10:35	Metallicity/Stellar mass relationship with planets of the HARPS GTO M-dwarf sample Vasco M. F. M. Neves
10:40	Long-term stellar activity and radial velocity variations of the HARPS M-dwarf sample João N. T. Gomes da Silva
10:45	Derivation of stellar parameters for stars with planets Maria Tsantaki
10:50	GAIA and the search for other planets - combining astrometry and radial velocity Lisa Benamati
10:55	SOMAP - tool to measure spin-orbit misalignment of exoplanets and application Mahmoudreza Oshagh
11:00	Question time
11:10	Spectroscopic derivation of the stellar surface gravity Gerasim Khachatryan
11:15	General Properties of Red Bulgeless Galaxies Bruno R. L. Ribeiro
11:20	Structure formation in modified gravity Marvin F. Silva
11:25	Quasars and cosmology Pedro O. J. Pedrosa
11:30	Observational strategies to identify variations of fundamental parameters and dark energy Ana C. O. Leite
11:35	Probing dark energy beyond z=2 with CODEX Pauline Vielzeuf
11:40	Question time
11:50	A stellar test of the physics of unification José P. P. Vieira
11:55	New tests of fundamental physics Miguel C. Ferreira
12:00	Studying varying constants with atomic clocks Mariana D. Julião
12:05	Constraining the evolution of the temperature of the Universe Ana M. R. V. L. Monteiro
12:10	Cosmic String Evolution with a Conserved Charge Miguel F. Oliveira
12:15	Question time
12:30	Buffet lunch
Proposed research projects
13:30	Field Theory applications to Astrophysics, Cosmology and High Energy Physics Pedro P. Avelino
13:35	Probing stellar physics with asteroseismology Margarida S. Cunha
13:40	Weak Lensing-CMB correlations and forecasts for Euclid and Planck António da Silva
13:45	Direct Detection of Extra-solar planets with ESPRESSO Pedro Figueira
13:50	The limiting ends of star formation M. S. Nanda Kumar
13:55	Question time
14:00	The Dark Side of the Universe Carlos J. A. P. Martins
14:05	Developing the Next Generation of Seismic Probes of Stellar Physics Mário J. P. F. G. Monteiro
14:10	On the atmospheric properties of transiting planets Nuno C. Santos
14:15	Spectroscopic characterization of solar-type stars for the GAIA-ESO Survey Sérgio A. G. Sousa
14:20	Characterizing dark energy using the baryon abundance in galaxy clusters Pedro T. P. Viana
14:25	Question time
14:30	Strategic objectives of CAUP's research teams Pedro T. P. Viana e Margarida S. Cunha
15:00	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.