2020-21

Jun Makino (Kobe University) "Title: Frameworks for large-scale astrophysical simulations" Abstract: In the last three decades, it has been becoming more and more difficult to develop applications which can achieve high, or even modest, efficiency on...

Jorge Penarrubia (U Edinburgh) "Impact of `dark' microhaloes on the dynamics of stars & planetary systems" In the current cosmological paradigm (Cold Dark Matter, CDM), galaxies like the Milky Way are teeming with dark matter substructures with masses as...

Sarah Jeffreson (ITC) " The lifecycles of giant molecular clouds in Milky Way-like galaxies" Most stars in galaxies are formed within Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs): large, cold and dense reservoirs of molecular hydrogen within the hierarchical structure...

Kim Boddy (UTexas Austin) "Searching for Dark Matter Interactions in Cosmology" There is overwhelming evidence for the existence of dark matter. It plays a crucial role in the formation of structure in the Universe, yet little is known about its...

Leonardo dos Santos (Geneva) "The high-energy environment and atmospheric escape of small exoplanets" Abstract: Similarly to stars, planets also lose mass with time, even our own Earth. In particular, hot extrasolar planets orbiting close to their host...

Karan Jani (Vanderbilt) "Detection of Lite-Intermediate Mass Black Holes in LIGO-Virgo" In this talk, I will give an overview of the 150 solar mass binary black hole merger that was recently announced by the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration. I will discuss the...

Anna Ho: "The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions: Abstract: For the last half-century, relativistic outflows accompanying the final collapse of massive stars have predominantly been detected via high-energy emission, as long-duration gamma-ray...