Programme
For the full programme, see below. A PDF file of the programma is available here.
Keynote speakers
With financial support of NOVA, we have been able to invite 5 keynote speakers:
- Prof. Julie McEnery (NASA, NOVA speaker)
- will present the first results of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST).
- Prof. Ed van den Heuvel
- will look back on 10 year NOVA and look ahead to the future of Dutch Astronomy.
Including 2 winners of an ERC Advanced Grant:
- Conny Aerts
- Probing stellar physics and testing stellar evolution through asteroseismology
- Heino Falcke
- From black holes to ultra-high energy cosmic rays: exploring the extremes of the universe with low-frequency radio interferometry
Evening lecture
The evening lecture will be given by prof. Frits Rosendaal of the Leiden University Medical Centre, who will talk about 'Flying and Thrombosis'.
Poster boards
In view of the many new PhD and postdoc positions that will become available at the start of NOVA III, poster boards will be provided for advertising these (and other) jobs.
Programme Nederlandse Astronomen Conferentie 2009
Wednesday May 13
| 11.15 -- 12.00 | Registration (continues in afternoon) |
| 12.00 -- 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.50 -- 14.00 | Opening NAC 2009 |
| Session I |
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| 14.00 -- 14.30 | C. Aerts: Probing Stellar Physics and Testing Stellar Evolution through Asteroseismology |
| 14.30 -- 14.45 | P. Degroote: The Beta Cephei star HD 180642: analysis and interpretation of the CoRoT light curve |
| 14.45 -- 15.00 | R. Rutten: The solar chromosphere |
| 15.00 -- 15.15 | I. Brott: Rotational mixing in Magellanic Cloud O and B stars |
| 15.15 -- 15.30 | R. Navarro: The NOVA-ASTRON instrumentation program |
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| 15.30 -- 16.00 | Coffee, tea / Registration / Check-in hotel |
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| 16.00 -- 16.15 | F. Helmich / R. Roelfsema: Herschel/HIFI (TBC) |
| 16.15 -- 16.30 | I. Kamp: Protoplanetary Disks with Herschel |
| 16.30 -- 16.45 | R. Visser: A new CO photodissociation model applied to circumstellar disks |
| 16.45 -- 17.00 | M. Hogerheijde: An arc of gas and dust around the young star DoAr21 |
| 17.00 -- 17.15 | M. Rodenhuis: First-Light Observations of Protoplanetary Disks with the ExPo |
| 17.15 -- 17.30 | P. Groot: Results from the European Galactic Plane Surveys |
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| 17.30 -- 18.00 | Registration / Check-in hotel |
| 18.00 -- 19.30 | Dinner |
| 20.00 | Historic Tour Abbey (4 × 25p) & Cellar Bars (bars close at 2.00) |
Thursday May 14
| Session II |
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| 09.00 -- 09.30 | E.P.J. van den Heuvel: 10 year NOVA and the Future of Dutch Astronomy |
| 09.30 -- 09.45 | K. Öberg: The formation of complex molecules in circumstellar ices |
| 09.45 -- 10.00 | J. Bouwman: VUV induced chemistry in PAH containing interstellar ice analogues |
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| 10.00 -- 10.30 | Coffee/Tea |
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| 10.30 -- 11.15 | J. McEnery: A new view of the high energy gamma-ray sky with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope |
| 11.15 -- 11.30 | P. Soleri: X-ray jets from the X-ray binary Cir X-1 |
| 11.30 -- 11.45 | A. Patruno: Probing standard accretion theory with accreting pulsars |
| 11.45 -- 12.00 | A. Watts: Firestorms and starquakes: the dangerous life of a neutron star |
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| 12.00 -- 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 -- 15.30 | Outdoor activities |
| 15.30 -- 16.00 | Coffee/tea with Limburgse vlaai |
| Session III |
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| 16.00 -- 16.15 | H. Hoekstra: A look at the dark side of the Universe |
| 16.15 -- 16.30 | M. Haas: Physical properties of simulated galaxies from varying input physics |
| 16.30 -- 16.45 | F. Maschietto: Tracing Protoclusters at High Redshift |
| 16.45 -- 17.00 | V. Jelic: CMB-EoR cross-correlation study |
| 17.00 -- 17.15 | D. Groen: Simulating the universe on an intercontinental grid of supercomputers |
| 17.15 -- 17.30 | S. Portegies Zwart: The lost siblings of the Sun |
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| 18.00 -- 19.30 | Dinner |
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| 19.45 | Poster prizes |
| 20.00 | Evening Lecture: prof. dr Frits Rosendaal (Leiden University Medical Centre) |
| | Air travel and thrombosis: experiments at 10,000 meter altitude and on the South pole |
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| 21.00 -- 02.00 | Afterglow in cellar bars |
Friday May 15
| Session IV |
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| 09.00 -- 09.30 | H. Falcke: From black holes to ultra-high energy cosmic rays |
| 09.30 -- 09.45 | E. Helder: Measuring the cosmic ray acceleration efficiency of a supernova remnant |
| 09.45 -- 10.00 | D. Kosenko: X-ray spectroscopy of LMC supernova remnants |
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| 10.00 -- 10.30 | Coffee/tea |
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| 10.30 -- 10.45 | V. Tudose: Aql X-1 and its identity problems |
| 10.45 -- 11.00 | R. Overzier: The co-evolution of black holes and starbursts at low and high redshift |
| 11.00 -- 11.15 | R. Scheepmaker: The resolved cluster formation efficiency in M51 |
| 11.15 -- 11.30 | M. Brentjens: Preparing (for) LOFAR |
| 11.30 -- 11.45 | W. Frieswijk: Allegro: the ALMA Local Expertise Group |
| 11.45 -- 12.00 | G. Nelemans: Gravitational wave astrophysics |
| 12.00 | Closing remarks |
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| 12.00 -- 13.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Bus departure |
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