The Crafoord Prize Symposium in Astronomy: New avenues in solar and stellar physics

Datum: 2024-05-15

Tid: 09:00 - 17:05

Adress: The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences, 4 A, Lilla Frescativägen, Stockholm

Lokal: The Beijer Hall

Sista anmälningsdatum: 2024-04-29 23:00

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy to Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium, “for developing the methods of asteroseismology and their application to the study of the interior of the Sun and of other stars.”

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Programme

09.00
Opening address
Birgitta Henriques Normark, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

09.05
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureates
Nikolai Piskunov, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy

09.15
Listening to the Stars

Part I: Physics from the Sun
Crafoord Laureate Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK

Part II: Asteroseismology of evolved solar-like stars
Crafoord Laureate Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark

Part III: Asteroseismology of fast rotators
Crafoord Laureate Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium

10.30
Coffee break

11.00
Helioseismology with inertial modes

Laurent Gizon, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and University of Göttingen, Germany

11.30
A high-resolution view of solar oscillations and waves

Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez, Stockholm University, Sweden

12.00
Lunch
(Included for registered participants)

13.00
Internal structures of low-mass stars

Saskia Hekker, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany

13.30
Intermediate-mass stars as physics laboratories

Margarida Cunha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

14.00
The evolution of massive stars, single and binary

Hugues Sana, KU Leuven, Belgium

14.30
Insights into the interiors of massive stars

Georges Meynet, Geneva University, Switzerland

15.00
Coffee break

15.30
Understanding exoplanets through asteroseismology

Vincent Van Eylen, University College London, UK

16.00
The importance of asteroseismology in the study of the Milky Way as a galaxy

Andrea Miglio, Università di Bologna, Italy

16.30
Short break

16.35
Panel discussion
Chair:
Diane Feuillet, Lund University and Andreas Korn, Uppsala University

17.05
Closing of Symposium
Sofia Feltzing, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy

The symposium is organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The event is free of charge and open to the public but registration is required. The symposium will also be live-streamed, on this wepbage and on www.kva.se. Please note that registration is only required for participation in person.

The Crafoord Prize is awarded in partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation in Lund. The Academy is responsible for selecting the Crafoord Laureates.

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