astro830 - Seminar on Astrophysics

Information for the WS26/27

Welcome to the four-credit-point Seminar on Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Master of Astrophysics program at the Argelander-Institute for Astronomy.

In this course, students will give a presentation on a recently published research paper they choose from a selection provided by professors and research staff at the AIfA.  Students must discuss the research topic, the paper content, and their presentation with their respective supervisors before their presentation.

Time: Mondays, 14.00-15:15 when two talks or 13:45-15:30 when three talks
Place: Lecture Hall 0.012, AIfA

The AstroSem introductory session will take place on Monday, 19th October 2026, at 14:00, where the papers will be briefly introduced (listed below). Students shall have a close look at them in the following days and express their interest in two papers via email to the respective supervisors by the following Friday. The papers will be assigned after that date.

The registration deadline will be set once the final numbers of students will be known. The talks will be scheduled accordingly to accomodate all participants within the semester. The final dates will be set after the 1st meeting on October 19th.  

Students (and advisors) are strongly recommended to read the guidelines.  Do also read the guides to good seminar talks linked below!

Please register on ecampus and basis for this seminar course. Mind the registration and de-registration deadlines! Late registration will not be possible. 

NOTE:
The eCampus website is currently down, so we can’t communicate through it by email for now.

Please use the following link to select up to 3 papers. Each paper can be selected by at most 3 people.

Procedure:

1- Choose a paper.
2- Add your name in the “Students” column.
3- Email the paper’s supervisor with a short motivation explaining why you are interested in it.
4- Once the supervisor has agreed to mentor you, choose a presentation date together from the semester calendar and email me the date.
      Semester period: 9 November – 1 February
      Holiday break: 24 December – 6 January (no presentations)
      Dates are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

In the Google Sheet, once 3 names are registered for a paper, its cell changes from green to white, meaning that paper is full.

The confirmed dates will be posted on this website.
Once eCampus will be up, I will communcate via the normal email procedure