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18 February 2020

Searching for alternative theories of gravitation within the Solar System

Le 21 février 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Aurélien HEES JPL, CaltechI will briefly review the principles upon which General Relativity (GR) is built. I will also review the main effects produced by GR in the Solar System. Motivations for considering alternative theories of...

18 February 2020

Galactic archaeology: latest results on the Milky Way history

Le 14 février 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Georges KORDOPATIS University of Cambridge, UK Galactic archaeology aims to unravel the sequence of events that have taken place during the history of the Milky Way, in order to understand how our Galaxy evolved. The investigation is done...

18 February 2020

The kinematic effects of the Galactic bar in three-dimensions

Le 31 janvier 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Giacomo MONARI Kapteyn Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen The study of kinematic groups of stars and streaming motions in the Solar Neighborhood has a long tradition. The interest on the subject has been amplified in modern times after...

18 February 2020

New Science Capabilities in Aladin

Le 24 janvier 2014 De 10h30 à 12h00 Mark ALLEN & Pierre FERNIQUE Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg Recent developments in Aladin have opened up new ways of viewing and manipulating image surveys and large catalogues. A hierarchical multi-resolution representation of...

18 February 2020

A dusty object approaching SgrA*

Le 20 décembre 2013 Andreas Eckart Universität zu Köln A fast moving infrared excess source (G2) which is widely interpreted as a core-less gas and dust cloud approaches Sagittarius~A* (SgrA*)  on a presumably elliptical orbit. VLT Ks-band and Keck K'-band data result in...

18 February 2020

Multiple accretion events as a trigger for past Sagittarius A* activity

Le 13 décembre 2013 Devaky Kunneriath Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague Gas clouds are present in the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, where they orbit around the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. Collisions between these clumps reduce their...