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September 2016
Seminar by Visiting Scholar Hilke Schlichting
“Crash, Boom, Bang: Impacts & the Formation of Planets at home and abroad” Prof. Hilke Schlichting 1.September 2016, 16.15, ETH Zentrum, NO C44
Visit/Session Prof. D. Stevenson
We are pleased to welcome Prof. David Stevenson from Caltech (https://www.gps.caltech.edu/content/david-j-dave-stevenson) for a Planet-Z meeting at UniZH on 20th September. Stevenson is a renowned planetary scientist who investigates planet formation and planetary interiors. In particular, he works on applying fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics to understand the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. Stevenson will give a talk in the morning of 20th September entitled: “Jupiter’s Core (and why you should care)”. Everyone involved in PlanetS is invited…
Rosetta Finale
Date Friday, September 30th 2016, 11:00 – ca. 13:10 Venue The meeting will take place in Meeting Room 099 at the ExakteWissenschaften(ExWi), Sidlerstrasse12 (refer to map) near the train station. Restaurant At 13:10 we will have a small meal at the Eingang UG A + EG, UniversitätBern, ExakteWissenschaften(ExWi), Sidlerstrasse12, 3012 Bern. Travel Bern is accessible from both Zurich and Geneva. Train tickets can be purchased at www.sbb.ch. Directions to Exakte Wissenschaften building (ExWi) Bern Tourism About On Friday, September 30, 2016, the…
January 2017
Physik am Freitag: Ein neuer Planet im Sonnensystem? Planetenkandidat 9 und seine entfernten Verwandten
Ein neuer Planet im Sonnensystem? Planetenkandidat 9 und seine entfernten Verwandten Datum 20.01.2017 Zeit 16:30 Uhr Ort ExWi, 099 Dozent Christoph Mordasini http://www.unibe.ch/fak_naturwis/b_paw/a_fphyast/content/ueber_uns/aktuell/physik_am_freitag/index_ger.html
PlanetS General Assembly 3
The third General Assembly will again take place at the Hotel Sunstar in Grindelwald (BE) on January 23-25, 2017. Registration Important dates: 15.11.2016, Registration opens 14.12.2016, Registration closes 10.01.2017, Last changes can be made 23.01.2017, ~10:30 am, Start General Assembly 25.01.2017, ~4 pm, End General Assembly Please register with this Registration Form: >> Registration Form << Location- / Access plan Hotel Sunstar Grindelwald Dorfstrasse 168 3818 Grindelwald Switzerland P +41 33 854 77 77 grindelwald@sunstar.ch www.grindelwald.sunstar.ch Accomodation: The NCCR Office will cover accommodation expenses…
February 2017
Wissenschaftscafé Bern – Gibt es ausserirdisches Leben?
Orell Füssli Bücher im Loeb, 2. UG, Event Café Montag, 6. Februar 2017, 17.30–19.00 Uhr Wie wahrscheinlich ist ausserirdisches Leben? Wie definieren wir Leben überhaupt? Welche Möglichkeiten haben wir, dem Leben im All nachzuspüren? Wie muss ein Planet beschaffen sein, um Leben hervorzubringen? Wären die Erscheinungsformen der Ausserirdischen so wie in der Science Fiction beschrieben? Worin liegt die Faszination, sich fremde Welten auszudenken und herbeizusehnen? Welche Konsequenzen hätte die Entdeckung fremden Lebens? Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus Beisbart, Extraordinarius für Wissenschaftsphilosophie,…
Wissenschaftscafé Thun – Gibt es ausserirdisches Leben?
Orell Füssli Bücher, Bälliz 60, Thun Montag, 13. Februar 2017 17.15–18.15 Uhr Wie wahrscheinlich ist ausserirdisches Leben? Wie definieren wir Leben überhaupt? Welche Möglichkeiten haben wir, dem Leben im All nachzuspüren? Wie muss ein Planet beschaffen sein, um Leben hervorzubringen? Wä- ren die Erscheinungsformen der Ausserirdischen so wie in der Science Fiction beschrieben? Worin liegt die Faszination, sich fremde Welten auszudenken und herbeizusehnen? Welche Konsequenzen hätte die Entdeckung fremden Lebens? Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus Beisbart, Extraordinarius für Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Universität Bern…
March 2017
Terrestrial exoplanets around TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1 is a dwarf star only 40 lightyears away from Earth. Recently scientists announced the discovery of seven Earth-size planets around the star. On Thursday, 9 March 2017, scientists from the University of Bern will speak about the findings. And as a special guest SF writer Laurence Suhner will read her latest novel. The event is open to the public. On 22 February 2017, NASA announced the discovery of seven temperate Earth-size planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.…
Extrasolar Planets: A Laboratory to Confront the Theory of a Planet Formation with Observations
Before the discovery of the first extrasolar planet about 20 years ago it was thought that the global structure of the Solar System is not a coincidence, but rather a necessary consequence of the physics of the planetary formation process. Theoreticians therefore also predicted that planetary systems around other stars should be similar to our system at large. Observations have proven otherwise: with the counter of known extrasolar planets now at 3000, there is one word that describes them best:…
Registration for champions ideas
The SwissCompanyMaker workshop Geneva 2017 is launching a call for applications to all idea champions. The workshop specifically targets very early to early high-technology entrepreneurial ideas from all fields and from all over Switzerland. Over a condensed two-and-a-half-day, the workshop prepares participants for the entry into the existing Swiss start-up promotion ecosystem. Individuals or teams can submit an application form with no admission fees. The workshop is free of charge for all accepted idea teams. The high-technology business idea may…
Workshop: Exoplanets in Binary Stars
Dear all, you are invited to a 1-day NCCR PlanetS workshop on Exoplanets in Binary Stars this March in Bern! In short: → What: NCCR PlanetS workshop “Exoplanets in Binary Stars” → When: March 27 → Where: University of Bern, Seminar Room 205, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern Schedule: 9:00 registration/coffee 9:30 Welcome/Announcements Sebastian Daemgen (ETHZ) 9:40 Circumbinary planets & disks Willy Kley (Tübingen) 10:10 Close-in circumbinary & circumstellar planets David Martin (Geneva) 10:40 Rotation of planets around binary…
May 2017
Workshop on Exoplanet Densities: Observations and Modeling
Dear ALL, We remind you of the 1-day NCCR PlanetS workshop in Bern on “Exoplanet densities: Observations and modeling” which will be on May 3 (Wednesday) this year. Your doodle entries helped us to fixing May 3. Now, for a definite registration, please check your doodle-entry and edit/add if necessary: http://doodle.com/poll/vksby8fhihss2gts Abstract: Combining photometric transits with radial velocity measurements yields planetary radius, mass and thus bulk density. The possible range of interior structures that can be modelled from mass and radius is…
JWST workshop
The JWST workshop, will take place at the University of Bern (main building), Hochschulstrasse 6, cupola room (#501) on Tuesday (09:30-17:00). The schedule is attached to this message. The lunch will be served at the Grosse Schanze restaurant, a 2-min walk form the workshop venue. There will be a hands-on session on PandExo, the JWST exoplanet Exposure Time Calculator (ETC). Bastien Courcol will be leading this session in the form of a tutorial. For those interested in using this tool,…
June 2017
SNF Site Visit 3
Our third Site Visit will take place on June 8+9, 2017 at the University of Bern. It is important that a maximum number of NCCR members participate to this event. This means on the first day, Thursday June 8, 2017, all of you (in particular PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists) are supposed to be there. For the second day, Friday, June 9, 2017, only project/platform leaders, the programme office, and people from platforms have to attend. If you are…
Talk with astrophysicist Willy Benz
In a one-hour talk show at Stadtbibliothek Winterthur astrophysicist Willy Benz will answer questions about his research, motivation and passion. The event with the title „Wissenschaft persönlich“ is held in German. More information: https://wissenschaft-persoenlich.ch
July 2017
Visiting Scholar Prof. Kees Dullemond – Seminar
Prof. Kees Dullemond will give a talk in the Earth Science department. His talk will be next Thursday, 6th July. It will be held in NO C6 at 12.15. The title is not confirmed yet, but his research profile can be found here: http://www.ita.uni-heidelberg.de/~dullemond/index.shtml?lang=en
September 2017
Trip to the Swiss Museum of Transport
Venue/Date The trip to the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne will take place on Saturday, September 30, 2017. Swiss Museum of Transport Lidostrasse 5 CH-6006 Luzern Registration Registration is open from August 7 until September 20, 2017. Please register with this Registration Form: >>http://nccr-planets.ch/trip-swiss-museum-transport-registration << Costs for NCCR members and NCCR associates: The costs for NCCR members and NCCR associates will be covered by the NCCR Communication (except travel). Costs for family members: You are welcome to bring family members to this…
October 2017
Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life in space
CSH Distinguished Lecture 2017 Friday October 20th 2017, 18:00 University of Bern, Main Building, Aula 210 Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life in space Prof. Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL Please register here: CSH Distinguished Lecture 2017 Participation is free of charge. The lecture will be followed by an Apero. Abstract One of the most exciting developments in astronomy is the discovery of thousands of planets around stars other than our Sun.…