Astrophysics (observational)

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Chair Information
Chairman: 
Ari Laor
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Location: 
Kimmel Hall - Lopatie
Program start time: 
14:00
Program end time: 
15:30

Lectures for this program:

Lecture Time Speaker Lecture subject
14:00-14:30 Iair Arcavi New Discoveries of Extreme Transients
As transient surveys grow wider and faster, and followup facilities become more automated and global, we are able to dis...
14:30-14:45 Shahar Bracha Two Extreme Explosions of H-rich Stars
I will present observations of two extreme H-rich supernovae, which produced some of the highest ever recorded Ni masses...
14:45-15:00 Lev Tal-Or [1] Enhancing radial velocity precision by self calibrating survey data
Since the introduction of simultaneously calibrated radial velocity (RV) spectrographs, the practice of using standard R...
15:00-15:15 Guy Nir The Weizmann Fast Astronomical Survey Telescope (W-FAST)
The Weizmann Fast Astronomical Survey Telescope (W-FAST) is a new observatory that will consist of two 55cm f/1.9 Schmid...
15:15-15:30 Ana Acebron Strong lensing models of RELICS galaxy clusters
Strong gravitational lensing (SL) is nowadays at the very heart of important issues in modern cosmology, allowing for in...