Wed 15th January @ noon, Rm 312.222 Abstract: What is the Solar System made of? How did the Solar System evolve? One way to investigate these fundamental questions is through the study of meteorites. Many meteorites display isotope anomalies that have been attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of star dust in the protoplanetary disk. Active research […]
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Katherine Bermingham (University of Maryland, USA) on: Building blocks of the Solar System
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Clancy W. James (Curtin University) on: Searching for the highest energy particle in Nature using the Moon
Wed 7th February @ noon, Rm 210.104 Abstract: Cosmic rays are high-energy particles – mostly protons and atomic nuclei – observed arriving at Earth from outside the solar system. They can reach ‘ultra-high’ energies of up to 10^20 eV, but the search for the cosmic accelerators producing them is still ongoing. Candidates include supermassive accreting black […]
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Maria Gritsevich (University of Helsinki) on: Consequences of meteoroid impacts based on atmospheric trajectory analysis
Wed 29th November @ noon, Rm 502C.102 Abstract: One of the important steps in the prediction of an impact threat to Earth raised by potentially hazardous asteroids is the understanding and modeling of the processes accompanying the object’s entry into the terrestrial atmosphere. Such knowledge enables characterization, simulation and classification of possible impact consequences. For observed meteor events […]
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