Seminare und Vorlesungen

"OpenCode and Local LLMs"

Code Coffee

Datum: 12.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 14:00 - 15:00
Vortragende(r): Til Birnstiel (LMU)
Ort: USM, Scheinerstraße 1
Raum: Seminar Room (West)
Kontakt: code-coffee@usm.lmu.de

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"Dark Energy in Grey Matter"

MPA Institute Seminar

Datum: 12.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 15:30 - 16:30
Vortragende(r): Torsten Enßlin (MPA)
Ort: MPA
Raum: New Seminar Room, E.0.11

Weekly institute seminar at MPA featuring current research in astrophysics and cosmology. About 60 minutes including questions; open to the MPA community and guests. [mehr]

"Is There a Relationship Between the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate and Protostellar Disk Radius?"

ESO Star and Planet Formation Seminar

Datum: 13.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 10:00 - 11:00
Vortragende(r): Travis Thieme (ASIAA - Taiwan)
Ort: ESO Garching
Raum: Auditorium Telescopium

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"Design of Moth-Eye Antireflection Structures for Sapphire Half-Wave Plates Using Anisotropic RCWA"

MPA Cosmology Seminar I

Datum: 13.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 11:00 - 11:30
Vortragende(r): Kiyoshi Ikuma (Okayama Unisersity)
Ort: MPA
Raum: Lecture Hall E.0.11
Gastgeber: Patricia Diego, Rosie Talbot & Ruediger Pakmor

In each seminar there are typically two talks of 30 min each (20 min of presentation followed by 10 min of discussion). Other schedules may be arranged upon request.If you are interested in giving a talk, then please contact Patricia Diego , Rosie Talbot or Ruediger Pakmor. [mehr]

"Tide-And-Seek: Revealing Anisotropic Scale-Dependent Bias Through Selection Effects"

MPA Cosmology Seminar II

Datum: 13.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 11:30 - 12:00
Vortragende(r): Yong-Sheng Yap (Cambridge)
Ort: MPA
Raum: Lecture Hall E.0.11

In each seminar there are typically two talks of 30 min each (20 min of presentation followed by 10 min of discussion). Other schedules may be arranged upon request.If you are interested in giving a talk, then please contact Patricia Diego , Rosie Talbot or Ruediger Pakmor. [mehr]

"Euclid Transforms the Field of Strong Gravitational Lensing"

ESO Lunch Talk

Datum: 13.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 12:00 - 12:45
Vortragende(r): Leon Roman Ecker (LMU / MPE)
Ort: ESO Garching
Raum: Auditorium Telescopium

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"Life in the Standard Model Desert: Dark Sectors and Cosmological Tensions"

MPP Colloquium

Datum: 13.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 15:00 - 17:00
Vortragende(r): Martin Schmaltz (MPP)
Ort: MPP

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"Why Binary Stars and Cluster Assembly May Solve All Our Multiple Population Problems in Globular Clusters"

ESO Informal Discussion

Datum: 14.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 10:00 - 10:30
Vortragende(r): Alison Sills (McMaster University)
Ort: ESO Garching
Raum: Library

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"Shine Torches Through Protoplanetary Disks: A New Method to Probe Dust Properties"

LMU Astrophysics Colloquium

Datum: 14.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 11:00 - 12:00
Vortragende(r): Gabriele Cugno (ETH Zurich)
Ort: University Observatory Munich (USM), Scheinerstrasse 1, Munich
Raum: Hörsaal der Universitäts-Sternwarte
Gastgeber: Til Birnstiel

The colloquium will start with coffee around 10:30 a.m., and the talk will begin at 11 a.m. [mehr]

"Investigating the Heart of Cassiopeia A: High Resolution Mapping of the Unshocked Ejecta With JWST"

SESTAS I

Datum: 14.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 14:00 - 14:30
Vortragende(r): Danielle Dickinson (Purdue University)
Ort: MPA
Raum: New Seminar Room, E.0.11
Gastgeber: Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien

Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [mehr]

"Formation and Evolution of Extremely Massive and Super Massive Stars: A Pathway to Globular Cluster’s Multiple Populations and Little Red Dots"

SESTAS II

Datum: 14.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 14:30 - 15:00
Vortragende(r): Jaime Roman-Garza (University of Geneva)
Ort: MPA
Raum: Lecture Hall E.0.11
Gastgeber: Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien

Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [mehr]

UNIVERSE+ Online Seminar (31/34)

MPP Particle Cosmology

Datum: 14.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 16:00 - 17:00
Ort: MPP

Special Online Seminar Session [mehr]

"Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf Galaxies: Linking Dark Matter and Star Formation"

ESO Galaxy Evolution Coffee

Datum: 15.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 10:00 - 10:30
Vortragende(r): Raimundo Ferreira (Valongo Observatory)
Ort: ESO Garching
Raum: Library
Gastgeber: Ilaria Marini
Kontakt: ilaria.marini@eso.org

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"A Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background"

Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium

Datum: 15.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 15:15 - 16:15
Vortragende(r): Ruth Durrer (Université de Genève)
Ort: ESO Garching
Raum: Auditorium Eridanus

Cookies and coffee from 3 p.m. [mehr]

TBA

Munich Dark Matter Meeting

Datum: 20.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 12:30 - 13:30
Vortragende(r): Valentin Thoss (LMU)
Ort: MPP
Raum: A.2.25 - Atlas West
Gastgeber: ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence

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“What Do Galaxy Surveys Really Measure? Introduction to Relativistic Effects and Cosmological Tests of Gravity”

43rd Cosmology Lecture

Datum: 29.10.2026
Uhrzeit: 11:00 - 15:00
Vortragende(r): Sveva Castello (MPA)
Ort: MPA
Raum: Lecture Hall E.0.11
Gastgeber: Eiichiro Komatsu
Kontakt: komatsu@mpa-garching.mpg.de

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"NUCLEI 2026: Galaxy Nuclei – Diversity, Dynamics, and Hidden Mass in Galactic Centers"

ESO Workshop

Beginn: 16.11.2026
Ende: 20.11.2026
Ort: ESO Santiago, Chile
Gastgeber: ESO
Kontakt: NUCLEI2026@eso.org

NUCLEI 2026 is a five-day ESO workshop focused on the structural and dynamical diversity of galactic nuclei, covering nuclear star clusters, intermediate-mass black holes, supermassive black holes, stripped galactic nuclei, and ultra-compact dwarfs. The workshop provides a forum to assess recent progress, present first results from new facilities, and discuss the future of galaxy nuclei science. [mehr]

"Showcasing Science and Synergies in Thermal Infrared Astronomy"

IR2026

Beginn: 30.11.2026 09:00
Ende: 04.12.2026 17:00
Vortragende(r): Various Speakers
Ort: ESO Chile, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Gastgeber: ESO
Kontakt: ir2026@eso.org

IR2026 is an ESO conference on thermal infrared astronomy, examining the legacy of current facilities such as VISIR, MATISSE, ERIS, and JWST/MIRI, and preparing the community for upcoming instruments including ELT/METIS, VLTI/NOTT, TAO/MIMIZUKU, and future space missions. Registration is open. [mehr]

"Neutrinos as Cosmic Messengers: A Decade of Discovery and the Path Forward"

MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop

Beginn: 08.02.2027 09:00
Ende: 05.03.2027 17:00
Gastgeber: MIAPbP
Kontakt: info@munich-iapbp.de

This workshop brings together theoretical and experimental experts to address key questions in neutrino astrophysics, including cosmic neutrino sources, multi-messenger synergies, and future detection strategies. [mehr]