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MOTIVATION
MOTIVATION Up to now our knowledge of the dynamics of our Galaxy has been limited to a large extent to studies of the Solar Neighborhood and along a few selected directions in the sky, which overall, represent a minuscule fraction of the stellar content and extent of the Galaxy. This has lead to the use of idealized dynamical models fitted to the few observations we have, and their extrapolation to fill in the Galaxy's "terra incognita". However, the advent of large scale surveys of the stellar content of the Galaxy, promises to revolutionize our knowledge of our Galaxy. The Gaia spatial astrometric mission, to be launched at the end of this year, in particular, promises a vast trove of information never before attained because of its coverage, extent, homogeneity and precision: full astrometric information for about a thousand million stars down to magnitude (G) 20, and even some spectral information for the brightest subset (down to magnitude 17). Most of these methods, techniques and tools, do not form part (yet) of a standard graduate course in Galactic Dynamics, as they are still being developed. However, they are very likely to have a growing relevance in the dynamical studies of our Galaxy in the Gaia era. |
LECTURES & LECTURERS
LECTURES & LECTURERS
Matteo Cantiello, KITP/UCS Theory of evolution and death of massive stars
Andrew Cumming, McGill, Theory of accreting neutron stars
Magda Gonzalez, UNAM, Ultra-high energy observatories
Vicky Kaspi, McGill, Observations of isolated neutron stars
Pawan Kumar, UT-Austin, Gamma-ray bursts: emission processes and progenitors
Cole Miller, Maryland, Theory of gravitational waves and methods of detection
Jose Pons, Alicante, Neutron star magnetic fields: from magnetars to anti-magnetars
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, UCSC, Gamma-ray bursts: progenitor theory
Jocelyn Read, California State, Gravitational wave source modelling and data analysis
Sanjay Reddy, Washington, Structure of neutron stars
Luciano Rezzolla, AEI/MPG, Theoretical modelling of gravitational waves sources
Alicia Soderberg, Harvard CfA, Observations of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts
Rudy Wijnands, Amsterdam, Observations of binary systems
GOAL
OUR GOAL
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It is the goal of this school to introduce students to some of these new methods, techniques and tools to do research in the dynamics and structure of our Galaxy.
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