AQ Proseminar „Understanding the Universe“ WS 2018/19

Date:	Tuesday, 5. DS (14:50-16:20)
Location:	REC/C118
Tutors:	T.E. Cowan, D. Bemmerer, R. Beyer, K. Falk, F. Fiedler, N. Hartley, D. Kraus, F. Kroll, J. Metzkes-Ng, H. Takabe, J. Vorberger, K. Zeil
Contact:	T.Cowan@hzdr.de, Roland.Beyer@hzdr.de, A.Varga@hzdr.de

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Content:

The proseminar "Understanding the Universe" will cover a wide range of topics in fundamental physics relevant to much of the research performed at the IKTP with a focus on the activities at the Institute of Radiation Physics of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. Guidelines for scientific presentations will be given and the individual talks will be analyzed.

Comments:

• Every student participating in this proseminar has to give a talk of 20 minutes. There will be up to two talks per date. After each talk everybody in the audience is allowed and encouraged to ask scientific questions and discuss the content of the talk. Afterwards the presentation itself will be analyzed and advices for improvements will be given.
• If you wish to participate in the proseminar, please take a look at the topics below and send a ranked list of three potential topics and three prefered dates to roland.beyer@hzdr.de. From this list, one topic will be chosen depending on the preferences of all participants. The final content of the talks will be defined in face-to-face discussions with the responsible tutors.
• If you have an own proposal for a topic please submit it and we will decide if it matches the scope of the seminar and assign a competent tutor to you.

• Registration is closed! All possible dates are taken! See final schedule below!
  

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Topics:

	Title (subtopics are always possible)	Tutor
1	Detection of Exoplanets	T. Cowan
2	Laser Alchemy - Extreme Physics with Lasers	T. Cowan
3	The Plasma Universe	T. Cowan
4	Stellar Evolution	D. Bemmerer
5	Big Bang Nucleosynthesis	D. Bemmerer
6	Magnetised astrophysical jets in the universe and laboratory	K. Falk
7	Fusion reactors and power of the stars	K. Falk
8	Gravitational waves and laser interferometry	K. Falk
9	Diamond Formation in Icy Giant Planets	N. Hartley
10	Superionic Structures: Making water act like a metal	N. Hartley
11	Origin of Cosmic Rays	H. Takabe
12	Supernova Explosions	H. Takabe
13	Creating Giant Planets in the Laboratory	D. Kraus
14	Formation of Planetary Sysems	D. Kraus
15	Red Dwarfs: The Most Common Stars in our Galaxy	D. Kraus
16	The Search for Extraterrestrial Life	D. Kraus
17	The quest for metallic hydrogen	J. Vorberger
18	The role of demixing for the interior structure of planets	J. Vorberger
19	Radiotherapy with Particle Beams	F. Fiedler
20	Detectors and Accelerators for Medical Science	F. Fiedler
21	Laser particle acceleration for oncology research	J. Metzkes
22	Pulsed High-magnetic fields for compact laser-driven proton beam lines	F. Kroll
23	High Power Lasers as plasma accelerators	K. Zeil
24	Nuclear Physics Fundamentals	R. Beyer
25	Radioactivity in everyday Life	R. Beyer
26	The Re-Definition of the SI-System	R. Beyer

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Timetable:

Date	Lecturer	Title (click to download)	Tutor
2018/10/09	Dr. Beyer, Roland	Introductory Guide to Scientific Presentation
2018/10/16	Boettcher, Valentin Möhling, Kilian	Detection of Exoplanets Detection of Exoplanets	Thomas Cowan Thomas Cowan
2018/10/23	Bühring, Maren Grumbach, Justus	The Re-Definition of the SI-system Magnetised astrophysical jets in the universe and laboratory	Roland Beyer Katarina Falk
2018/10/30	Quasebarth, Julius Seifert, Maximilian	Superionic Structures: Making water act like a metal The quest for metallic hydrogen	Nicholas Hartley Jan Vorberger
2018/11/06	Granfors, Mirja Wolf, Henrik	Formation of Planetary Systems Creating Giant Planets in the Laboratory	Dominik Kraus Dominik Kraus
2018/11/13	Schmidt, Christian Thiede, Sebastian	High Power Lasers as plasma accelerators Laser Alchemy - Extreme Physics with Lasers	Karl Zeil Thomas Cowan
2018/11/20	Krtschil, Felix Matthes, Oliver	Supernova Explosions Supernova Explosions	Hideaki Takabe Hideaki Takabe
2018/11/27	Jacobi, Hannah Krauße, Jann	The Search for Extraterrestrial Life The Search for Extraterrestrial Life	Dominik Kraus Dominik Kraus
2018/12/04	Gutsche, Christian Hempel, Peter	Fusion reactors and power of the stars Fusion reactors and power of the stars	Katarina Falk Katarina Falk
2018/12/11	Schmid, Konstantin Garreis, Julian	Stellar Evolution Stellar Evolution	Daniel Bemmerer Daniel Bemmerer
2018/12/18	Kotz, Maximilian Kollatzsch, Sophie	Gravitational waves and laser interferometry Gravitational waves and laser interferometry	Katarina Falk Katarina Falk
2019/01/08	Schmieder, Georg Wolf, Marielle	Red Dwarfs: The Most Common Stars in our Galaxy Red Dwarfs: The Most Common Stars in our Galaxy	Dominik Kraus Dominik Kraus
2019/01/15	Geerds, Birte Grodofzig, Raphael	Radiotherapy with Particle Beams Radiotherapy with Particle Beams	Fine Fiedler Fine Fiedler
2019/01/22	Klimova, Olga Manja, Daniel	Detectors and Accelerators for Medical Science Pulsed High-magnetic fields for compact laser-driven proton beam lines	Fine Fiedler Florian Kroll
2019/01/29	Ryndyk, Daniel Illig, Maja	Radioactivity in everyday Life Diamond Formation in Icy Giant Planets	Roland Beyer Nicholas Hartley

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Contact Information:
	PD Dr. Daniel Bemmerer	d.bemmerer@hzdr.de
	Dr. Roland Beyer	roland.beyer@hzdr.de
	Prof. Dr. Thomas Cowan	t.cowan@hzdr.de
	Dr. Katerina Falk
	Dr. Fine Fiedler
	Dr. Nicholas Hartley
	Dr. Dominik Kraus	d.kraus@hzdr.de
	Dr. Florian Kroll	florian.kroll@hzdr.de
	Dr. Josefine Metzkes-Ng	j.metzkes-ng@hzdr.de
	Prof. Dr. Hideaki Takabe
	Dr. Jan Vorberger	j.vorberger@hzdr.de
	Dr. Karl Zeil	k.zeil@hzdr.de