Calendar 2017

19 Jan. 2016, 11:00

Mikkel Theiss Kristensen Master's Defense

Mikkel Theiss Kristensen will defend his master's thesis, "Rare Emission-line Galaxies in the COSMOS Field" on January 19, 2016 at 11.00.

19 Jan. 2016, 13:30

Johannes Astrup Master's Defense

Johannes Astrup will defend his master's thesis, "Where is the galaxy counterpart of DLA225+0257?" on January 19, 2016 at 13.30.

29 Jan. 2016, 14:15-17:00

Niels Bohr Medal of Honour 2015, Brian Schmidt

Professor, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011, Brian Schmidt, is the receiver of the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour 2015

11 Feb. 2016, 14:00

Cake Talk: Chiara Spiniello

Thursday, 11 Feb @ 14.00.  Title: The XLENS Project: Constrain the Initial Mass Function and the Luminous & Dark Matter distribution in massive Early-Type Galaxies

22 Feb. - 24 Feb. 2016

Multi-scale ambient energy deposition from Supernovae²

The workshop will explore multi-scale Type II SNe energy deposition into the ambient medium. Facilitator: Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (University of California Santa Cruz and NBI Affiliated Professor)

22 Mar. 2016, 13:00

Mikkel Juhl Hobert Master's Defense

Tuesday, 22 March at 13.00 in the DARK Lounge. Title: The role of core collapse supernovae in the context of dust production in the early universe.

23 Mar. 2016, 13:00

Anders Paaske Drachmann Master's Defense

Wednesday, 23 March, 13.00 in the DARK Lounge. Title: Dust production in late-type high-mass stars - the significance and contribution to the ISM

28 Apr. 2016, 14:00

Cake Talk: Vardha N. Bennert

Thursday, 28 April 14:00. Title: Towards an Understanding of the Black Hole Mass Scaling Relations

29 Apr. 2016, 14:00

Talk by Federico Marinacci

Friday, April 29 at 14:00. Title: Magnetic fields in moving-mesh cosmological simulations

11 May 2016, 13:30

Ia Kochiashvili PhD Thesis Defense

Ia Kochiashvili will defend her PhD thesis on May 11, 1:30 PM, in the DARK Lounge. Title: High redshift Lyman hunt – Galaxies as precious forged jewels

12 May 2016, 14:00

Cake Talk: Kevin Jun Yi Koay

Cake Talk, The curious case of the changing-look Seyfert galaxy, Mrk 590

31 May 2016, 13:15

John E. Niclasen Master's thesis defense

John E. Niclasen will defend his Master's thesis "World and Science" on Tues., May 31, 2016

6 June - 7 June 2016

Visit by the EUCLID NISP team

The 2-day review meeting in Copenhagen will discuss the test plan and get organize for the Critical Design Review of the OGSE, which is the last review before beginning to manufacture the various components of the instrument. 

16 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Talk by Alberto Sesana

Thurs. 16 June at 14:00. Title: Listening to the Universe with gravitational waves

24 June 2016, 14:00

MSc defense by Gustav Collin Rasmussen

Gustav Collin Rasmussen will be defending his MSc thesis
"Structural and dynamical properties of dark matter halos" on Friday, June 24 at 14:00.

7 July 2016, 14:00

Lasse Albæk's MSc thesis defense

Title: Dark Matter Dynamics in Galaxy Clusters
Date: Thurs., July 7 2016
Time: 14:00
Place: DARK Lounge

6 Sept. 2016, 13:15

Master's thesis defense by Kasper Elm Heintz

Tuesday, 6 September @ 13:15. Title: Exploring New Methods of Selecting Quasars

9 Sept. 2016, 10:00

Master's thesis defense by Maren Malling

Friday, 9 September @ 10:00. Title: The Balmer Decrement of Low Redshift Active Galactic Nuclei – Comparing two methods of calculation for a large sample

27 Sept. 2016, 14:00

PhD Defense by Claus Clausen

The Megalithic Lunar Season Pointer

11 Nov. 2016, 13:00

Isabella Chi Gieseler Cortzen MSc defense

Isabella Chi Gieseler Cortzen will defend her Master's thesis "Examining the existence of two distinct modes of star formation: a study of the gas reservoirs and dust emission in star forming galaxies across cosmic time" on Friday, Nov.11 at 1:00 PM

24 Nov. 2016, 11:00

Amanda Bredahl Larssen MSc defense

Amanda Bredahl Larssen will defend her Master's Thesis "Dust reddening of quasars:
A study of redshift and luminosity dependence of extinction, and of dust as main explanation of quasar UV SED diversity" on Thurs. November 24 at 11:00 in the DARK Lounge.

24 Nov. 2016, 14:00

PhD defense by Matteo Cataneo

Matteo Cataneo will be defending his PhD thesis on Thurs,, Nov. 24 at 2:00 PM.
Thesis title: "Growth of Structure in Theories of Cosmic Acceleration – Cosmological tests and modeling"

2 Dec. 2016, 17:30-19:00

Workshop with the DARK Junior Research Fellows

On Friday, December 2, there will be a workshop to showcase the projects by the DARK Junior Research Fellows.

12 Dec. - 13 Dec. 2016

NTE collaboration meeting

DARK is hosting a NOT Transient Explorer ("NTE") collaboration meeting with the external partners.

15 Dec. 2016, 10:00

PhD defense by Maryam Arabsalmani

Maryam Arabsalmani will be defending her PhD thesis on Thursday, December 15 at 10:00.
Thesis title: "Gas Kinematics in GRB Host Galaxies"

20 Dec. 2016, 13:15

Sadik Acili MSc defense

Sadik Acili will defend his MSc thesis "A galaxy illuminated by a GRB at z=2.33" on Tuesday, December 20, at 13:15.

13 Jan. 2017, 13:00

PhD defense by Andreas Skielboe

Andreas Skielboe will defend his PhD thesis "Colossal creations of gravity -- From clusters of galaxies to active galactic nuclei" on Friday, January 13.

6 Feb. 2017, 14:00

Visit by Munkensdam Gymnasium

Munkensdam Gymnasium, Kolding, will be visiting DARK to hear a talk by Peter Jakobsen.

20 Mar. 2017, 11:00

Michael Flemming Hansen's Master's defense

Michael Flemming Hansen will defend his Master's Thesis "Strong Lensing in Galaxy Clusters" on Monday, March 20 at 11:00

20 Mar. 2017, 14:00

Ida Vægter Rasmussen's MSc defense

Ida Vægter Rasmussen will defend her MSc thesis "Gravitational redshift in galaxy clusters with photometric surveys" on March 20, at 2:00 PM in the DARK Lounge. 

30 Mar. 2017

Mulernes Legatskole visiting DARK

Mulernes Legatskole will be at DARK on Thursday, March 30, as part of a 2-day visit to Niels Bohr Institute.

3 Apr. 2017, 14:00

PhD defense by Caroline Heneka

Caroline Heneka will be defending her PhD thesis "Cosmological Structure Formation:
From Dawn till Dusk – From Reionization to Galaxy Clusters"

Date: April 3 2017
Time: 14:00

4 Apr. 2017, 11:00

Seminar "IllustrisTNG" given by Annalisa Pillepich

On Tuesday, April 4, Annalisa Pillepich (University of Iceland) will give the seminar  "IllustrisTNG".

4 Apr. 2017, 13:30-14:30

Viborg Amt Gymnasium visiting DARK

On Tuesday, April 4, pupils from Viborg Amt Gymnasium will be visiting DARK to hear Peter Jakobsen give the talk "Why is it dark at night?".

6 Apr. 2017, 14:00

Talk by Signe Riemer-Sørensen

Signe Riemer-Sørensen, Postdoc at Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, will be giving the talk "Deuterium, the first element in the Universe"

26 Apr. 2017, 18:00

Women in Physics / KiF invites

Please join the next "KIF Invites" event with Ayoe Buus Hansen. She is an "Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Quality Scientist" working at the Met Office in the UK.

Title: "Haze in Singapore – Annual Attribution of Biomass Burning in South East Asia"

9 May 2017, 11:00-11:30

Super-Stars@DARK meeting

The first weekly meeting of the Super-stars@DARK group will be on Tuesday, May 9 at 11:00 in the DARK Lounge.

16 May 2017, 11:00-11:30

Super-Stars@DARK Weekly meeting

The weekly Super-Stars@DARK meeting will take place again on Tues. at 11:00 in the DARK lounge.

29 May 2017, 14:00

Talk by Sarah Pearson

Sarah Pearson, Columbia University, will give the talk "Gaps in Globular Cluster Streams: Pal 5 and the Galactic Bar" on Monday, May 29 at 2:00 PM.

9 June 2017, 10:30

Maria Hammerstrøm's MSc defence

Maria Hammerstrøm will defend her MSc thesis on Friday, June 9 at 10:30

Thesis title: Establishing the host galaxy contribution to spectroscopic data of the nuclear emission of active galactic nuclei

19 June - 1 Sept. 2017

SURF summer program

The CalTech SURF summer program will be held at DARK this year, from June 19 to September 1.

3 July - 12 July 2017

OPTICON Instrumentation School

The first OPTICON Instrumentation School will take place in Copenhagen on July 3-12, 2017. The school will bring 20 young European astronomers and engineers to University of Copenhagen to learn how to  do a 'Phase A' study of an astronomical instrument.

10 July - 18 Aug. 2017

Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics 2017

Astrophysics with gravitational wave detections
The Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics 2017 will be held at the Niels Bohr Institute from July 10 to August 18.

30 Aug. 2017, 13:15

Master's Thesis Defense by Mikael Hansen

Title: Tomography of a gamma-ray burst host galaxy at z=2.71

25 Oct. 2017, 15:30-18:00

Inauguration

Jens Hjorth, professor & head of the DARK Cosmology Centre and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Niels Bohr Professor have the pleasure of inviting you to the inauguration of their VILLUM Investigator and DNRF Niels Bohr Professorship research programmes

20 Nov. 2017, 14:15

NBIA Colloquium

Eli Waxman from the Weizmann Institute will give a lecture entitled "High energy neutrino astronomy: What have we learned?"

22 Nov. 2017, 10:30-16:00

Women in Physics'

November 22, 2017  Annual Meeting