HERA 24 CONFERENCE
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Lecture Notes by Mattia Sormani
Hera 24 Simulation Tutorial Notebook by Francesca Fragkoudi (Please copy the HERA24_SimulationTutorial.ipynb notebook to your own google drive, and follow the instructions at the top. We will work through the notebook!)
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The Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens (RCAAM) is organizing the European Astronomical Society (EAS) conference, "The Nature and the Dynamics of Structures Observed in Galactic Disks". This conference is part of the HERA workshop series, which is supported by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation. These workshops offer a platform for early career scientists to engage in collaborative interactions, devise research projects, gain a comprehensive outlook, and initiate international partnerships.
The workshop will take place in the week of September 15th (Sunday) - September 20th (Friday) at the Central Building of the Academy of Athens. A reception for the participants, along with welcome addresses, is scheduled for Sunday, September 15th.
The European Astronomical Society extends an invitation to early-career scientists, defined as those with less than 5 years post-PhD experience (including PhD students who are close to defending their theses), and who are affiliated with European Research Institutes and Universities, to submit their applications. We especially encourage researchers in the fields of Galactic Morphology and Galactic Structure and Dynamics to apply.
The application form can be found here (for details see https://www.origins-cluster.de/heraeus-workshop2024). When you submit your application, please send also a notification to hera24-keaem@academyofathens.gr
Attendees will have ample opportunities to showcase their research, initiate collaborations with local scholars from RCAAM and other Greek Astronomical Institutes, and engage with the six invited senior review speakers. It's important to note that there is no registration fee, and the WE Heraeus Foundation will cover the local expenses for all participants.
Every day of the workshop will feature 1-2 presentations delivered by accomplished senior scientists. The scheduled lectures are as follows:
E. Athanassoula (Aix-Marseille Université, France): N-body simulations of disk galaxies
A. Bosma (Aix-Marseille Université, France): Rotation curves of galaxies and Dark Matter
F. Fragkoudi (Durham University, UK): Barred galaxies in cosmological simulations
D. Gadotti (Durham University, UK): State-of-the-art observations of disk galaxies
D. Pfenniger(University of Geneva, Geneva Observatory, Switzerland): Pattern Speeds of bars and spirals
M. Sormani (University of Surrey, UK): Hydrodynamics of the innermost 1 kpc
P. Patsis (RCAAM, Athens, Greece): Orbital theory and the structure of galactic disks.
Event Email Address: hera24-keaem@academyofathens.gr
You can download the poster here
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Accommodation will be provided at three hotels in the center of Athens.
a) Ilisia Hotel Athens, Address: Michalakopoulou 25, Tel. (+30) 210 72 44 051
The participants should take line 3 of metro from the Airport and stop at
the Evangelismos Station.
Map from Evangelismos Metro Station to Ilisia Hotel Athens (on foot)
Map from Ilisia Hotel to the Conference Venue (on foot)
In order to reach the Conference Venue the participants should take
metro from the Evangelismos Station to Syntagma Station and then
change to line 2 from Syntagma to Panepistimio Metro Station, or
continue from Syntagma on foot to the Conference Venue.
Map from Syntagma Metro Station to the Conference Venue (on foot)
b) Hotel Achilleas, Address: Lekka 21, Tel. (+30) 210 32 33 197
The participants should take line 3 of metro from the Airport and stop at
the Syntagma Station.
Map from Syntagma Metro Station to Hotel Achilleas (on foot)
Map from Hotel Achilleas to the Conference Venue (on foot)
c) Athens Cypria Hotel, Address: Diomeias 5, Tel. (+30) 210 32 38 034
The participants should take line 3 of metro from the Airport and stop at
the Syntagma Station.
Map from Syntagma Metro Station to Athens Cypria Hotel (on foot)
Map from Athens Cypria Hotel to the Conference Venue (on foot)
Reception and Registration (Sunday 15/9/2024)
Map from Ilisia Hotel to the National Observatory (on foot)
Alternative route from Ilisia Hotel to the National Observatory:
Metro Evangelismos to Metro Syntagma Square and then
Map from Syntagma Square to the National Observatory (on foot)
Map from Athens Cypria Hotel to the National Observatory (on foot)
Map from Hotel Achilleas to the National Observatory (on foot)
Conference Dinner (Tuesday 17/9/2024, Okra Restaurant, Mitropoleos 82)
Map from Syntagma Square to the Conference Dinner (on foot)
Acropolis Museum Visit (19/9/2024, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15)
Map from Syntagma Square to the Acropolis Museum (on foot)
Lunch Venue (Kapodistriakon Restaurant, Akadimias 48 and Sina)
Map from the Conference Venue to Lunch Venue (on foot)