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Department of Astrophysics

Department of Astrophysics. Partner in NOVA. White dwarfs Astroparticle physics. Secr: Cisca Custers secr@astro.ru.nl. Chair: Prof. Jan Kuijpers kuijpers@astro.ru.nl www.astro.ru.nl. Charting the Galactic population of white dwarf binaries.

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  1. Department of Astrophysics Partner in NOVA White dwarfs Astroparticle physics

  2. Secr: Cisca Custers secr@astro.ru.nl Chair: Prof. Jan Kuijpers kuijpers@astro.ru.nl www.astro.ru.nl

  3. Charting the Galactic population of white dwarf binaries 1. Galactic white dwarf binaries How: - Wide field camera surveys * INT (La Palma): Faint Sky Variability Survey & Hα Survey of Galactic plane (IPHAS) * VST (Paranal): Omegawhite & UVEX - Phase resolved spectroscopy & photometry - Population synthesis Who: Paul Groot, Luisa Morales-Rueda, Gijs Nelemans, Gijs Roelofs, Else van den Besselaar, Wilbert van Ham, Richard Hijmering.

  4. White dwarf binary

  5. Dr. Luisa Morales Rueda Discovering WD binaries Colour diagrams of FSVS: non-variable, variable point sources and their ratio

  6. Drs. Else van den Besselaar Unravelling binaries SDSS spectrum Combined red + white dwarf Single white dwarf Single red dwarf

  7. The Galactic Population of Compact Binaries Drs. Gijs Roelofs A Hot Spot The VLT The data Mass transfer in a binary star

  8. Dr. Gijs Nelemans Veni-recipient GWs from binaries

  9. The next generation cryogenic detector for X-rays and UV-VIS Drs. Richard Hijmering DROIDS Spectral imaging with Distributed Read-Out Imaging Devices Noordwijk: Science Payload and Advanced Concept Office ESTEC/ESA When: 2007

  10. Drs. Wilbert van Ham Eclipse mapping of accretion discs with S-Cam Superconducting Josephson junctions

  11. The world's most advanced spectrograph on the world's most advanced telescope: the ESO-VLT Dr. Paul Groot VIDI recipient X-Shooter 0.3 – 2.5 micron, simultaneously Netherlands: Near infrared arm (2 Meuro) Nijmegen: Astrophysics + Technocenter: Cryostat of the nIR arm When: On the telescope in 2008

  12. High Energy Astrophysics of cosmic rays, neutron stars, pulsars, black holes and gravitational waves 2. Astro Particle Physics How: - WSRT, LOPES, LOFAR, AUGER - Theory: plasma astrophysics, general relativity - Cooperation EHEF & ThHEF Who: Jan Kuijpers, Heino Falcke, Martin van den Akker, Stijn Buitink, Andreas Horneffer, Sven Lafèbre, Joachim Moortgat, Andreas Nigl, Jelena Petrovic, Roy Smits.

  13. High energy astrophysics Gravitational wave ripple in fabric of space-time

  14. Drs. Roy Smits Pulsars observed with WSRT and GMRT Drifting sub-pulse caroussel

  15. Drs. Pui-Kei Fung Radio pulsars explained Free-Electron Laser Simulation of pulsar emission

  16. Drs. Joachim Moortgat Interaction GWs with matter: Observing GW with LOFAR

  17. Drs. Martin van den Akker CERN muon detector as muon telescope Sky distribution of muons: no point sources

  18. Dr. Jelena Petrovic Monte Carlo simulations of CR radio pulses

  19. Drs. Sven Lafèbre CR detection with LOPES Radio emission dependence on primary particle energy

  20. Drs. Stijn Buitink Thunderstorms and CR radio emission Enhanced radio emission during thunderstorms

  21. Ir. Andreas Nigl LOFAR: Jupiter 28 Io-induced emission with s-bursts Nancay Observatory 25 Frequency (MHz) 28 beam direction towards Jupiter LOFAR Initial Test Station 22.06.04 15:37:34 + ~3.5s 25 Time (s) 3 2 0 1

  22. Dr. Andreas Horneffer Detectors for CR radio emission Enjoying his first nature article!!

  23. Prof. Dr. Heino Falcke Recipient of Ludwig-Biermann-prize Geosynchrotron Radio emission from CRS Nature, 435, 313, 2005

  24. Astrobiology Producing life in a bottle? Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund Recipient of 1st vernieuwingsimpuls

  25. Prof. Conny Aerts Looking into the heart of a massive star for the first time ever! Music from the stars

  26. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz High-velocity clouds in the Galaxy Galactic fountain or Extragalactic accretion?

  27. Masters projects 1 Magnetars Alfvenic heating Extrasolar planets Lianne Muijres, Eveline Schaekens, Marnix Theijssen, Vincent Klein-Breteler, Haili Hu Knot in Crab Gravetars?

  28. Masters projects 2 Erik Rijshouwer TUE Robotisering 35cm telescoop Pictures with 35 cm reflector by Harm Schoorlemmer Ring nebula Orion nebula Pinwheel galaxy

  29. Studenten-bachelorsprojecten 1 Polarisatie CR radio straling: Pim Schellart; Calibratie radio antennes: Andra Versteeg, Sandra Petrovic, Jaap Kroes; Magnetische lusantennes: Karel Kok, Stefan Jansen; Kosmische straling: Ralph Breuer.

  30. Studenten-bachelorsprojecten 2 Hoge-snelheidswolken: Lieke van Spaandonk, Daniel van Wassem, Bart Buijs Sterspectrograaf Hans Coppens, Former vd Ploeg Zonnespectrograaf Kars Verbeek en Harm Schoorlemmer

  31. Bachelor colleges • Jaar 1 • Optica en Sterrenkijker 1 & 2 (3 ec) prof. Kuijpers et al. • Kaleidoscoop Sterrenkunde (3 ec) prof. Kuijpers • Observationele Sterrenkunde (3 ec) dr Groot • Newtoniaanse Kosmologie (3 ec) prof. Kuijpers • Jaar 2 • Planetenstelsel dr Groot 3 ec • Sterevolutie dr Groot 3 ec • Astrobiologie prof. Ehrenfreund 3 ec • Project 14 ec • Jaar 3 • Project vervolg • Kosmische magneetvelden prof. Kuijpers 6 ec • Asteroseismologie prof. Aerts 6 ec • ART + Vroege Heelal prof. Kleiss + Kuijpers 6 ec

  32. Graduate Programme • in Astrophysics • High Energy Astrophysics • 60 ects Thesis project (observ./theoret./abroad) • 6 ects Accreting compact objects • 6 ects Radio pulsars • 6 ects Black holes • 4 ects Telescope observing • 6 ects New windows on the universe • 6 ects Interacademiae course

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