Overview

The 2020 SCI Science Workshop will be fully virtual for the first time. It will take place on the afternoons on December 1-3, with 2.5-3 hours of program each day. The program will consist of a few invited talks focussing on latest results from some of our missions and other science highlights, special topics (H/SCI-SC update and science budget, life with COVID, Communications, Education, Science faculty update), RF and YGT introduction, and contributed posters. We strive for interactive and fun content.

Virtual poster sessions will take place on GatherTown.

Organizing Committee

​​Guillaume Belanger, Georgina Graham, Oliver Hall, Michael Küppers, Erik Kuulkers, Olivier Witasse

Programme

Started Monday 1 December at 14:30, Ended Wednesday 3 December at 17:30

(Only accessible to Faculty Members)

Abstract Booklet PDF

All presentations can be found on Cosmos DMS:  Science Faculty > SSW > 2020-SSW13-Virtual

(all times are in CET)

1 Dec 2020

Part 1

Moderator: Oliver Hall

14:30-14:40 - Welcome - Markus Kissler-Patig [10]

14:40-15:00 - Introduction of new RFs & YGTs (Pre-recorded) [20]

15:00-15:30 - Invited talk: Solar Orbiter - Daniel Mueller [20+10]

15:30-15:45 - A CME whodunit in preparation for Solar Orbiter - Alexander James et al. [10+5]

15:45-16:00 - Poster viewing/discussion in Gathertown [15]

16:00-16:30 - break

Part 2

Moderator: Georgina Graham

16:30-17:00 - Intro new H/DIV SCI-SC and presentation of SCI-ence budget - Gaitee Hussain [20+10]

17:00-17:15 - Searching for signs of life with the ExoMars Rover: why the mission is how it is - Jorge Vago & Elliot Sefton-Nash [10+5]

17:15-17:30 - Posters summary/advertisement talk - Solar System - Matt Taylor & Anik de Groof [15]

17:30-17:45 - Posters summary/advertisement talk - Astronomy/Fundamental Physics - Peter Kretschmar & Oliver Jennrich [15]

17:45-18:00 - Accreting black holes seen through XMM-Newton - Andrew Lobban et al. [10+5]

2 Dec 2020

Part 1

Moderator: Tereza Jerabkova

14:30-15:00 - Invited talk: BepiColombo: comprehensive exploration of Mercury - Johannes Benkhoff [20+10]

15:00-15:15 - ESA communications and PR, interactive session - Kai Noeske [15]

15:15-15:30 - Segmentation of coronal features to understand the Solar EIV and UV irradiance variability - Joe Zender [10+5]

15:30-15:45 - Spectrophotometry to study icy surfaces - Anezina Solomonidou et al. [10+5]

15:45-16:00 - Poster viewing/discussion in Gathertown [15]

16:00-16:30 - break

Part 2

Moderator: Emily Rickman

16:30-16:45 - Life & Science during COVID-19 - Hans Huybrighs [15]

16:45-17:00 - Hubble Asteroid Hunter: exploring the ESA Hubble archives with citizen science - Sandor Kruk et al. [10+5]

17:00-17:15 - Expedition: Home - Alana Bartolini & Laylan Saaldin (Education Office) [15]

17:15-17:30 - The X-ray temporal and spectral analysis of incredibly variable blazars: the case of Mrk 421 - Luana Michela Modafferi [10+5]

17:30-18:00 - The ESTEC & ESAC Science Faculty 2.0 - Michael Küppers & Erik Kuulkers [30]

18:00-19:00 - Drinks & games in the Gathertown social area

24:00 Poster quiz deadline

3 Dec 2020

Part 1

12:00 Best poster vote deadline

Moderator: Francois Mernier

14:30-15:00 - Invited talk: ARIEL: Theresa Rank-Lüftinger [20+10]

15:00-15:15 - Towards a two-colour photometer at Dome C, Antartica - Nicolas Crouzet et al. [10+5]

15:15-15:30 - Poster quiz answers and final round - Matteo Guainazzi & Georgina Graham [15]

15:30-15:45 - Direct imaging and spectral characterisation of long-period exoplanets and brown dwarfs - Emily Rickman [10+5]

15:45-16:15 - break

Part 2

Moderator: Nuria Alvarez

16:15-16:30 - Posters & quiz: Prize - SOC

16:30-16:45 - From stars to galaxies with Gaia - Tereza Jerabkova et al. [10+5]

16:45-17:15 - Gaia EDR3 summary - Timo Prusti

17:15-17:30 - Closing remarks - Günther Hasinger