AstroSpace JC no 6 - May 2026
Speakers: S. Stathopoulos, D. Papakonstantinou
Papers:
"Upstream neutrino production and delayed jet emission in the blazar GB6 J1542+6129"
Kun, E., Bartos, I., et al., submitted to A&A Letters, 2026, presented by S. Stathopoulos
"Solar events and solar wind conditions associated with intense geomagnetic storms"
Watari, S., Nakamizo, A. & Ebihara, Y., Earth Planets Space 75, 90, 2023, presented by D. Papakonstantinou
AstroSpace JC no 5 - March 2026
Speakers: M. Zannou, E. Alexopoulou
Papers:
"Challenging the use of ring current indices during geomagnetic storms"
Sandhu, J. K., Rae, I. J., & Walach, M.-T., Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2020JA028423., 2019, presented by M. Zannou & E. Alexopoulou
AstroSpace JC no 4 - Feb 2026
Speakers: H. Tsakonas, E. Nakopoulou
Papers:
"A Quenched and Relatively Isolated Dwarf Galaxy in the Local Volume"
Hai T. N., McQuinn K. B. W., Mao Y. Y., Cohen R. E., Shih D., Tollerud E., Breneman J. A., et al., ApJ, 998, 20, 2026, presented by H. Tsakonas
"Substorm-ring current coupling: A comparison of isolated and compound substorms"
Sandhu, J. K., Rae, I. J., Freeman, M. P., Gkioulidou, M., Forsyth, C., Reeves, G. D., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 6776–6791, 2019, presented by E. Nakopoulou
AstroSpace JC no 3 - Dec 2025
Speakers: G. Kokkinis, M. Gkoni
Papers:
"Grand minima and maxima of solar activity: new observational constraints"
Usoskin, I. G., et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 471, 301-309, 2007, presented by G. Kokkinis
"Ultra-luminous X-ray pulsars as sources of TeV neutrinos"
Ducci, L., et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 701, A98, 2025, presented by M. Gkoni
AstroSpace JC no 2 - Nov 2025
Speakers: G. Karydianakis, A. Dovles
Papers:
"Resistive Scaling in the Magnetic Helicity-Driven Inverse Cascade"
Zhang, J. and Brandenburg, A., submitted to ApJ - under revision, 2025, presented by G. Karydianakis
"Detection of ultrafast electron energization by whistler-mode chorus waves in the magnetosphere of Earth"
Kurita, S., Miyoshi, Y., Saito, S., et al., Nature Scientific Reports, 2025, presented by A. Dovles
AstroSpace JC no 1 - Oct 2025
Speakers: D. Karavola, A. Dimitrakoula
Papers:
"Black-hole mass estimation through accretion disk spectral fitting for high-redshift blazars"
Kyriopoulos, G., Petropoulou, M., Vasilopoulos, G., and Hatzidimitriou, D., under review (2025), presented by D. Karavola
"A slot region in the magnetosphere of Jupiter"
Long, M., Roussos, E., et al., Nature Communication, 2025, presented by A. Dimitrakoula