Galaxy modelling and Galactic Centre workshop

Date: 9-13 December 2024

Place: University of Surrey, UK.  Room 01 DK 02, Duke of Kent building (No. 10 on this map)

MWGaiaDN is a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network funded under grant agreement no. 101072454 and also funded by UK Research and Innovation (EP/X031756/1).

Image credit: NAOJ, Hiroyuki NAKANISHI and Yoshiaki SOFUE, M. J. Reid et al, Baba et al.

Rational: 

The workshop is aimed at PhD students to learn advanced skills in Galaxy modelling and challenges in applying modelling techniques to reconstruct the structure of the Galaxy from a large volume of the complex observational data that Gaia will produce. 

There will be hands-on sessions for early stage researchers to apply some of these modelling techniques to the available Gaia data, and mock data which will be provided and supported by world-leading experts in this research field. 

Lecturers:

• Payel Das (Surrey) ... Stellar populations of the Galactic halo stars, Data-driven Galactic archaeology

• Denis Erkal (Surrey) … Stellar Stream modelling

• Stephanie Monty (Cambridge) … Galactic chemical evolution

• Mike Petersen (Edinburgh) … Galactic Bar, Basis Function Expansion modelling

• Jason Sanders (UCL) … Galaxy modelling and Galactic centre structure

• Eugene Vasiliev (Surrey) … AGAMA, Action-based Galaxy modelling

Programme:

9 December (Monday)

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome

10:10 - 11:10 Jason Sanders (Lecture 1)

11:10 - 11:25 Coffee break

11:25 - 12:25 Mike Petersen (Lecture 1)

12:25 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Students Introduction.  3 min presentation

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 - 16:15 Payel Das (Lecture 1)

16:15 - 17:15 Stephanie Monty (Lecture 1)

Pub trip: 

10 December (Tuesday)

10:00 - 11:00  Eugene Vasilliev  (Lecture 1)

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 - 12:15 Denis Erkal (Lecture 1)

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 15:45

• Make a team of 3-4 people and think about the outline of the projects. You are encouraged to discuss with the lecturers.

16:00 - 17:00

• 5 min presentations of the outline of the project and the project plan by each team.

11 December (Wednesday)

10:00 - 10:30 Jason Sanders (Lecture 2)

10:30 -11:00 Mike Petersen (Lecture 2)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 Eugene Vasilliev (Lecture 2)

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 17:00 Group Project 

15:00: Coffee break

19:30-  Workshop Dinner at the March Hare (2-4 South Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU6 3SY) 

12 December (Thursday)

10:00 - 10:30am Payel Das (Lecture 2)

10:30 - 11:00 Denis Erkal (Lecture 2)

11:00 - 11:30 break

11:30 - 12:00  Stephanie Monty (Lecture 2)

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 17:00 Group Project 

15:00: Coffee break

13 December (Friday)

10:00 -12:00 Group Project

11:00 : Coffee break

12:00-13:00 Lunch

Lunch:

13:00 - 14:30: Presentation of the project

14:30 - 14:45: Coffee break

14:45 - 16:00: Presentation of the project

Participants

Useful tools and data for the project work

Registration form  (closed)

Practical Information

• How to get Stag Hill campus of the University of Surrey.

SOC/LOC

• Natsuki Funakoshi (MSSL, UCL)

• Jason Hunt (Surrey)

• Daisuke Kawata (MSSL, UCL)

Contact: Daisuke Kawata (d.kawata+at+ucl.ac.uk)