Tidal Disruption Events: a window into black hole accretion | 29 Jan 2026
Prof. Daniel J. Price – Monash University
Shedding light on the early rise of Massive Black Holes in the JWST era | 15 Jan 2026
Dr. Alessandro Trinca – University of Edimburgh
Bridging Theory and Observations: Insights into SFE and Dust attenuation in high-z galaxies | 20 Nov 2025
Dr. Daisuke Toyouchi – University of Osaka
Galactic Archaeology: a Local Route to Cosmology | 23 Sept 2025
Prof. Francesca Matteucci – University of Trieste
Into the Galactic Nucleus: tracing the Dynamics and Evolution of the Milky Way’s Nuclear Star Cluster | 18 Sept 2025
Dr. Alessandra Mastrobuono Battisti – University of Padova
Magnetic Field Evolution during Tidal Disruption Events | 9 Sept 2025
Simona Pacuraru – University of Birmingham
Probing dark matter with resonant dynamics of the Galactic bar | 18 Feb 2025
Dr. Rimpei Chiba – Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Understanding the complexity of Gas-rich Galaxy Centres with idealised high-resolution simulations | 12 Feb 2025
Dr. Robin G. Tress – EPFL
Lectures on stellar dynamics | 18-22 Nov 2024
Prof. James Binney – University of Oxford
Description: Stellar dynamics proceeds in two stages. Stage I involves building models that are in statistical equilibrium in the sense that as their constituent particles move around, particles essentially swap places, leaving the model’s large-scale structure invariant. That is, Stage I focuses on mean-field theory. Stage II is concerned with understanding how fluctuations in the gravitational field that holds a model together drive the model’s long-term evolution.
Lecture 1 – 18 November – Overview
Lecture 2 – 19 November – Orbits & orbits trapping
Lecture 3 – 20 November – Mean-field models
Lecture 4 – 21 November – Fluctuations and collective phenomena
Lecture 5 – 22 November – Applications and examples (periodic cube)