The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy to Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium, “for developing the methods of asteroseismology and their application to the study of the interior of the Sun and of other stars.”
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Programme
09.00
Opening address
Birgitta Henriques Normark, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09.05
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureates
Nikolai Piskunov, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
09.15
Listening to the Stars
Part I: Physics from the Sun
Crafoord Laureate Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, UK
Part II: Asteroseismology of evolved solar-like stars
Crafoord Laureate Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
Part III: Asteroseismology of fast rotators
Crafoord Laureate Conny Aerts, KU Leuven, Belgium
10.30
Coffee break
11.00
Helioseismology with inertial modes
Laurent Gizon, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and University of Göttingen, Germany
11.30
A high-resolution view of solar oscillations and waves
Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez, Stockholm University, Sweden
12.00
Lunch (Included for registered participants)
13.00
Internal structures of low-mass stars
Saskia Hekker, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany
13.30
Intermediate-mass stars as physics laboratories
Margarida Cunha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
14.00
The evolution of massive stars, single and binary
Hugues Sana, KU Leuven, Belgium
14.30
Insights into the interiors of massive stars
Georges Meynet, Geneva University, Switzerland
15.00
Coffee break
15.30
Understanding exoplanets through asteroseismology
Vincent Van Eylen, University College London, UK
16.00
The importance of asteroseismology in the study of the Milky Way as a galaxy
Andrea Miglio, Università di Bologna, Italy
16.30
Short break
16.35
Panel discussion
17.05
Closing remarks
The symposium is organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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The Crafoord Prize is awarded in partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation in Lund. The Academy is responsible for selecting the Crafoord Laureates.
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