BIG QUESTIONS IN ASTROPHYSICS – THE NEXT DECADES

Tuesday 4 Apr 2017, 08:30 → 17:50 Europe/Stockholm

Grand Auditorium, Lux

To celebrate 100 years of research funding, in 2017 the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation will organize conferences in scientific areas where it has provided substantial support throughout the years. Astronomy is one of these areas. We have been given the honor of organizing a symposium on astronomy in Lund on April 4, 2017. The symposium is titled BIG QUESTIONS IN ASTROPHYSICS – THE NEXT DECADES . Keynote talks during the symposium will cover major topics in contemporary astrophysics, including understanding the formation of planets and stars, galaxy evolution, dark matter and the transient revolution in astrophysics. Other speakers will present their research results from projects that are supported financially by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. In connection to the symposium, the scientific committee has taken the opportunity to organize three workshops which will cover The Transient Universe and Dark Matter on Monday April 3 and Galaxy Evolution and Star Formation across the Universe on April 5.

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