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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Monday 10<sup>th</sup> February at 3pm, A113 CAPT – Theoretical Physics Student Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Usama Aqeel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Blowing Bubbles in Euclidean Spacetime</span></i><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tuesdays at 11am, CAPT Foyer – Astro Coffee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tuesdays at 11.30am, A113 CAPT - Astronomy Journal Club<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tuesday 11<sup>th</sup> February at 1pm, A113 CAPT – Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Keir K Rogers (Imperial)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Axions/Dark Matter<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Links to join: <a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d">https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Wednesday 12<sup>th</sup> February at 3.45pm, C4 Physics – Astronomy Seminar</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Emma Puranen (OU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Exoplanets in Science Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Science fiction (SF) is a genre influenced by science which, in turn, influences science. Astronomers discovered the first
exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) in the 1990s, but exoplanets featured in SF long before then. This talk presents two studies regarding exoplanets in SF. In the first study, a database of 212 SF exoplanets was analysed using a Bayesian network
to find interconnected interactions between planetary characterisation features and literary data. Results reveal SF exoplanets designed after the discovery of real exoplanets are less Earth-like, providing statistical evidence that SF incorporates rapidly-evolving
science. In the second study, questionnaire data was collected and analysed from participants in a project to create short SF stories in teams of one scientist and one writer. Results show scientific concerns were incorporated into the story creation decision-making
process, and suggest an inspirational role for SF towards its readership’s interest in science. Through the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, I investigate SF's portrayal of exoplanet science, which is crucial for understanding the genre’s
potential use in science communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Thursday 13<sup>th</sup> February at 1pm, A113 CAPT – Astronomy Lunch Talk</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Fiona Sawyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">How probable is the Ly-</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝛼</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
damping wing in the spectrum of the redshift z = 5.9896 quasar ULAS J0148+0600?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">At the end of the Epoch of Reionisation we expect most of the IGM to be ionized, interspersed with patches of fully neutral
hydrogen. The first direct measurement of an island of neutral hydrogen at the end stages of reionisation, z~6, was from the damping wing of the quasar ULAS J0148+0600 (J0148) by Becker et al. 2024. Here we use simulations from Sherwood Relics to assess the
expected incidence of quasars with Ly-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝛼</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
and Ly-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝛽</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> absorption similar to
the observed J0148 spectrum for different quasar properties and reionisation histories. We find a late end to reionisation at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝑧</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> = 5.3 is a necessary requirement
for reproducing a Ly-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝛼</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> damping
wing consistent with J0148, but it is still rare, with our fiducial model producing an observation similar to J0148 in only ~3 per cent of lines of sight. We speculate this is because the ionising emission from J0148 is variable on timescales
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝑡</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> < 10^5 yr, or alternatively that
the Ly-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">𝛼</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> transmission in the J0148
near zone is impacted by the transverse proximity effect from nearby star-forming galaxies or undetected quasars. We also assess the efficacy of the method used to find the neutral island in Becker 24, finding that an observation such as J0148 is very likely
due to a neutral island, however many neutral islands are also missed with this analysis of the quasar damping wing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thursday 13<sup>th</sup> February at 1pm, Djanogly Theatre - Talk: The Journey to Cosmic Titans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">£3 (free concessions)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Spend an hour with the exhibition curators and artist Alistair McClymont.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hear the story of our collaboration bringing artists and scientists together to create Cosmic Titans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/the-journey-to-cosmic-titans/">Click here to book</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thursday 13<sup>th</sup> February at 3pm, A113 CAPT – Particle Cosmology Student Journal Club<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Fridays at 4pm, CAPT Foyer – CAPT Cakes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any events/visitors you would like included in next week’s bulletin, please let me know</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Best wishes</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ella<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ella Batchelor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F1245;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Administrator</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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