Special Courses Series (CCE)

Since 1996, the Graduate Program in Astronomy of the National Observatory has been organizing advanced courses in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology named the "Special Course Series" (CCE). The courses are held annually at ON's headquarters, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and each Series focuses on current topics from three or four different areas of astronomy. This format is unique in this type of events in Brazil, since similar events are held less frequently and are usually dedicated to a single topic.

The CCE is usually composed of three or four courses, always taught by researchers of international renown and of recognized didactic competence. The duration of the event is one week, and each course has a workload of approximately 8 hours.

The expenses of the CCE are mostly financed with resources from the budget of the National Observatory, the CAPES PROAP Program, and the CAPES PAEP Program.

Although the graduate students are the main target audience, the event also allows an update of the Observatory's researchers, as well as favours scientific cooperation with the invited speakers. In addition, each year a greater number of students from other Brazilian and Latin American institutes have participated in the courses, making the ON a pole of attraction for astronomy students and researchers from all over Brazil and South America.

VIRTUAL CCE

24 - 27 November 2020

• The exoplanet revolution.
  Dr. Didier Queloz (Cavendish Laboratory, United Kingdom / University of Geneva, Switzerland) - Nobel Laureate 2019
• SRG Orbital X-Ray Observatory with eRosita and ART-XC telescopes: X-ray maps of the whole sky. Some results of the first all-sky survey and plans for the future.
  Dr. Rashid Sunyaev (Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics, Germany / Space Research Inst., Russia)
• Going Non-Linear: Contrasting LCDM with observations of the internal properties of galaxies.
  Dr. Julio F. Navarro (University of Victoria, Canada)
• Molecules from clouds to disks and planets.
  Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck (Leiden University, Netherlands / IAU President)

Organizing committee: Daniela Lazzaro, Jaílson Alcaniz, Jorge M. Carvano, Marcelo Borges Fernandes, Renato Dupke, Simone Daflon

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XXIV CCE

30 September - 4 October 2019

• Optical interferometry and stellar physics
  Dr. Denis Mourard (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, França)
• Studying the leftovers of planet formation: the asteroids and comets
  Dr. Joseph Masiero (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, EUA)
• Cosmic acceleration
  Dr. Martin Kunz (Université de Genève, Suíça)
• The Physical Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei and their Role in Galaxy Evolution
  Dr. Steve Kraemer (Catholic University of America, EUA)

Organizing committee: Jaílson Alcaniz, Jorge M. Carvano, Julio Camargo, Marcelo Borges Fernandes, Renato Dupke

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XXIII CCE

14 - 17 August 2018

• The physics behind stellar spectroscopy and practical applications
  Dr. C. Allende Prieto (Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, Spain)
• Topics of Cosmology
  Dr. C. Dvorkin (Harvard University, EUA)
• X-ray Astronomy
  Dr. J. Irwin (University of Alabama, EUA)
• Polarimetry of Solar System Objects
  Dr. R. Gil-Hutton (Universidad Nacional de San Juan e CONICET, Argentina)

Organizing committee: Jorge M. Carvano, Simone Daflon, Camila Novaes, Renato Dupke, Alvaro Alvarez-Candal

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XXII CCE

21 - 24 August 2017

• Statistical Properties of Exoplanets from Radial Velocitieses
  Paul Butler (Carnegie Institute of Washington, EUA)
• Observing the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies over 13 Billion Years
  Christopher Conselice (University of Nottingham, Reino Unido)
• Impacts in the Solar System
  Patrick Michel (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Franca)
• The Theory and Application of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
  Nikhil Padmanabhan (Yale University, EUA)

Organizing committee: Jorge M. Carvano, Luan Ghezzi, Micol Benetti, Simone Daflon, Yolanda Jimenez-Teja

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XXI CCE

26 - 29 September 2016

• Computational Cosmology: Simulating Cosmic Structures
  August Evrard (University of Michigan, US)
• Comets: Origin, Evolution and Interrelations
  Julio Fernández (University of the Republic, Uruguay)
• Advanced stellar evolution: basic properties, nucleosynthesis, and final fates
  Paola Marigo (University of Padova, Italia)

Organizing committee: Jailson Alcaniz, Jorge M Carvano, Katia Cunha, Renato Dupke

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XX CCE

5 - 9 October 2015

• Planets and exoplanets: evolution, diversity
  Prof. Jean-Pierre Bibring (Université Paris-Sud 11 & Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
• The Local Group as the Rosetta Stone for Galaxy formation and evolution
  Prof. Gerry Gilmore (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Probing the Acceleration of the Universe
  Prof. Alan Heavens (Imperial College London, UK)
• Cosmic Dawn: How the Universe's Lights Went On
  Prof. Piero Madau (University of California Santa Cruz, US)

Palestra Especial

• Titan surface: results of the Cassini-Huygen mission
  Profa. Rosaly M. C. Lopes (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, EUA)

Organizing committee: Daniela Lazzaro, Jailson Alcaniz, José Eduardo Telles e Katia Cunha

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XIX CCE

3 - 7 November 2014

• Thermal Observations of Small Bodies
  Josh Emery (University of Tennessee, United States)
• Chemo-dynamical Evolution of Galaxies
  Prof. Gerhard Hensler (University of Vienna, Austria)
• The make-up of stars
  Martin Asplund (Australian National University, Australia)
• Deep Galaxy Surveys, Initial Phases of Galaxy Evolution
  Prof. Olivier LeFèvre (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France)
• Relativistic Cosmology of the Accelerating Universe
  Prof. Roy Maartens (University of the Western Cape, UK/South-Africa)

Organizing committee: Alvaro Alvarez-Canda, Armando Bernui, Roderik Overzier, Simone Daflon

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XVIII CCE

21 - 25 October 2013

• Cosmology and Astrophysics with Galaxy Clusters
  Daisuke Nagai (University of Yale, USA)
• Historical Aspects of post-1850 Astronomy and Cosmology
  Helge Kragh (Aarhus University, Denmark)
• The make-up of stars
  Martin Asplund (Australian National University, Australia)
• Planetary Geology
  Rosaly Lopes (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

Organizing committee: Simone Daflon, Jailson Alcaniz, Renato Dupke, Marcelo Borges, Alvaro Alvarez-Candal

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XVII CCE

5 - 9 November 2012

• An Introduction to Astrobiology
  Edwin A. Bergin Jr. (University of Michigan, USA)
• Science with the EELT
  Piercarlo Bonifacio (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France)
• Cosmology
  George F. R. Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
• Instruments On Board of Space Missions
  Marcello Fulchignoni (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France)

Organizing committee: Cláudio Bastos Pereira, Fernando Roig, Jailson Alcaniz, Simone Daflon, Ramiro de la Reza

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XVI CCE

7 - 11 November 2011

• A Low-Redshift Perspective on Galaxies
  Michael Merrifield (University of Nottingham, UK)
• Planetary nebulae as probes of galactic evolution and populations
  Letizia Stanghellini (NOAO, USA)
• The early phases of galaxy formation and evolution
  Mark E. Dickinson (NOAO, USA)
• Asteroids shapes and rotation from photometric models
  Mikko Kaasalainen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

Organizing committee: Carolina Chavero, Jorge Carvano, Kátia Cunha, Marcelo Borges Fernandes, Renato Dupke

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XV CCE

18 - 22 October 2010

• Clusters of Galaxies and Cosmology
  Stefano Ettori (INAF Observatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy)
• Mineralogy of Asteroids
  Michael Gaffey (University of North Dakota, USA)
• Low and Intermediate Mass Star Evolution
  Roberto Gallino (Universita' di Torino, Italy)
• Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium
  Mark Krumholz (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)

Organizing committee: Daniela Lazzaro, Eduardo Telles, Renato Dupke

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XIV CCE

16 - 19 November 2009

• Cosmology of the Very Early Universe
  Robert Brandenberger (McGill University, Canada)
• Theory and Modeling of Stellar Atmospheres
  Ivan Hubeny (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA)
• Stellar and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
  Jimmy A. Irwin (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA)

Organizing committee: Jailson Alcaniz, Ramiro de la Reza, Renato Dupke, Simone Daflon 

XIII CCE

27 - 31 October 2008

• Orbit Mechanics of and about Asteroids
  Daniel J. Scheeres (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA)
• Astrostatistics
  Eric D. Feigelson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Galaxies Formation and Evolution
  Joel R. Primack (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
• Planet Formation
  Philip J. Armitage (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA)

Organizing committee: Dalton Lopes, Fernando Roig, Ramiro de la Reza, Vladimir Ortega

XII CCE

1 - 5 October 2007