B. Gustafsson @ UAO, Uppsala


Bengt Gustafsson

Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics



Research Interests

- Stellar Atmospheres
- Chemical Abundances
- Origin of the Elements
- Evolution of The Galaxy and other stellar systems


Additional Interests

- Arts-and-science interplay
- Astronomy, physics and our understanding of the world


Addresses

Department of Astronomy and Space Physics, University of Uppsala
Box 515, SE 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
email: Bengt.Gustafsson@astro.uu.se, phone: (46) 18 471 59 59, fax: (46) 18 471 59 99

SIMPLE, Science case

"SIMPLE Science Case", for loading down, March 6, 2009

Courses recently given

"Astrophysics II", Home Page, given Spring 2008

"Astrophysics II", given during the spring Spring 2009, course info

"Astrophysics II", Spring 2009, schedule and reading list

"Astrophysics II", Spring 2009, Problems

Recent scientific papers to download

"Is the Sun unique as a star - and if so, why?", Physica Scripta T130 (2008), 014036
"A grid of MARCS model atmospheres for late-type stars. I. Methods and general properties", Astronomy & Astrophysics 486, 951 (2008), with B. Edvardsson, K. Eriksson, U.G. Jörgensen and B. Plez
"On the use of blanketed atmospheres as boundary conditions for stellar evolutionary models", The Astrophysical Journal 675, 746 (2008), with D. VandenBerg, B. Edvardsson and K. Eriksson (2008)

Various talks to download

"Mathematics and teaching -- some comments on joys and dangers", Talk at International mathematics meeting, Malmö (Oct 2003)
"Peter Nilson som astronom" (Juni 2004)
"Om Tiden", Akademisymposium, Börssalen (23 oktober, 2004)
"Inför helgen; tema Torn", SVT (Sommaren, 2005)
"Einstein och musiken", Bokmässan (30 september, 2005)
"Tusen år hos Gud", dialoger i M. Åsbergs Dramatenförest. (Jan 2006)
"Disciplinerat småsparkande. Om kreativitetens nödvändighet och begränsning i vetenskapen" (16 oktober, 2006)

Various papers to download

"Scientists in Contemporary Wars", for ICSU Committee of Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science, August 2008

Lectures to download

Lectures on Life in Universe, click here, here, and here
Lecture "Universum -- en annan historia" (Nov 9, 2006)
Lecture "Fysiken -- en del av kulturen" (Nov 10, 2006)

Various articles to download

"Naturen är stor som universum", UNT (februari, 2003)
"Harry Martinson, Fågel Fenix och kvantelektrodynamiken", Harry Martinsonsällsk. (2004)

Some pictures from famous classical books in our library to download

from Copernicus De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestum (1543, 1566), I, II
from Kepler's Astronomia Nova ..de Motibus Stellae Martis (1609), I, II
from Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum, I
from Galileo's Dialogus de Systemata Mundi (1641), I
from Guericke's Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica (1672), I, II, III
from Newton's Principia (1686), I , II
from Newton's Optice (1706), I, II
from Triewald's Eld och Luftmachin vid Dannemora Grufwor (1734), I, II
from Triewald's Konsten at Lefwa under Watn, I
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