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This morning I woke up by the sound of children singing Christmas songs. My mom lives near a kindergarden and apparently they had X-mas spirits. It was quite cute, even though alot of them just screamed out the lyrics. Whatta nice way to start your day...

Yesterday I watched Stockholm - Arlanda, a tv show filming the strange people at the airport of Stockholm. They filmed inside of an airplane and I just felt "uhhh, I don't feel like living on an airplane for two days!". One of my friends is complaining that he's gonna have to sit on an airplane through the entire night to go to Asia. I truely feel sorry for him... NOT! What's one night of flying compared to 31 hours in the air and 8 hours on the ground? That is what I'm looking forward to in 2 months when I'll go to Sydney. For some reason I can't feel any pity for him, even though it's not the most fun thing to do. Really, really not the most fun thing to do... Escpecially when you took that trip less than one year ago. Gah, but once you're in that plane it's not that bad. Well, at least you don't have a choice once you're there. But this time it's going to be better tho, because I won't be going home for some time. Yäy!

X-mas spirit at the astrophysics department in Uppsala:


[ About the picture:
Rocket and a probe on the Moon. Two astronauts with the Swedish flag. A Swedish red house (coming from the idea some Swedish company had of building the typical Swedish house on the Moon). Inside the Swedish house there's a light installation.
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Courses I've studied at Uppsala University

Math
Introduction to Mathematics 3 points
Algebra MN1 7,5 points
Analysis MN1 15 points
Linear Algebra MN1 7,5 points
Analysis MN2 15 points
Fourier Analysis with Applications 7,5 points
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Math total: 55,5 points (60 points = 1 year)

Computing
Use of MATLAB 7,5 points
Scientific Computing NV1 7,5 points
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Computing total: 15,0 points (60 points = 1 year)

Physics
Science in Society MN1 7,5 points
Quantum Physics and Astrophysics 9 points
Mechanics MN1 7,5 points
Mechanics MN2 7,5 points
Wave Physics NV1 7,5 points
Mathematical Methods of Physics NV1 7,5 points
Electromagnetism MN1 7,5 points
Solid State Physics MN1 7,5 point
Thermodynamics MN1 7,5 points
Statistical Mechanics MN1 7,5 points
Theory of Special Relativity 4,5 points
Quantum Mechanics MN1 7,5 points
Electromagnetic field theory MN1 7,5 points
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Physics total: 96,0 points (60 points = 1 year)

Astrophysics
The structure of the Universe 7,5 points
Introduction to Astronomy 7,5 points
Principles of Astronomy MN1 7,5 points
Astrophysics II 5 points
Physics of the Planetary System 10 points
Radiation processes in Astrophysics 10 points
Galaxies 10 points
Cosmology 10 points
Dynamical processes in astrophysics 10 points
Celestial Mechanics 5 points
Observational Astrophysics I 5 points
Observational Astrophysics II 10 points
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Astrophysics total: 97,5 points (60 points = 1 year)

Thesis
Image reduction and dust map construction of the local galaxy UGC08012 by using NOT observations
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About Uppsala University

Uppsala University (Swedish: Uppsala Universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded as early as 1477, it is the oldest such institution in the Nordic countries, and for centuries has been one of Europe's most renowned seats of learning.

One of the main centres of higher education in Europe, the university rose to pronounced significance during the rise of Sweden as a Great Power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with the large donation of King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala. It shares some peculiarities, such as the student nation system, with Lund University and the University of Helsinki.

Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities. The university has nine faculties distributed over three 'disciplinary domains'. It has about 40,000 students (20 000 full-time eq.), and about 2,000 doctoral students. It has a teaching staff of 4,000 (part-time and full-time) out of a total of 6,000 employees. Of its annual turnover of around 4.3 billion SEK (approx. 715 million USD), approximately 60% goes to graduate studies and research.

Architecturally, Uppsala University has traditionally had a strong presence in the area around the cathedral on the western side of the River Fyris. Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala's historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university.

Source: Wikipedia

Newspapers I've been in

Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 22
Language: Swedish
About: My homepage, my education and astronomy interest, and me moving to Australia.
Pages: 4

Newspaper: Upsala Nya Tidning, Dec 7 2008, B6
Language: Swedish
About: My homepage and my astronomy interest
Pages: 4
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Articles I've written

Popular scientific
Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 30
Language: Swedish
Swedish title: Behövs verkligen mörk materia?
English title: Do we really need dark matter?
About: The MOND theory.
Pages: 4

Popular scientific
Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2008, No 3, Year 9, Page 32
Language: Swedish
Swedish title: Solens nya innehållslista
English title: The Sun's new content list
About: The chemical abundances in the Sun according to Martin Asplund et al.
Pages: 4

About this blog

My name is Åsa, 30 years old and I was born in Uppsala, Sweden. The last couple of years I've been studying math, physics and astrophysics at Uppsala University, Sweden.

On this blog you can follow my work to finish my master's degree as well as other private things going on in my life.

I'm currently in: Uppsala, Sweden.

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