WST_2MTDT

A series of informal 20-minute talks on the topic of time-domain astronomy organized within the time-domain working group of the Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST), aka 20-minute time-domain talks (2MTDT).
Organizers: Drs. Giulia De Somma and Fatemeh Zahra Majidi
Video edits: Dr. Ayan Acharyya

Giada Pastorelli -- Modeling Resolved Stellar Populations in the era of large-scale surveys

Priscila Pessi -- Hydrogen rich ambiguous transients and how WST can contribute to understand them

WST 2MTDT [Synergies Series] w/ Germano Sacco -- Star formation in space and time with the WST

WST 2MTDT w/ Teresa Sicignano -- Type II Cepheids as an alternative route to the Hubble constant

WST 2MTDT w/ Louise Breuval -- Cepheid Variables: The Legacy of Henrietta Leavitt

S. Das Theoretical multi-wavelength relations for BL Her stars from Optical/Gaia to Rubin-LSST bands

WST 2MTDT w/ Jaroslav Merc Optical spectroscopy of symbiotic binaries: From discovery to diagnostics

Prof. Anupam Bharadwaj "Precision stellar astrophysics to probe the rate of cosmic expansion"

Dr. Eloisa Poggio "Three-dimensional structure and chemo-dynamical evolution of the Milky Way disc"

Sofia Bisero "WST-ET synergy for next generation gravitational wave multi-messenger observations"

Michele Trabucchi WST 2MTDT - June 12th, 2025