Presentations:thomas feLines

Fe Lines Talk

I made this presentation in only a few days. Hence, not everything is coded very well. Nevertheless you might find some interesting features you can use for your presentation. If you've got questions: Just ask me! :-)

Header

 \documentclass[usenatbib]{beamer}
 % if you use the draft option (\documentclass[usenatbib,draft]{beamer}) the images
 % are not included. You can safe a lot of time using this option, if you do not need
 % to look at your figures.

 \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \usepackage{colortbl} % colored tables
 \usepackage{natbib} % the bibliography is in natbib style
 \usepackage{url}  % est urls with \url{...} correctly
 \usepackage{amssymb} % more symbols
 \usepackage{amsmath} % standard math packag
 \usepackage{amsfonts}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage{multicol} % allows you to create multiple columns
 \usepackage{pstricks,pst-grad,pst-text}  % pstricks ...

 % set your graphics path
 \graphicspath{{./figs/}}

 % select your favourite theme
 \usetheme{Frankfurt}

Definitions/Functions

 % define your own colors: 
 % especially the standard green needs to be dark
 \definecolor{tdgreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
 \definecolor{tdblue} {rgb}{.114, .157, .706 }
 \definecolor{tdred} {rgb}{0.922, .086, .086 }

 % for creating my title page, I define my font sizes
 \newcommand\titleFontSize{\fontsize{0.65cm}{0.6cm}\selectfont}
 \newcommand\authorFontSize{\fontsize{0.55cm}{0.5cm}\selectfont}

 % simple commands for highlighting text in different colors
 \newcommand{\greentext}[1]{{\color{tdgreen}#1}}
 \newcommand{\redtext}[1]{{\color{tdred}#1}}
 \newcommand{\bluetext}[1]{{\color{tdblue}#1}}

 % define my own slides: style chosen here is plain
 \newcommand{\tdframe}[1]{\frame[plain]{#1}}

 % define a compact itemize-environment
 \newenvironment{itemize*}%
  {\begin{itemize}%
    \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%
    \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}%
  {\end{itemize}}


 % define an outlined caption with ps-tricks: text in "Caption" is surrounded by a black line.
 % this is useful if you use a background image, but the title/authors should still be readable
 \definecolor{Caption}{rgb}{0.8,0.1,0.01}
 \newcommand\outlineCaption[1]{\textbf{\pscharpath[linecolor=black,linewidth=.1pt,
 gradangle=90,fillstyle=gradient,gradbegin=Caption,gradend=Caption,gradmidpoint=1]{#1}}}
 

Title Page

 {
  % this sets the background image. It is set only for this slide, as the whole section is enclosed
  % in brackets
   \usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{agn_nasa}}

 % start the slide
  \tdframe{
    \centering    
    \vspace{0.5cm}
    \color{Authors}
    \bf
       {\titleFontSize \outlineCaption{Measuring the Spin of a Black Hole:}}
       {\titleFontSize \outlineCaption{Broad Iron Emission Lines}}
       
       \vspace{1cm}       
       
       {\authorFontSize\textbf{Thomas Dauser$^1$} }
       
       \vspace{0.66cm}
       
       {\tiny in collaboration with} \\
       \vspace{0.1cm}

       \small
       J.~Wilms$^1$, R.~Duro$^1$, C.~S.~Reynolds~(UMd), L.~Brenneman~(CfA),
       K.~Pottschmidt~(CRESST/UMBC/NASA-GSFC), M.~A.~Nowak(MIT),
       N.~Schartel~(ESA-ESOC), and J.~Svoboda~(CAS)
       
       \vspace{0.4cm}
       
       {\footnotesize $^1$ Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory Bamberg \& ECAP}
       
       % set the logos       
       \raisebox{-1.35cm}[0cm][0cm]{
       % logs need a white box to look good
         \colorbox{white}{
           \includegraphics[width=0.25\textwidth]{uni-erlangen.eps} \hspace{5.1cm}
           \includegraphics[width=0.2\textwidth]{ecap_logo_transparent.eps}
         }
       }       
   }
 }

Example Slide

 \tdframe{
   \frametitle{Accretion Geometry: Source of hard X-rays}

  \begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{0.55\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{diff_geo_corona}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
      \begin{alertblock}{}\textbf{Sandwich/Sphere Corona}
          {\footnotesize Comptonization from a \bluetext{hot electron
              plasma} surrounding the disk {\tiny
              \citep[][\ldots]{Haardt1993a,Dove1997a}}}
          \greentext{canonical $\alpha$-disk: $r^{-3}$} {\footnotesize
            {\tiny\citep[in AGN usually higher values observed, e.g.,
              ][]{wilms2001a}}}
      \end{alertblock} 
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}

  \vspace{0.9cm}\hrule\vspace{0.6cm}

  \begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{0.55\textwidth}
      \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{diff_geo_jet}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
      \begin{alertblock}{}\textbf{Jet Base Geometry}
        {\footnotesize Comptonization from the base of a jet {\tiny
            \citep[][\ldots]{Matt1992a,Markoff2005a,Miniutti2007a}}}
        \greentext{``lensing effect'': steep emissivity} towards
        $r_\mathrm{ISCO}$
      \end{alertblock}
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}

 }