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Dominika Wylezalek receives Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

The most important prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for young scientists in Germany goes to Dr. Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI). (2024/03/25)

Webb reveals staggering structures in nearby spiral galaxies

NASA decided to release new staggering observations of nearby spiral galaxies. Oleg Egorov from ZAH/ARI is one main contributor to transforming JWST observations into these amazing science data products. (2024/02/13)

European Supercomputer Aids Heidelberg Astrophysics

Heidelberg University researchers receive computing time for simulating the behaviour of cosmic gases and plasmas during star formation. (2024/01/08)

Dylan Nelson among “Highly Cited Researchers" 2023

12 researchers from Heidelberg University feature on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” 2023. Dylan Nelson (ZAH/ITA) is one of the three natural scientists among the Heidelberg researchers. (2024/01/08)

Patzer Award for Emily Hunt (LSW) and Reza Ayromlou (ITA)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation is awarding up to three prizes each year for the best refereed publications by doctoral students and young postdocs at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Emily Hunt and Reza Ayromlou are among the awardees. (2023/11/22)

Hengstberger Award for Dr. Mélanie Chevance

Dr. Mélanie Chevance, Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at ITA/ZAH, received the Hengstberger Award 2023. The award will support Dr. Chevance in organising a scientific symposium at the IWH in 2024. (2023/10/21)

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Next Astro colloquia
Apr 23
16:30		The Gaia mission: an exceptional astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic multi-epoch survey
Dr. Laurent Eyer (Observatoire de Geneve)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Grand Lecture Room
Apr 25
11:15		The Local Volume Mapper (LVM): Physics at the energy injection scale
Kathryn Kreckel (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Apr 26
11:00		TBA
James Kirk (Imperial)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Astro & Physics talks in HD

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Recent ZAH publications
4/2024
Polyachenko, Evgeny V.; Shukhman, Ilia G.
Exploring the dynamics of collisionless spherical stellar systems using the matrix method: Insights from the dilation mode
A&A 684, A58(2024)

4/2024
Eppel, F.; Kadler, M. et al. (inc. Zacharias, M.)
TELAMON: Effelsberg monitoring of AGN jets with very-high-energy astroparticle emission. I. Program description and sample characterization
A&A 684, A11(2024)

4/2024
Yarovova, Anastasiya D.; Moiseev, Alexei V. et al. (inc. Egorov, Oleg V.)
Nature of the diffuse emission sources in the H I supershell in the galaxy IC 1613
MNRAS 529, 4930(2024)

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