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Patzer Award for Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation is awarding the best refereed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI) are among the awardees. (2024/11/30)

Hengstberger Award for Dr. Dominika Wylezalek

Dr. Dominika Wylezalek, Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at ZAH/ARI, received the Hengstberger Award 2024. The award will support Dr. Wylezalek in organising a scientific symposium at the IWH in 2025. (2024/10/19)

The Landessternwarte mourns the loss of Dr. Gerhard Klare

The Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW) mourns the loss of Dr. Gerhard Klare, who died on July 24, 2024 at the age of 92. (2024/07/25)

Joachim Wambsganss is new director of ZAH

Since July 1, 2024, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss (ZAH/ARI) is director of ZAH. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Norbert Christlieb, who was director since July 1, 2021 and who is now ZAH deputy director. (2024/07/01)

Dominika Wylezalek admitted to the Young Academy

The Young Academy welcomed ten young scientists as new members, amongst them Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI). New members have the opportunity to e.g. initiate interdisciplinary research projects and working groups. (2024/06/24)

2024 Copernicus Award for Joachim Wambsganss

German Research Foundation and Foundation for Polish Science jointly honour Heidelberg scientist and his colleague Andrzej Udalski from Warsaw. (2024/05/22)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics Talks

HePhySTO – HEidelberg PHYsics Seminar Talks Organizer ►

Next Astro colloquia
Jan 07
16:30		The origin of interstellar dust: from local supernovae to the high-redshift Universe
Professor Ilse De Looze (University of Ghent)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS)
Jan 09
11:15		The relation between cold molecular and hot ionized gas in the Seyfert galaxies
Bruno Dall'Agnol de Oliveira (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jan 14
16:30		The Universe in multi-color: Astronomy at the dawn of intensity mapping and AI
Dr Caroline Heneka (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS)

more colloquia ...

Recent ZAH publications
12/2024
Verhamme, O.; Sundqvist, J. et al. (inc. Bernini-Peron, M.; Sander, A. A. C.)
X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive Stars at low metallicity: IX. Empirical constraints on mass-loss rates and clumping parameters for OB supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
A&A 692, A91(2024)

12/2024
Ruh, H. L.; Zechmeister, M. et al. (inc. Kaminski, A.; Quirrenbach, A.)
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: The impact of rotation and magnetic fields on the radial velocity jitter in cool stars
A&A 692, A138(2024)

12/2024
Reissl, Stefan; Nguyen, Philipp et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.)
The rotational disruption of porous dust aggregates from ab initio kinematic calculations
A&A 692, A60(2024)

more publications ...