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New Gliese Fellow 2022: Dr Silvia Martocchia

Dr Martocchia started her new position as Gliese Fellow 2022 at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. Her main research interests are focused on understanding the phenomenon of multiple populations in star clusters. (2022/08/01)

Gaia: the scientific supermission and its third data release

On June 13th, the third Gaia data catalog (Gaia DR3) was released, opening a new and spectacular treasure trove for researchers. (2022/06/13)

The bubbly Milky Way

An international group of astronomers under participation of Ralf Klessen (ITA) found the imprint of the bubbles produced by the explosion of dying stars in the structure of the gas that pervades our galaxy. (2022/05/23)

Mélanie Chevance starts new Emmy Noether Research Group

Dr Mélanie Chevance and her group aims to quantify how matter flows within galaxies. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has allocated 1.7 million Euro to fund the group over a period of six years. (2022/05/23)

Caroline Herschel Medal for Eva Grebel

Prof. Dr Eva Grebel is the first to win the new medal awarded jointly by the Royal Astronomical Society and the German Astronomical Society. (2022/04/08)

Research Career Development Award for Dylan Nelson

The Hector Fellow Academy has presented the Hector Research Career Development Award. The jury selected three scientists from the applications, including Dylan Nelson, who heads an Emmy Noether research group at ITA. (2022/02/07)

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Next Astro colloquia
Oct 07
11:00		TBD
Ralf Klessen (ITA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 07
11:00		TBD
Ralf Klessen (ITA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 07
11:00		TBD
Ralf Klessen (ITA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

more colloquia ...

Astro & Physics talks in HD

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Recent ZAH publications
9/2022
Lesci, G. F.; Nanni, L. et al. (inc. Maturi, M.)
AMICO galaxy clusters in KiDS-DR3: Constraints on cosmological parameters and on the normalisation of the mass-richness relation from clustering
A&A 665, A100(2022)

10/2022
Balbinot, Eduardo; Cabrera-Ziri, Ivan et al.
Evidence for C and Mg variations in the GD-1 stellar stream
MNRAS 515, 5802(2022)

11/2022
Kamlah, A. W. H.; Spurzem, R. et al. (inc. Dotti, F. Flammini; Sedda, M. Arca; Berczik, P.)
The impact of stellar evolution on rotating star clusters: the gravothermal-gravogyro catastrophe and the formation of a bar of black holes
MNRAS 516, 3266(2022)

more publications ...