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Covid-19 related situation at ZAH

ZAH premises are open only to all members and associates of the university who meet the 3G status. Persons without 3G are not allowed to enter ZAH grounds. In case of further questions please get in contact with our Central Institute Management. For university related news see HERE. (2021/12/06)

Andreas Sander starts new Emmy Noether Research Group

The group led by Dr Andreas Sander will specialize on stellar atmospheres and mass loss from hot massive stars. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with a 1.9 million Euro grant under the Emmy Noether program. (2021/08/01)

New Gliese Fellow 2021: Dr Ivan Cabrera-Ziri

Dr Cabrera-Ziri started his new position as Gliese Fellow 2021 at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. His main scientific interests are the formation and evolution of star clusters and their chemical properties. (2021/08/01)

A treasure chest of star formation

The PHANGS-MUSE project published unique observational data on star formation in galaxies. Kathryn Kreckel leads the science working group that studies the connection between gas ionization and star formation. (21/07/21)

Norbert Christlieb is new director of the ZAH

On July 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Norbert Christlieb started his 3-year term as managing director of the ZAH. He is the successor of Prof. Dr. Cornelis Dullemond. (2021/07/01)

Cosmic Long Distance Relationship

Black holes at the center of large galaxies influence star formation in their satellite galaxies. A research group including Dylan Nelson (ZAH/ITA) published this impressive result in NATURE. (2021/06/14)

Eva Grebel elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Prof. Dr. Eva Grebel has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in recognition of her scientific achievements. (2021/06/13)

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Astro & Physics talks

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Colloquia at ZAH
Jan 18
16:00		Black Holes - Nature or Nurture?
Prof. Roger Blandford (Stanford University, USA)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Zoom, Zoom
Jan 20
11:15		Can velocity fields explain the Wolf-Rayet radius problem?
Roel Lefever (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1, 1.OG
Jan 21
11:00		TBD
Sascha Quanz (ETH)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

more colloquia ...

Recent publications
3/2022
Dutta, Alankar; Sharma, Prateek; Nelson, Dylan
Cooling flows around cold clouds in the circumgalactic medium: steady-state models and comparison with TNG50
MNRAS 510, 3561(2022)

3/2022
Popping, Gergö; Pillepich, Annalisa et al. (inc. Nelson, Dylan; Kaasinen, Melanie)
The dust-continuum size of TNG50 galaxies at z = 1-5: a comparison with the distribution of stellar light, stars, dust, and H2
MNRAS 510, 3321(2022)

2/2022
Giesel, Eileen Sophie; Ghosh, Basundhara; Schäfer, Björn Malte
Intrinsic and extrinsic gravitational flexions
MNRAS 510, 2773(2022)

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