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Teaching prize for Anna Pasquali

Dr. Anna Pasquali has received the teaching prize of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. (2019/10/18)

ERC Synergy Grant for Ralf Klessen

International research team with Ralf Klessen studies the Milky Way as a “galactic ecosystem”. The project is being funded with approximately 12.7 million euros. (2019/10/11)

How do the strongest magnets in the universe form?

German-British research team simulates basic conditions for the formation of magnetic stars. (2019/10/10)

Kathryn Kreckel obtains Emmy Noether Research Group

A new Emmy Noether Research Group at ZAH has started working on resolving the baryon cycle in nearby galaxies and is led by Dr Kathryn Kreckel. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has allocated 1.7 mill. euros over six years. (2019/10/01)

CARMENES contributes to confirmation of earth-size planet

The "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)" detected an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 357. Analysis of measurements, to which the CARMENES spectrograph has contributed, revealed one further planet inside the habitable zone. (2019/08/01)

Galaxienfusion und neue Erden

Symposium 2019 der Hector Fellow Academy am Donnerstag, 11. Juli 2019, mit Vorträgen von Hector Fellow Prof. Dr. Eva Grebel und Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganß. Durch das Programm führt Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch. (9.07.2019)

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Astro & Physics talks

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Colloquia at ZAH
Nov 22
15:00		 Tracing early nucleosynthesis in-/directly in the Universe
Camilla Hansen (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Nov 26
16:30		 The Galactic Halo Renaissance
Alis Deason (Durham University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, großer Hörsaal
Nov 28
11:15		 Observational signatures of AGN feedback across cosmic time
Dominika Wylezalek (ESO (Garching))
ARI Institute Kolloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14, Seminarraum 1

Recent publications
11/2019
Wong, Tony; Hughes, Annie et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.)
Relations between Molecular Cloud Structure Sizes and Line Widths in the Large Magellanic Cloud
ApJ 885, 50(2019)

12/2019
Nelson, Dylan; Pillepich, Annalisa et al. (inc. Springel, Volker)
First results from the TNG50 simulation: galactic outflows driven by supernovae and black hole feedback
MNRAS 490, 3234(2019)

11/2019
Luque, R.; Trifonov, T. et al. (inc. Wolthoff, V.; Quirrenbach, A.; Reffert, S.)
Precise radial velocities of giant stars. XIII. A second Jupiter orbiting in 4:3 resonance in the 7 CMa system
A&A 631, A136(2019)