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ZAH NEWS

Astronomische Grundlagen für den Kalender 2022 erschienen

Das Astronomische Rechen-Institut hat die Astronomischen Grundlagen für den Kalender 2022 veröffentlicht. Diese bilden eine Grundlage für eine Vielzahl von Kalenderwerken. (06.05.20)

Anna Pasquali new Private Lecturer (Priv. Doz.)

Dr. Anna Pasquali was appointed Private Lecturer (Priv. Doz.) yesterday by the Habilitation Conference of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2020/01/30)

Wind-driven accretion powers planetary migration

Carolin Kimmig, BA student at ITA under supervison of Prof. Dullemond has shown, that a magnetocentrifugal wind-loss of protoplanetary disks could be strong enough to significantly change the orbits of protoplanets. (2020/01/09) 

Stefan Wagner appointed as new Director of H.E.S.S.

Apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner (LSW) appointed as new director of the H.E.S.S. Experiment and as Spokesperson of the H.E.S.S. collaboration. (2019/11/19)

New light on ghostly galaxy outskirts

A researchers team with Andreas Koch (ZAH/ARI) completed the largest survey to date of the ultrafaint outskirts of nearby galaxies. These appear to correlate with brightness and type of a galaxy undermining their common formation scenario. (2019/10/22)

Teaching prize for Anna Pasquali

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

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Astro & Physics talks

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Colloquia at ZAH
Jun 04
11:15		 Feedback from OB-stars on their parent cloud: Gas exhaustion rather than gas ejection
Elizabeth Watkins (ARI)
ARI Institute Kolloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14, Via Zoom. Please contact the organizers (Eva Grebel or Joachim Wambsganß) if you need the Zoom link.
Jun 05
15:00		 Light Element Inhomogeneities and Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters
Jeffrey Gerber (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Jun 12
15:00		 TBA
Ekaterina Semenova (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent publications
6/2020
Kunder, Andrea; Pérez-Villegas, Angeles et al. (inc. Koch, Andreas)
The Bulge Radial Velocity Assay for RR Lyrae Stars (BRAVA-RR) DR2: A Bimodal Bulge?
AJ 159, 270(2020)

5/2020
Gaia Collaboration; Helmi, A. et al. (inc. Stampa, U.; Sagristà Sellés, T.; Mantelet, G.; Lenhardt, H.; Hofmann, W.; Hauser, M.; Brüsemeister, T.; Löffler, W.; Jordan, S.; Altmann, M.; Gracia-Abril, G.; Biermann, M.; Bastian, U.)
Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way (Corrigendum)
A&A 637, C3(2020)

5/2020
Lu, Xing; Cheng, Yu et al. (inc. Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik)
ALMA Observations of Massive Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone: Jeans Fragmentation and Cluster Formation
ApJ 894, L14(2020)