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ZAH NEWS

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)

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)

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Astro & Physics talks

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Colloquia at ZAH
Jan 21
16:30		 The 3D view on stellar astrophysics
Friedrich Roepke (HITS/Heidelberg University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, großer Hörsaal
Jan 23
11:15		 RR Lyrae stars as tracers of substructure and Galactic archaeology
Zdenek Prudil (ARI)
ARI Institute Kolloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14, Seminarraum 1
Jan 24
15:00		 The outcome of massive star formation
Maria Ramirez-Tannus (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent publications
1/2020
Rydberg, Claes-Erik; Whalen, Daniel J. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Magg, Mattis; Carrasco, Mauricio; Maturi, Matteo)
Detecting strongly lensed supernovae at z ̃ 5-7 with LSST
MNRAS 491, 2447(2020)

1/2020
Rodenkirch, P. J.; Klahr, H. et al. (inc. Dullemond, C. P.)
Global axisymmetric simulations of photoevaporation and magnetically driven protoplanetary disk winds
A&A 633, A21(2020)

2/2020
Smith, Rowan J.; Treß, Robin G. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Sormani, Mattia C.)
The Cloud Factory I: Generating resolved filamentary molecular clouds from galactic-scale forces
MNRAS 492, 1594(2020)