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ZAH NEWS

Super simulations help determine the mass of neutrinos

A team of researchers led by high-energy astrophysicist Felix Spanier (ZAH/ITA) receives 35 million hours of CPU computing time on SuperMUC-NG to improve neutrino mass measurements at KATRIN. (2020/06/20)

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. (2020/05/06)

Diederik Kruijssen von Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften geehrt

Der Astrophysiker wurde prämiert für seine Beiträge zum Verständnis der Prozesse, die Sternentstehung und Bildung von Sternhaufen steuern. (2020/04/17)

Thunder without Flash

If black holes and neutron stars merge within star clusters this only shakes space-time without any electromagnetic emission. (2020/03/05)

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)

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Astro & Physics talks

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Colloquia at ZAH
Jul 16
11:15		 Stellar mass excesses in radial gradients of massive, quiescent galaxies in HSC
Thomas Jackson (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.
Jul 17
15:00		 TBA
Mayte Alfaro (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Jul 23
11:15		 SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE FEEDING
Prof. Walter Dehnen (University of Leicester)
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.

Recent publications
6/2020
Lee, Yueh-Ning; Offner, Stella S. R. et al. (inc. Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik)
The Origin of the Stellar Mass Distribution and Multiplicity
SSRv 216, 70(2020)

6/2020
Palle, E.; Nortmann, L. et al. (inc. Quirrenbach, A.)
A He I upper atmosphere around the warm Neptune GJ 3470 b
A&A 638, A61(2020)

6/2020
Riechers, Dominik A.; Boogaard, Leindert A. et al. (inc. Kaasinen, Melanie)
VLA-ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (VLASPECS): Total Cold Gas Masses and CO Line Ratios for z = 2-3 Main-sequence Galaxies
ApJ 896, L21(2020)