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Andreas Koch-Hansen new adjunct professor at ZAH

Heidelberg University appointed Dr Andreas Koch-Hansen as new adjunct professor (apl. Prof.) in recognition of his eligibility for appointment as a professor and achievements in research and teaching. (2023/09/21)

New Gliese Fellow 2023: Dr Tadafumi Matsuno

Dr Matsuno will start his position at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut on Oct. 1st. He mainly studies old, low-metallicity stars in the Milky Way to understand the origin of elements and the formation history of the Milky Way. (2023/09/13)

Symposium on complex interconnections of stellar yields

Dr. Andreas Sander (ZAH/ARI) hosted his inspiring "Hengstberger Symposium" on nucleosynthesis and stellar yields of massive stars at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg (IWH) from September 4th to 8th. (2023/09/08)

Dave Rupke new guest professor at ARI

Prof. Dave Rupke (Rhodes College, US) started his visitorship at ARI. His research focuses on galactic winds driven by AGN and star formation activity. He is hosted by Dominika Wylezalek. (2023/09/01)

Ludwig-Biermann-Award for Dr Dominika Wylezalek

The German Astronomical Society honours Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI) for her research achievements in the field of galaxy and massive black hole evolution. (2023/30/08)

Nicole Reindl holds new DFG Heisenberg position at ZAH

Dr. Reindl is an expert in the physics of hot compact stars. Funded by a DFG Heisenberg grant, she will establish a new research group at ZAH/LSW. (2023/08/17)

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Next Astro colloquia
Sep 29
11:00		Improving the census of open clusters with Gaia data and machine learning
Emily Hunt (LSW)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Sep 29
11:00		Improving the census of open clusters with Gaia data and machine learning
Emily Hunt (LSW)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 06
11:00		TBA
Mariska Kriek
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Astro & Physics talks in HD

Heidelberg Physics Seminar and Talks Organizer (HePhysTo)

Recent ZAH publications
11/2023
Bevacqua, Davide; Saracco, Paolo et al. (inc. Pasquali, Anna)
The elemental abundance of quiescent galaxies in the LEGA-C survey: the (non-)evolution of [α/Fe] from z = 0.75 to z = 0
MNRAS 525, 4219(2023)

10/2023
Truong, Nhut; Pillepich, Annalisa et al. (inc. Nelson, Dylan)
X-ray metal line emission from the hot circumgalactic medium: probing the effects of supermassive black hole feedback
MNRAS 525, 1976(2023)

10/2023
Dawoodbhoy, Taha; Shapiro, Paul R. et al. (inc. Lewis, Joseph S. W.)
Cosmic variance and the inhomogeneous UV luminosity function of galaxies during reionization
MNRAS 524, 6231(2023)

more publications ...