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Prof. Dr. Lutz Wisotzki

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About me: I am an astronomer interested in many things, but especially in the origin and evolution of galaxies. My main research activity is focused on spectroscopic surveys of high-redshift galaxies and the study of the circumgalactic medium. My main observational tool is the MUSE instrument at the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile, and I am as well involved in the HETDEX project. In my past research I worked a lot on Active Galactic Nuclei and their host galaxies, on the intergalactic medium, and a bit on gravitational lensing. I regularly teach at the University of Potsdam, and I have written a German-language textbook on general astrophysics at introductory level.

Galaxies and Quasars
Section Head
Office: SH/222
Phone: +49 331 7499 532
lwisotzkinothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam
 

My research

 

Teaching Astrophysics at Potsdam University

In the academic year 2020/21 I teach the "Grundkurs Astrophysik I and II". Access via Moodle.

 

Textbook

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My textbook "Astronomie und Astrophysik - ein Grundkurs" (Introduction into Astronomy and Astrophysics; German language only) is now in its 5th edition. All figures and colour plates are freely available for teaching and study purposes. Please click here to get to the entry pages. While the figure captions are in German, most figures can be used independently of the language. I am currently preparing a thoroughly revised 6th edition.

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Constraining the cosmic UV background at z > 3 with MUSE Lyman-α emission observations
Gallego, S. G., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504, 1, 16; published June 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab796, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
MusE GAs Flow and Wind (MEGAFLOW) VI. A study of C iv and Mg ii absorbing gas surrounding [O ii] emitting galaxies
Schroetter, I., ... Wendt, M., Muzahid, S., ... Schmidt, K. B., Wisotzki, L., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; published May 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1447, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The HETDEX Survey: The Lyα Escape Fraction from 3D-HST Emission-Line Galaxies at z ∼ 2
Weiss, L. H., ... Wisotzki, L., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 912, 2, 100; published May 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abedb9, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
High-resolution imaging follow-up of doubly imaged quasars
Shajib, A. J., ... Wisotzki, L., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503, 2, 1557; published May 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab532, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
LSDCat: Detection and cataloguing of emission-line sources in integral-field spectroscopy datacubes (Corrigendum)
Herenz, E. C., Wisotzki, L., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 649, C5; published May 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629507e, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Revealing the impact of quasar luminosity on giant Ly α nebulae
Mackenzie, R., ... Muzahid, S., ... Wisotzki, L., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502, 1, 494; published March 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3277, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The MUSE Extremely Deep Field: The cosmic web in emission at high redshift
Bacon, R., ... Wisotzki, L., ... Roth, M., Schmidt, K. B., Steinmetz, M., ... Urrutia, T., ... Weilbacher, P. M., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, A107; published March 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039887, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars, innoFSPEC, Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
An atlas of MUSE observations towards twelve massive lensing clusters
Richard, J., ... Schmidt, K. B., ... Weilbacher, P. M., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 646, A83; published February 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039462, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
Erratum: MUSEQuBES: Calibrating the redshifts of Lyα emitters using stacked circumgalactic medium absorption profiles
Muzahid, S., ... Wendt, M., Wisotzki, L., ... Urrutia, T., ..., 2020
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498, 3, 4424; published November 2020
doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2668, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
Spatially Resolved C III] λ1909 Emission in Haro 11
Micheva, G., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2020
The Astrophysical Journal, 903, 2, 123; published November 2020
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abbdff, NASA ADS