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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/224
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:

On the evolution of the size of Lyman alpha halos across cosmic time: no change in the circumgalactic gas distribution when probed by line emission
Runnholm, A., ... Wisotzki, L., 2023
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; published April 2023
doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1264, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Clustering dependence on Lyα luminosity from MUSE surveys at 3 < z < 6
Herrero Alonso, Y., ... Wisotzki, L., Krumpe, M., ... Urrutia, T., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 671, A5; published March 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244693, NASA ADS
HETDEX Public Source Catalog 1: 220 K Sources Including Over 50 K Lyα Emitters from an Untargeted Wide-area Spectroscopic Survey
Mentuch Cooper, E., ... Urrutia, T., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2023
The Astrophysical Journal, 943, 2, 177; published February 2023
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aca962, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field surveys: Data release II
Bacon, R., ... Wendt, M., ... Weilbacher, P. M., Krajnović, D., ... Roth, M., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Urrutia, T., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 670, A4; published February 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244187, NASA ADS
The Lensed Lyman-Alpha MUSE Arcs Sample (LLAMAS). I. Characterisation of extended Lyman-alpha halos and spatial offsets
Claeyssens, A., ... Wisotzki, L., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 666, A78; published October 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142320, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The MUSE eXtremely deep field: first panoramic view of an Mg II emitting intragroup medium
Leclercq, F., ... Urrutia, T., Wisotzki, L., ... Muzahid, S., ..., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 663, A11; published July 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142179, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Surface Brightness Profile of Lyman-α Halos out to 320 kpc in HETDEX
Lujan Niemeyer, M., ... Wisotzki, L., ..., 2022
The Astrophysical Journal, 929, 1, 90; published April 2022
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac5cb8, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The MUSE eXtremely Deep Field: Individual detections of Lyα haloes around rest-frame UV-selected galaxies at z ≃ 2.9-4.4
Kusakabe, H., ... Wisotzki, L., ... Urrutia, T., ..., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 660, A44; published April 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142302, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Deciphering stellar metallicities in the early Universe: case study of a young galaxy at z = 4.77 in the MUSE eXtremely Deep Field
Matthee, J., ... Urrutia, T., Wisotzki, L., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 660, A10; published April 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142187, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
Equivalent widths of Lyman α emitters in MUSE-Wide and MUSE-Deep
Kerutt, J., Wisotzki, L., ... Schmidt, K. B., ... Urrutia, T., ..., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 659, A183; published March 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141900, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars