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Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz

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Matthias Steinmetz is scientific chairman of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and director of the research branch Extragalactic Astrophysics. Topics under investigation in this research branch extend from the structure, dynamics and chemical evolution of the Milky Way over the structure and evolution of galaxies and their massive black holes to the formation of galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the large scale cosmic web. Furthermore, researchers in this research branch are participating in the development of the next generation of instruments for telescopes of ESO's Paranal Observatory and for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), and are actively engaged in the establishment of a E-science and research data infrastructure for astronomy.

Executive Board
Scientific Member of the Board, Speaker
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Area Head
Office: LH/1-15
Phone: +49 331 7499 800
msteinmetznothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam
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Matthias Steinmetz's personal research interests focus on the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular the Milky Way. He has been actively engaged in performing high resolution simulation of the galaxy formation process. He is the principle investigator of the RAdial Velocity Experiment RAVE, a large international collaboration that over the past 15 years has amassed more than half a Million spectra for stars in the Galaxy.

As president of the German Astronomical Society and Chairperson of the Council of German Observatories (2014-2017) Matthias Steinmetz coordinated the Position Document "Perspectives of Astrophysics in Germany 2017-2030".

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Unveiling the time evolution of chemical abundances across the Milky Way disc with APOGEE
Ratcliffe, B., Minchev, I., ... Khoperskov, S., ... Queiroz, A., ... Steinmetz, M., de Jong, R. S., Nepal, S., ..., 2023
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 525, 2, 2208; published October 2023
doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1573, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume
The MUSE-Faint survey. IV. Dissecting Leo T, a gas-rich relic with recent star formation
Vaz, D., ... Roth, M. M., Weilbacher, P. M., Steinmetz, M., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 678, A59; published October 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346453, NASA ADS
The MUSE-Faint survey. III. Constraining scalar field dark matter with Antlia B
Júlio, M. P., ... Krajnović, D., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 678, A38; published October 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346987, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The stellar halo in Local Group Hestia simulations. III. Chemical abundance relations for accreted and in situ stars
Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., Libeskind, N., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Sorce, J. G., Spaare, M., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 677, A91; published September 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244234, NASA ADS
The stellar halo in Local Group Hestia simulations. II. The accreted component
Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., Libeskind, N., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Sorce, J. G., Spaare, M., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 677, A90; published September 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244233, NASA ADS
The stellar halo in Local Group Hestia simulations. I. The in situ component and the effect of mergers
Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., Libeskind, N., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Sorce, J. G., Spaare, M., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 677, A89; published September 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244232, NASA ADS
StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys with Gaia EDR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars (Corrigendum)
Queiroz, A. B. A., ... Chiappini, C., Khalatyan, A., ... Nepal, S., Steinmetz, M., ... Valentini, M., ... Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 676, C6; published August 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245399e, NASA ADS
The Eighteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Targeting and First Spectra from SDSS-V
Almeida, A., ... Chiappini, C., ... de Andrade Queiroz, A. B., ... Krumpe, M., ... Matijevic, G., ... Schwope, A., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2023
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267, 2, 44; published August 2023
doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acda98, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys and Gaia DR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars
Queiroz, A. B. A., ... Chiappini, C., Khalatyan, A., ... Nepal, S., Steinmetz, M., ... Valentini, M., ... Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., ..., 2023
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A155; published May 2023
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245399, NASA ADS
The Undiscovered Ultradiffuse Galaxies of the Local Group
Newton, O., ... Libeskind, N. I., ... Sorce, J. G., Steinmetz, M., ..., 2023
The Astrophysical Journal, 946, 2, L37; published April 2023
doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acc2bb, NASA ADS