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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:

Hermeian haloes: Field haloes that interacted with both the Milky Way and M31
Newton, O., Libeskind, N. I., ... Sorce, J. G., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2022
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514, 3, 3612; published August 2022
doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1316, NASA ADS
Cold and hot gas distribution around the Milky-Way - M31 system in the HESTIA simulations
Damle, M., Sparre, M., ... Pfrommer, C., ... Libeskind, N., Sorce, J. G., Steinmetz, M., ... Wang, P., 2022
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, 3, 3717; published May 2022
doi:10.1093/mnras/stac663, NASA ADS
The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data
Abdurro'uf, ... Anders, F., ... Chiappini, C., ... Khalatyan, Arman, Dr., ... Bárbara de Andrade Queiroz, A., ... Schwope, A., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Valentini, M., ..., 2022
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 259, 2, 35; published April 2022
doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac4414, NASA ADS
Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5
Anders, F., Khalatyan, A., Queiroz, A. B. A., Chiappini, C., ... Enke, H., ... Guiglion, G., ... Minchev, I., ... Steinmetz, M., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 658, A91; published February 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142369, NASA ADS
The MUSE Extremely Deep Field: Evidence for SFR-induced cores in dark-matter dominated galaxies at z ≃ 1
Bouché, N. F., ... Krajnović, D., ... Wisotzki, L., ... Steinmetz, M., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 658, A76; published February 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141762, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars
The challenge of simultaneously matching the observed diversity of chemical abundance patterns in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations
Buck, T., ... Pfrommer, C., Steinmetz, M., ..., 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 508, 3, 3365; published December 2021
doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2736, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics
The HETDEX Instrumentation: Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide-field Upgrade and VIRUS
Hill, G. J., ... Kelz, A., ... Bauer, S. M., ... Jahn, T., ... Roth, M. M., ... Steinmetz, M., 2021
The Astronomical Journal, 162, 6, 298; published December 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac2c02, NASA ADS
The Milky Way bar and bulge revealed by APOGEE and Gaia EDR3
Queiroz, A. B. A., Chiappini, C., ... Khalatyan, A., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Minchev, I., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 656, A156; published December 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039030, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, IT Services
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) Survey Design, Reductions, and Detections
Gebhardt, K., ... de Jong, R. S., ... Kelz, A., ... Krumpe, M., ... Steinmetz, M., ... Urrutia, T., Wisotzki, L., ..., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 923, 2, 217; published December 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac2e03, NASA ADS
The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey. XVI. The angular momentum of low-mass star-forming galaxies: A cautionary tale and insights from TNG50
Bouché, N. F., ... Krajnović, D., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 654, A49; published October 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040225, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars