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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:

Optical emission lines in the most massive galaxies: Morphology, kinematics, and ionisation properties
Pagotto, I., Krajnović, D., den Brok, M., ... Weilbacher, P. M., ... Steinmetz, M., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 649, A63; published May 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039443, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
The Stars of the HETDEX Survey. I. Radial Velocities and Metal-poor Stars from Low-resolution Stellar Spectra
Hawkins, K., ... Kelz, A., ... Starkenburg, E., Steinmetz, M., ..., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 911, 2, 108; published April 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abe9bd, NASA ADS
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, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy
The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG
Predehl, P., ... Lamer, G., ... Schwope, A., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, A1; published March 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039313, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Galaxies and Quasars / X-ray Astronomy
Searching for light in the darkness: Bounds on ALP dark matter with the optical MUSE-faint survey
Regis, M., ... Steinmetz, M., 2021
Physics Letters B, 814, 136075; published March 2021
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136075, NASA ADS
The RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Parameterisation of RAVE spectra based on convolutional neural networks
Guiglion, G., Matijevič, G., Queiroz, A. B. A., Valentini, M., Steinmetz, M., Chiappini, C., ... Khalatyan, A., Anders, F., Enke, H., Minchev, I., Monari, G., ..., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, A168; published December 2020
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038271, NASA ADS
The HESTIA project: simulations of the Local Group
Libeskind, N. I., Carlesi, E., ... Khalatyan, A., ... Pawlowski, M. S., Sparre, M., ... Wang, P., ... Gottlöber, S., ... Minchev, I., Pfrommer, C., Sorce, J. G., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2020
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498, 2, 2968; published October 2020
doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2541, NASA ADS
Fluctuations in galactic bar parameters due to bar-spiral interaction
Hilmi, T., Minchev, I., Buck, T., ... de Jong, R. S., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2020
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 1, 933; published September 2020
doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1934, NASA ADS
The R-Process Alliance: Fourth Data Release from the Search for R-process-enhanced Stars in the Galactic Halo
Holmbeck, E. M., ... Steinmetz, M., ..., 2020
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 249, 2, 30; published August 2020
doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab9c19, NASA ADS
The Sixth Data Release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). II. Stellar Atmospheric Parameters, Chemical Abundances, and Distances
Steinmetz, M., Guiglion, G., ... Matijevič, G., Enke, H., ... Valentini, M., Chiappini, C., ... Williams, M. E. K., ... Anders, F., ... Carrillo, I., ... Minchev, I., Monari, G., ... Scholz, R.-D., ..., 2020
The Astronomical Journal, 160, 2, 83; published August 2020
doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab9ab8, NASA ADS
Participating AIP sections and groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Supercomputing and E-Science