15th AIP Thinkshop: the role of feedback in galaxy formation

The active galaxy M82. Supernova explosions through gas and dust (blue and red) from the galaxy (yellow-green) into space.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC und JPL-Caltech

Prof. Dr.
Christoph Pfrommer

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Phone: +49 331 7499 513
cpfrommer@aip.de

Franziska Gräfe

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Aug. 31, 2018 //

From the 3rd to the 7th of September, more than 130 scientists meet at the 15th Potsdamer Thinkshop on the Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany.

Each year, the event series of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) focuses on a different field of astrophysical research. This year, it's about the processes that influence the formation of galaxies.

"The 15th Thinkshop brings leading international experts and students working in both Galactic and extragalactic astronomy together. They will discuss the different components of a galaxy - stars, gas, non-thermal components, dust, and dark matter - and where these components are found within and around galaxies, from both an observational and a theoretical point of view. The final objective is getting a better understanding on the feedback processes that rule the evolution of galaxies," explains Prof. Dr. Christoph Pfrommer, head of the Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics section.

Further information

https://thinkshop.aip.de/15/

Images

The active galaxy M82. Supernova explosions through gas and dust (blue and red) from the galaxy (yellow-green) into space.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC und JPL-Caltech

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The key areas of research at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) are cosmic magnetic fields and extragalactic astrophysics. A considerable part of the institute's efforts aims at the development of research technology in the fields of spectroscopy, robotic telescopes, and E-science. The AIP is the successor of the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and of the Astrophysical Observatory of Potsdam founded in 1874. The latter was the world's first observatory to emphasize explicitly the research area of astrophysics. The AIP has been a member of the Leibniz Association since 1992.