Theoretical and computational plasma (astro)physics

Helmholtz-Exzellenznetzwerk „Munich Center for Plasma Astrophysics“

In our laboratory we try to understand how non-equilibrium physics could have been beneficial for prebiotic multiphase systems, elucidating the hidden paths to Darwinian molecular evolution.

Hadron physics, symmetries, neutron physics, detectors, analysis, statistical methods, payload, satellite, electronics, spectroscopy, Belle 2, COMPASS, Belle, lifetime, beta decay, antimatter.

Synthetic life, Origin of Life, Molecular self-assembly

Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology
Durham University

I am a theoretical physicist with research interest in particle physics in general, and flavour physics in particular.

String theory, quantum gravity, mathematic physics

Theoretical Particle Physics, Hadron Physics, Effective Field Theories for the Standard model and beyond, Field theory at finite temperature, Early Universe, Nonperturbative methods and lattice.

Effective field theory, nuclear and neutron matter, chiral perturbation theory, radiative corrections, nuclear few-body forces, hyperons in nuclear medium, density-dependent nucleon-nucleon potentials

stellar astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, evolution of galaxies

Theoretical particle physics.

Experimental particle physics at lepton and hadron colliders, detector development, physics and instrumentation at future colliders.

Computational Astrophysics, Theory of Planet Formation, Structure and evolution of planet forming disks

High energy elementary particle physics: ATLAS detector at the LHC, some focus on physics of top quarks and rare events; Particle detector development, some focus on Micro Structured Gas Detectors

Operation and data analysis of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC: Higgs boson physics, searches for supersymmetry, dark matter and new heavy resonances. Detector development for collider experiments.

cosmic structure formation, dark matter and dark energy, computational astrophysics, galaxy formation, supermassive black holes, intergalactic and circumgalactic medium

I study Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) using data covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum. I also work on very deep radio surveys, neutrino astronomy, and AGN outflows.

experimental particle physics, heavy quark physics, rare decays and CP violation, big data analytics

Experimental Particle Physics, Data Science

Development of satellite platforms for experimental space missions.

Physics of hadrons and nuclei. Evolution of matter with a focus on the generation of the heavy elements on the r- and rp- process. Experimental techniques for nuclear and particle physics.

Cosmology, especially the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the Universe and their implications for physics of the early Universe as well as of the late-time Universe.

Multiwavelength properties of Active Galactic Nuclei and the interplay with their host galaxy and the surrounding environment.

Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, String Theory

Neutrino physics

particle physics at low energies; beta decay of the neutron

Physics of Life, Statistical Physics, Nonequilibrium Physics, Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena, Self-assembly and self-organisation, Pattern formation.

Experimental Particle Physics: electroweak precision tests, search for new particles, particle nature of Dark Matter, development of particle detectors, Grid Computing

Nonequilibrium statistical physics, Biophysics of RNA

supernova cosmology, high-precision determinations of the Hubble parameter

Galactic dynamics, Stellar populations, Integral field spectroscopy, Hydro and Nbody simulations of galaxies, Dynamical modelling

The research expertise of Oliver Trapp are reaction systems showing self-amplification of chirality and evolutionary molecular systems in the context of Origins of Life.

Astrochemical modelling, molecular spectroscopy, observations and theory of the earliest phases of star and planet formation and links to our Solar System.

observational cosmology, cosmic expansion rate, dark energy and dark matter, supermassive black holes, gravitational lensing, supernovae, Bayesian inference and methods

Statistical and biological physics, non-equilibrium physics, soft matter

theoretical particle physics, beyond the standard model, collider physics, dark matter

Biophysics and biochemistry approaches to reconstitute the origin of life

Astrophysical Black Holes, Accretion, Large Scale structure, astronomical surveys, X-ray astronomy

My research is in the field of astroparticle physics with the most extreme environments in the Universe (AGN, GRB, Pulsars…). Among other tools, I use gamma-ray observations with Fermi, MAGIC and CTA.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany

Theoretical stellar structure and evolution; nucleosynthesis and the cosmological origin of the elements.

Galaxy dynamics, structure and evolution, dark matter halos, search for exoplanets

Cosmic evolution of AGN and their host galaxies. AGN feedback. Multi-object spectroscopy.

Theoretical astroparticle physics, neutrino physics and astrophysics, axions in astrophysics and cosmology

I work on the interface between observational and theoretical cosmology. My main research interest is to find out about the Origins of the accelerated expansion of the Universe.

B-Physics at e+e- colliders (SuperKEKB, Belle II): b-lifetimes, B0-oscillations, CP violation in B-decays, rare decays of B-Mesons.
Hardware: Advanced silicon detectors

Stellar explosion physics, cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics

Information field theory, information theory, Bayesian reasoning, machine learning, cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, radio astronomy, gamma ray astronomy, galactic tomography, and other areas.

Studies of structure formation and cosmology using data from multi-wavelength surveys in the mm-wave (SPT), optical/NIR (DES, Euclid, LSST), radio (MeerKAT) and X-ray (eROSITA).

Office hours
Mon - Fri: 8:30 - 16:00

Office hours
Mon - Thu: 8:00 - 17:00
Friday:       8:00 - 14:00
(may vary during workshops)

Theoretical Astroparticle Physics. Dark matter theory and phenomenology. Neutrino mass models.

String theory, conformal field theory, topological field theory, supersymmetry

Our research deals with the origin of matter in the Universe, using small scale experiments with extreme precision. The main experiment of the group is the PanEDM instrument at ILL Grenoble.

Numerical Astrophysics

Star Formation, Young Stellar Objects, Protoplanetary Disks, Effects of Stellar Feedback on Star- and Planet-Formation

High-energy lepton and hadron scattering, experiments to test QCD, low-energy QCD and chiral dynamics, detector development and construction, simulations for experiment design, radiative corrections

Theory of strong and electroweak interactions, Physics of flavour and heavy quarks, Effective field theories of electroweak symmetry breaking, Higgs boson properties

I work in the field of hadron physics employing measurements at accelerators to infer on astrophysics phenomena as neutron stars or
the probation of cosmic rays within our galaxies.

Alma Mater Studiorum, Universita' di Bologna, Italy
 

Neutrino, neutrino astronomy, cosmic rays, blazars, AGN, IceCube experiment, Pacific Ocean Neutrino Explorer (P-ONE) experiment, STRAW path finders.

Dynamical processes in the Universe, including the structure and formation of dark matter halos, the formation and evolution of galaxies, the structure of the multi-phase, turbulent interstellar medium and the formation of stars and stellar clusters.

Theoretical Plasma-Astrophysics, Galaxies, Origin of life, Philosophy of science

Astroparticle physics, neutrino physics, dark matter search, low-background physics, development of radiation detectors, light instrumentation

Searches for physics beyond the Standard Model with the ATLAS experiment, in particular supersymmetry and leptoquarks

Stellar dynamics and structure of galaxies. The Milky Way: structure, stellar kinematics, mass distribution, microlensing. Extragalactic planetary nebulae. Dark matter halos.

Technische Universität Dortmund
Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a
44227 Dortmund
Germany

Disk formation; star & planet formation; binary & multiple systems; computational magnetohydrodynamics; astrochemical modeling

Observations of distant galaxies, particularly in the IR, submm and radio.

Galactic center black hole, infrared astronomy, spectroscopy, adaptive optics, interferometry

Experimental particle physics; data analysis

High performance computing, Distributed Systems, Networking

Cosmology, Large-Scale Structure, Cosmic Voids, Galaxy Surveys, Redshift-Space Distortions, Primordial Non-Gaussianity, Gravitational Lensing, Numerical Simulations, Statistical Tools

Stellar evolution, stellar explosions, supernovae, novae, nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, relativistic particles, cosmic rays, gamma rays, stardust, interstellar medium, Galaxy

Office hours
Tue - Thu 8:00-13:00

low temperature physics; neutron physics (UCN); bound beta decay of the neutron

Experimental physicist, searching for physics beyond the Standard Model, in particular supersymmetry and leptoquarks, with data taken with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

Star clusters, dwarf galaxies, stellar populations, galaxy clusters

Galaxy formation, evolution, kinematics, dynamics. In short: everything that has to do with galaxies

Ground- and Space-based astronomical infrastructure, astronomical instrumentation and operations, astrobiology, exoplanets, Galaxy formation and evolution.

Hadron Physics, Meson Spectroscopy

Effective description of hybridization-ligation-cleavage dynamics in large RNA systems.

Pattern formation in complex systems, mass-conserving reaction-diffusion systems, mechanochemical coupling, nonequilibrium statistical physics

I work on different aspects of cosmology using galaxy clusters, the large-scale structure, and weak gravitational lensing. This involves datasets from the South Pole Telescope (SPT), the Dark Energy Survey (DES), the upcoming Euclid, LSST, and CMB-S4 surveys, as well as numerical simulations, machine learning, and statistics.

Hadron-Hadron correlations measured at ALICE experiment, focus on hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon pairs to extract informations on the strong interaction crucial for Neutron Stars EoS.

Search for new physics with the ATLAS detector at the LHC: Measurement of Higgs boson coupling properties, effective field theory interpretations. Search for diboson resonances and dark matter.

Numerical hydrodynamics, stellar Evolution, supernovae physics, and visulaization.

I am a cosmologist specialised on early-Universe physics. My research is focused on developing numerical simulations to study the origin of the Universe, known as “inflation”.

Low background experiments, Axion dark matter search, Search for Neutrinoless double beta decay.

This project aimed to develop a more unified and consistent analysis of 3x2pt correlation functions in order to combine the information present in weak lensing and galaxy redshift surveys.

Office hours
Mon - Fri, full-time

Interested in using advanced statistical methods to give new insights into long-standing problems in high-energy astrophysics and beyond.

Supersymmetric and topological quantum field theories

I am interested in developing and applying time-resolved single molecule fluorescence techniques with focus on studying spatiotemporal dynamics in pattern-forming systems.

Simulations of Cosmic Rays in Galaxy Clusters

Excited about the intersection of astronomy (Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma ray bursts and Exoplanets), statistics and computing. Developing novel analysis methods, such as advanced nested sampling.

I studied the interactions between (non)topological defects, such as domain walls, strings, monopoles, and hybrid defects, and their relevance for phase transitions in GUTs during the early universe.

Using high-resolution, numerical simulations, I investigate the formation of stars, especially the formation and important processes of star-forming filaments.

Theory of strong and electroweak interactions, Physics of flavour and heavy quarks, Effective field theories of electroweak symmetry breaking

Monte Carlo Simulation of the response of Silicon Drift Detectors,
Design/Sensitivity studies for the ComPol (Compton Polarimeter) CubeSat mission,
and development of the first ComPol prototype

Study of galaxy populations (passive and star forming galaxies) in cluster samples to search for differences in those populations that correlate with the merger state.

core-collapse supernovae

stellar astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, evolution of galaxies

theoretical particle physics, beyond the standard model, collider physics, dark matter

observational cosmology, cosmic expansion rate, supernovae, Bayesian inference, machine learning

- Search for super-massive black holes at very high redshifts z~6 (X-ray, optical, NIR) 
- Broad Line Region in Active galactic Nuclei
- Machine and Deep Learning

Cosmological perturbation theory including higher cumulants and studying the effects of a velocity dispersion background and the link between its perturbations and the non-linear matter power spectrum

Neutrinos, cosmic messengers, P-ONE and P-ONE pathfinders

I run and analyze large N-body simulations to study the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies in the standard and non-standard cosmological models.

Designing and developing a distributed embedded system for small satellite applications

Numerical astrophysicist specialised in supermassive black holes, active galactic nuclei and their role in galaxy formation and evolution.

Detection and characterization of cosmological gravitational waves and their imprint in the B-modes of the CMB, with a particular focus on forecasts and analysis for the future LiteBIRD experiment.

Search for Phenomena beyond the Standard Model with the Belle II at KEK, Japan, in particular, lepton flavor violation in tau leptons. Hardware: Neural vertex trigger for the Belle II drift chamber.

I specialise in non perturbative particle physics present in collider interactions, Schwinger pair creation and electron/laser interactions, I perform phenomenology and non perturbative monte carlo.

Strong interaction and collider phenomenology

Office hours
Wednesday:    07:00 - 14:30
Thursday:        07:00 - 14:30
Friday:             07:00 - 13:00

- Interstellar Medium / Dust / Supernova Remnants
- Galactic Center
- Dark Energy / -Matter, Cosmology

Large Scale Structure, Clusters of galaxies, and Cosmology

Single Molecule Biophysics

Office hours: Mon - Thu 8:00-17:00; Fri 8:00-14:00 (may vary during workshops)

I conduct research into scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory, which are used for the precise description of accelerator experiments.

Studies of the exotic matter formations via the resonance phenomena of strong interaction. Keywords: scattering theory, amplitude analysis, LHCb experiment, COMPASS experiment.

Theory of hadrons and nuclei; matter under extreme conditions in nuclear and astrophysics. (See also: https://www.emeriti-of-excellence.tum.de/en/a-z/wolfram-weise-eng/)

 Dark Matter, data analysis and SN neutrino detection 

My research is focused on understanding the ISM conditions and the large scale dynamics that lead to the formation of massive star progenitors of the brightest explosions in the Universe.

Higgs boson decays to four leptons, Higgs boson couplings measurement, CP violation in VBF production and H4l decays, effective field theory interpretations, sMDT chamber construction for HL-LHC.

Flavour Physics in the Standard Model and Beyond. QCD Corrections to weak decays and detailed studies of rare decays in specific models and in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory. CP Violation.

Theory of Nuclear Structure

Investigation of cytoskeletal active matter

Management of the C2PAP Computing Cluster

Measurement of the quantum numbers of the X(3915) resonance using amplitude analysis at Belle and in perspective Belle II experiments.

Protocells, protobiology, prototissues, coacervates, proteinosomes, vesicles, systems chemistry, matter/life transitions

Theoretical and numerical studies of large-scale structure (LSS) in the Universe.
Using LSS to constrain physics and cosmology (inflation, dark energy, dark matter, neutrino masses, gravity, etc).

My research project focuses on studying particle physics models of dark matter that leave an imprint on cosmological structure formation, and can be tested with galaxy cluster surveys.

Cosmological galaxy surveys, dark energy, dark matter, weak gravitational lensing, clusters of galaxies, photometric redshifts, galaxy-halo connection, higher-order statistics, artificial intelligence.

Dark Matter, Open data, Statistical comparison of models with experiments, phenomenology

Forecasts for constraints on (non-standard) cosmological models from future cluster surveys. Currently: derivation and cosmological exploitation of the LSST-Rubin cluster data-set.

I am a theoretical particle physicist, mainly interested in mathematical methods in perturbative Quantum Field Theory and their application to collider physics.

AGN, AGN feedback and evolution, multi-wavelength surveys, X-ray spectral analysis, variability.

Analysis of cosmological probes, in particular Large Scale Structure from galaxy surveys.Constraints on physics and parameters related to dark energy, dark matter, neutrinos, inflation...

Numerical hydro-dynamical simulations of disc galaxies to probe the processes involved in the fuelling of the central regions of galaxies, its impact on the "flickering" of supermassive black holes.

Large-scale structure of the Universe (EFTs, Halo Model, Schrodinger Poisson systems), Phase transitions in the Early Universe, Gravitational Waves, Perturbation Theory.

Full spectral analysis of star-forming galaxies using evolutionary population synthesis models derived from star formation & chemical histories, single-burst models and machine learning algorithms.

Phenomenology, Dark Matter, Neutrinos, Open data, Statistical comparison of models with experiments, Data Analysis

 Dark Matter, data analysis and SN neutrino detection 

Office hours
Mon - Wed 7:00-13:00

- science communication
- outreach
- teaching
- black hole physics, accretion physics, GRAVITY/VLT

I am mainly working on cosmological parameters inference, with particular attention to the modeling of the Matter Power Spectrum.

My research interests focus on astroparticle, underground and fundamental physics. I am the PI of the RES-NOVA project, a cryogenic array of archaeo-Pb based detector for Supernova neutrino detection.

Our group is currently setting up the PERC instrument at the FRM II. My main contribution is designing a scintillation detector to measure electrons of backscattering events.

Distributed production on the Grid.

I am a theoretical physicist interested in perturbative calculations in Quantum Field Theory with an emphasis on results relevant to LHC physics.

My research is focused on elementary particle physics phenomelogy, with a particular interest in the search of BSM physics at colliders and in different experiments and in the study of EFTs.

Gravitational lensing, in particular strong lensing in the framework of time delay cosmography using Wendelstein Observatory 2M data.

I work on model development for the analysis the light-meson spectrum. I work on both statistical methods and phenomenological model building.

My research focuses on the development of machine learning and statistical methods as well as computational analysis techniques for use in high energy physics experiments such as the ATLAS Experiment

The goal of my thesis is to investigate both the stellar and nuclear uncertainties which play a role in the modeling of AGB stars and the s-process.

Hydrodynamical Simulations, Implementation of Meshless Finite Mass into OpenGadget3.

Consequences of compact objects made of dark matter in terms of detectable signals based on the interaction between the visible and dark sectors.

I am investigating effective electromagnetic interactions of neutral states such as dark matter which could lead to signals in direct detection experiments constraining BSM models.

My main focus is the processing of scientific data in the framework of the LRSM projects in hard- and software, mainly the AFIS mission

Multiphase gas dynamics, radiative transfer, computational astrophysics

I am implementing data analytical methods, e.g. graph-based network analysis, from CHEMISTRY into the field of ASTRONOMY, to answer questions about the origin(s) of life or about habitability in space.

Detection and characterisation of exoplanets with the radial velocity method.

Determining cluster members of star forming regions and analysing the cluster properties.

Simulations of self-interacting dark matter

I am working on novel searches and triggers for Supersymmetry with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC as well as pMSSM re-interpretation efforts. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested!

Exoplanet science

Multi-wavelength observational astronomer focussed on stellar and substellar formation (multiplicity and environmental effects) and, in general, data driven problems

I am fascinated by the classical, quantum and Bayesian probability distributions that govern cosmology, and I am working to understand the connections between these different probabilistic regimes.

String Theory, Conformal Field Theory

My research project aims to understand the origins of the chemical complexity observed in our Solar System by investigating the molecular content of young protoplanetary disks

Untersuchung der quasifreien Streuung an leichten Kernen mit dem R3B Experiment

Making forecast for existing/futuristic cluster datasets and understanding the constraining power for two modified gravity models.

I work on string dualitites and string compactifications. I am also interested in quantum field theory in general.

I aim to use hydrodynamical simulations to further our understanding about the formation of the local bubble; a superbubble in the immediate neighborhood of the solar system.

Past research:
- Turbulent, interstellar medium
- Nuclear star clusters

Search of correlations between optical spectra from SDSS and X-ray data from eROSITA to better understand the connections between active supermassive black holes, host galaxies and the environment.

- Galaxy formation with respect to the interplay of gas accretion and star formation
- Gas regulation processes in galaxies in the Magneticum Pathfinder Simulations

My interests lie in the study of mathematical aspects of scattering amplitudes: their properties, techniques, and special functions necessary for their calculation.

Lunar and planetary science and exploration, including instrumentation for in-situ analysis, ice-regolith properties, heat and mass transfer in regolith, volatiles, lunar exosphere-surface interaction

I work on the dynamics of heavy quarkonium in heavy ion collisions focusing on novel computational techniques to describe the evolution inside the Quark Gluon Plasma.