The formation and evolution of brightest cluster galaxies
(BCGs), the most massive galaxies in the universe, is not a
well-understood issue in astrophysics. Are BCGs special
compared to other cluster member galaxies? If so, were they
born special...
Abstract: Astrophysical events such as
core-collapse supernovae (SN) and neutron star mergers offer unique
opportunities to explore physics beyond the Standard Model. In this
seminar, I will provide an overview of the mechanisms underlying
these...
It has long been established that the properties of type Ia
supernovae (SNe Ia) depend on their local environment, even after
typical standardisation methods. This is typically referred to as
the mass step, where SNe Ia in high-mass galaxies are on...
Shocks are ubiquitous throughout the universe: around stars,
supernova remnants, active galactic nuclei, binary systems, comets,
and planets, and are known to be efficient particle accelerators.
The workings of collisionless shocks are not fully...
We are entering an exciting decade for survey science, where
space-based surveys such as Euclid and ground-based
surveys such as LSST and LS4 will provide overlapping imaging
datasets across the optical and IR. By jointly analyzing
multi-resolution...
