科学研究
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2024.11.21
On the Formation, Evolution and the Environment of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies [EN]
The variations in the size of galaxies, and consequently, the formation of Low Surface Brighntess Galaxies (LSBGs) could be followed from one of two different effects: variations in the spin parameter of the halo (λ) or variations in the density of dark matter halos (McGaugh 2021). We test both scenarios by employing a simulated sample of galaxies drawn from the TNG100 run of the IllustrisTNG ...
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2024.11.20
[PDS seminar] The instability mechanism of compact multiplanet systems [EN]
Numerical integrations of Kepler-like tightly packed planetary systems show that they are chaotic, with fairly short Lyapunov times, but that they can be stable against planet-planet or planet-star collisions for billions of years. Recent work by Petit et al. showed that this behavior was due to the overlap of three-body mean motion resonances. Caleb Lammers, Sam Hadden and I recently showed th...
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2024.10.22
Mapping the 3D Universe: From the Past to the Future, Bridging Theories and Observations
This collaborative talk introduces the recent work in COSMO-3D group at EPFL’s Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO). Jiaxi Yu (PhD student) will begin with a historical review of cosmology. The Universe started from a Big Bang, followed by inflation. The emission of the first light of the Universe, cosmic microwave background (CMB), happened in an opaque and dark era of the Universe afterwards....
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2024.09.05
A precise measurement of the supermassive black hole mass in the galaxy NGC 383 using molecular gas kinematics down to the circumnuclear disc
I will present a measurement of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass in NGC 383, a nearby lenticular galaxy hosting a low-power radio jet, based on ALMA observations of the CO(2-1) emission line with an angular resolution of 0.′′050 × 0.′′024 (≈ 16 pc × 8 pc). These observations spatially resolve the nuclear molecular gas disc down to ≈ 41300 Schwarzschild radii and the SMBH sphere of...
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2024.09.05
Deep Synoptic Array and FRB
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are typically milli-second-duration luminous radio transients whose source remain debatable. Caltech/ OVRO's Deep Synoptic Array-110 (DSA-110) is the only radio interferometer designed specifically for FRB searching and localization. By mid-2023, DSA-110 has doubled the number of localized FRBs. First, I will highlight the high-resolution burst morphology of a sample...
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