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Statistical Analyses of Massive Stars and Stellar Populations
(2015-03-04)
Massive stars, i.e. stars more massive than about ten times that of the Sun, are key agents in the Universe. They synthesise many of the chemical elements that are so important for life on Earth, helped reionising the early ...
Statistical properties of cosmological correlation functions
(2015-04-24)
Correlation functions are an omnipresent tool in astrophysics, and they are routinely used to study phenomena as diverse as the large-scale structure of the Universe, time-dependent pulsar signals, and the cosmic microwave ...
Challenges of theoretical and numerical structure formation in a ΛCDM universe
(2015-06-22)
Systematic surveys of the extra-galactic sky have revealed the existence of large-scale structures in the Universe: the galaxy distribution is organized in a complex network of filaments surrounding underdense regions and ...
Galaxies in Milgromian Dynamics
(2015-02-04)
Since its first formulation in 1983, Milgromian dynamics (also known as modified Newtonian dynamics or MOND) has been very successful in predicting the gravitational potential of galaxies from the distribution of baryons ...
Weak lensing measurements for the APEX-SZ cluster survey
(2014-12-02)
The formation of structures in the universe, such as galaxy clusters, depends sensitively on cosmological parameters. Measuring the abundance of clusters as a function of mass and redshift therefore yields a way to constrain ...
Physical processes behind the periodic radio and gamma-ray emission from the X-ray binary LS I +61°303
(2016-07-21)
X-ray binaries are binary stars composed of a normal star and a compact object which, via Roche-lobe overflow or wind accretion, accretes matter from the companion. X-ray emission from these objects can be either thermal ...
The evolution of low-metallicity massive stars
(2016-08-11)
Massive star evolution taking place in astrophysical environments consisting almost entirely of hydrogen and helium – in other words, low-metallicity environments – is responsible for some of the most intriguing and energetic ...
Kinematics study of M81 and M82 Galaxies
(2016-12-21)
The measurement of proper motion combined with the radial velocities, is an important tool for our understanding of the dynamics and evolution of galaxies in a group environment. One of the nearest group is the M$,$81 group ...
Probing Gravity with High-Precision Pulsar Timing
(2016-12-22)
Pulsars are highly magnetised neutron stars which spin tremendously fast, at periods that are as low as a few milliseconds. Chapter 1 gives an overview of their basic observational properties and applications. Pulsars are ...
Envelope inflation in massive stars near the Eddington limit
(2016-12-21)
Massive stars, i.e. those stars with masses more than about 10 times that of the Sun, are important agents for the chemical and dynamical evolution of galaxies. Because of the steep mass-luminosity relation, massive stars ...