Research

The faculty staff of the Institute of Astrophysics conduct multiple investigations that are detailed below:

• Barrientos, Felipe: Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies; Gravitational Lensing.
• Bauer, Franz: AGN and Galaxy Demographics, Growth, and Evolution; Radio to X-ray Extragalactic and Galactic Surveys; Nearby SNe and XRBs; Gravitational Wave/Multi-messenger events.
• Catelan, Márcio: Stellar Evolution; Globular Clusters; Variable Stars.
• Chanamé, Julio: Wide Binaries; Stellar Evolution.
• Clocchiatti, Alejandro: Supernovae; Cosmological Distance Relations.
• Cuadra, Jorge: Gas Dynamics in the Galactic Centre; Proto-Planetary Discs; Massive Black Hole Binaries; Star Formation and Dynamics in Galactic Nuclei.
• Dünner, Rolando: Experimental Astronomy and Instrumentation; Large Scale Structure and Cosmology.
• Galaz, Gaspar: Stellar Content in Galaxies; Low Surface Brightness Galaxies; Statistical Properties of the Galaxy Distribution; Galaxy Evolution; Morphological and Spectral Classification of Distant Galaxies Observational Cosmology.
• Guzmán, Viviana: Astrochemistry; Interstellar Medium; Star-forming Regions; Protoplanetary Disks.
• Infante, Leopoldo: Large Scale Structure, Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Large Surveys.
• Padilla, Nelson: Large Scale Structure Simulations and Observational Surveys.
• Puzia, Thomas H.: Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Star Cluster Systems and Stellar Populations in Galaxies.
• Reisenegger, Andreas: Neutron Stars; Magnetohydrodynamics; Stellar Magnetic Fields; Dynamics of Clusters and Superclusters of Galaxies; Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions / Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics.
• Treister, Ezequiel: Formation and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes.
• Zoccali, Manuela: The Galactic Bulge; Stellar Populations; Chemical Abundances; Galactic Globular Clusters; The Initial Mass Function.