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Status as University of Excellence defended

Heidelberg University has defended its status as a University of Excellence and will receive funding for another seven years to continue strengthening its scientific and scholarly performance. (2026/03/11)

ZAH mourns Joachim Krautter

Prof. Joachim Krautter passed away on February 4th, 2026, in Neckargemünd. Throughout his professional career he was associated with LSW and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2026/03/11)

DFG funds Research Project in Galactic Archaeology

To reconstruct the formation history and “growth” of the Milky Way using novel methods in computational astrophysics, Dr Tobias Buck and Dr William Oliver are receiving funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (2026/03/03)

Festive Colloquium in Honor of Joachim Wambsganß

The retirement of Prof. Joachim Wambsganss, long-serving director of ARI, was celebrated in the historic Alte Aula of Heidelberg University with a memorable Festkolloquium entitled “Gravitational Lensing”. (2026/02/28)

International Conference on Microlensing in Heidelberg

The international conference "Microlensing 2026" (Febr. 23-27) for the first time takes place in Heidelberg and was primarily organized by ZAH scientists. (2026/02/20)

Largest turbulence simulation honoured by "HPCwire"

The largest turbulence simulation to date was honoured by the journal "HPCwire" as "Top HPC-Enabled Scientific Achievements". As part of the core team also Ralf Klessen contributed to this success.(2025/11/20)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Apr 28
16:30		Strongly Interacting Multiple Planet Systems as a Rosetta Stone for Planet Formation
Trifon Trifonov (Heidelberg University (ZAH/LSW))
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Apr 30
11:15		Quick dynamical decoupling between gas and stars in galaxy centers
Robin Gopala Tress (MPIA)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
May 05
16:30		Solar models and their uncertainties: the current state and the impact for PLATO
Gaël Buldgen (University of Liege)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
4/2026
Paiella, Lavinia; Sedda, Manuel Arca et al. (inc. Mestichelli, Benedetta)
Seeds to success: Growing heavy black holes in dense star clusters
A&A 708, A200(2026)

4/2026
Scheuermann, Fabian; Kreckel, Kathryn et al. (inc. Ramambason, Lise; Liang, Fu-Heng; Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Egorov, Oleg; Chevance, Mélanie; Teh, Jia Wei)
Stellar associations powering H II regions: II. Escape fraction of ionising photons
A&A 708, A202(2026)

4/2026
Abboudeh, Georges; Hennebelle, Patrick et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf)
Are supernovae driving turbulence in the solar neighborhood?
A&A 708, L9(2026)


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