Astrophysics
Welcome to the University College London (UCL) MSSL astrophysics group web-site. In synergy with MSSL's involvement in space science missions, members of the astrophysics group actively work on a wide range of astronomy and astrophysics.
News
- MSSL Astrophysics Blog launch!
- Herschel shows galaxies had cool beginnings (1 May 2013, Herschel Press Release, lead-author: Myrto Symeonidis)
- Dying Supergiant Stars Impricated in Hours-long Gamma-Ray Burst (16 April 2013, NASA Swift Press Release, Collaborators: Massimiliano De Pasquale, Samantha Oates)
- Cosmic Rays Come from Exploding Stars (14 Feb 2013, SLAC Press Release, NASA Press Release, publication in Science, Co-author: Roberto Mignani)
- LOFT movie!
- A magnetic monster's dual personality (16 July 2012, Press Release UCL, ESA, co-authors: Roberto Mignani, Slivia Zane)
- Euclid jumps final hurdle (20 June 2012, Press release UCL, UKSA, ESA, BBC)
- Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star Formation (Mathew Page, Myrto Symeonidis et al. in Nature, Pres release, NASA)
- Space telescope reveal secrets of turbulent black hole (Press release, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont and Missagh Mehdipour)
Events
- Gaia Challenge 2013 (Guildford, UK, 19-23 August 2013, SOC: Daisuke Kawata)
- A Fresh Look at the Stellar IMF (EWASS2013, Turku, Finland, 12 July 2013, SOC: Ignacio Ferreras)
- Loft: a new observatory for X-ray timing (NAM 2013, 1-5 July 2013, SOC: Silvia Zane, Roberto Mignani)
- Impact of Secular Evolution on Galaxy Evolution and Black Hole Growth (NAM2013, 1-5 July, SOC: Daisuke Kawata)
- Declining star formation in galaxies: from primeval disks to the rise of ellipticals (NAM2013, 1-5 July, SOC: Ignacio Ferreras)
- Galaxy Chemistry: From Micro-to Macro-Physics (NAM2013, 1-5 July, SOC: Daisuke Kawata)
- First UK LOFT Science Meeting (RAS, London, 24-25 June, 2013, SOC: Silvia Zane (Chair), Roberto Mignani (Co-Chair))
- The Fast and Furious: Energetic Phenomena in Isolated Neutron Stars, Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants (ESAC, Madrid, 22-24 May 2013, SOC: Silvia Zane)
- MSSL Astrophysics group seminars
