PhD students on a TUM contract are requested to pre-register for the ISAPP School 2026 (20–31 July 2026, Garching) via an internal spreadsheet by 28 April 2026.
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Stefano Berta presents the latest science results from the NIKA2 dual-band continuum camera operating at the IRAM 30m telescope, covering topics from star-forming filaments and nearby galaxies to galaxy clusters and the high-redshift Universe.
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Weekly institute seminar at MPA featuring current research in astrophysics and cosmology. About 60 minutes including questions; open to the MPA community and guests.
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Chris Lovell presents new forward and inverse approaches to simulating the observable Universe, combining zoom simulation frameworks, galaxy emission modelling, and deep learning methods to bridge cosmic-scale structure and individual galaxy evolution. The lecture is also accessible online.
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Roberto Giuntini examines how Bell- and Mermin-type inequalities from the foundations of physics can serve as practical benchmarking tools to detect genuinely quantum correlations in today's Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. The talk takes place online via Microsoft Teams.
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Host:
Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien
Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics.
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Host:
Jinhao Cai, Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier, Jakub Klencki & Thibault Lechien
Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics.
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Bernhard Mayer presents a lecture on how atmospheric composition and dynamics determine the surface temperature of a planet, using Earth and Venus as examples, as part of the Geoscience of Exoplanets Seminar Series. The session includes a 15-minute break at 15:00.
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Birgitta Müller erklärt, wie die Entstehung von Sternensystemen beobachtet und mit Spektrometrie deren chemische Entwicklung erforscht werden kann – von den ersten molekularen Bausteinen in dunklen Staub- und Gaswolken bis hin zu den Grundbausteinen des Lebens. Der Eintritt ist frei.
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Speaker:
Pascal Oesch, Richard Ellis, Benedetta Ciardi, Adriano Fontana, Alice Shapley, plus participants
International team of leading scientists in early galaxy formation and reionization, from institutions including University of Geneva, UCL, MPA, INAF Rome, and UCLA.
A four-week MIAPbP workshop in Garching on early galaxy formation, black holes, and reionization in the era of JWST, ALMA, SKA, and ELT.Registration is open; deadline September 7, 2025. Held June 1–26, 2026.
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A community-wide five-day workshop bringing together astronomers from a wide range of research backgrounds to identify the key scientific challenges of the 2040s and the transformational ground-based facilities required to address them. In-person participation is limited to 150 participants; remote participation is free of charge.
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The ISAPP Summer School 2026 introduces PhD students and young researchers to the low-energy frontier of astroparticle physics, with a focus on dark matter and neutrinos from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The two-week programme at the Garching Research Campus combines lectures by international experts with interactive discussions, Q&A sessions, and hands-on sessions.
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This workshop brings together theoretical and experimental experts to address key questions in neutrino astrophysics, including cosmic neutrino sources, multi-messenger synergies, and future detection strategies.
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