Research Groups

Research group on Dark Matter searches with Pulsar Experiments [more]

Taking a further step in AGN studies by using a multimessenger approach aimed at probing jet formation and collimation, particle acceleration, and neutrino production mechanisms in blazars. [more]

By employing radio-interferometry, extragalactic objects and their centres are investigated in great detail. The Very Long Base Line Interferometry (VLBI) method is applied by correlating data from telescopes distributed worldwide and using them as a “giant“ combined telescope within the framework of coordinated arrays as the the European VLBI network (EVN). In addition, global VLBI experiments are conducted in cooperation with telescopes in the USA. [more]

Probing fundamental physics with compact pulsar binary searches [more]

Radio Astronomy offers a unique window into the distribution of matter in the universe. Low frequency telescopes will soon map the 21cm line of neutral hydrogen to learn about cosmology and the first stars and galaxies. This research group works to bring together theoretical modelling and statistical tools to enable cosmology through 21cm and line intensity mapping. [more]

Fast radio bursts, flashes of radio waves originating at cosmological distances, are a new class of astrophysical transient of still unknown origins. They are exciting new probes for measuring the physical properties of a wide range of ionized media. The goal of this research group is to investigate how to leverage fast radio bursts for studying the spatial structure of matter throughout the Universe.  [more]