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The Milky Way's magnetic field is critical for shaping the structure and evolution of the galaxy, regulating star formation, and transporting cosmic rays. Understanding the interaction between the magnetic field and atomic HI gas is key to unraveling the galaxy's dynamics and evolution.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
With this project we will be using the newly automated ANU 2.3m telescope and the powerful WiFeS optical spectrograph to perform a time-series measurement of luminous active galaxies (AGN) using the technique of Quasar Reverberation Mapping.
Theme
- Black hole phenomena
- Instrumentation
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
In this project, the student would study both the spectral and structural properties of the thermal electron density and magnetic fields in the ionised gas phase of the Milky Way.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
In this project, the student would study both the spectral and structural properties of the thermal electron density and magnetic fields in the ionised gas phase of the Milky Way.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
In this project we will be able to investigate the environmental effect on star formation and galaxy evolution in individual galaxies falling into the cluster through radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN).
Theme
- Black hole phenomena
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
The main aim of this project is to parallelise an existing Fortran program to take advantage of the parallel processing environment of the supercomputer raijin, located on the ANU campus.
Theme
- Black hole phenomena
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
This projects aim to understand new methods for estimating the stellar masses of distant galaxies using imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Our team is looking for enthusiastic Honours, Masters and PhD students with a strong background in Maths, Physics, or Computer Science who want to work on some of the most important questions currently discussed in near-field cosmology community.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
This project is intended to search for the magnetic field signature of the Magellanic halo.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students
People
- Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor
The goal of this project is to build a software pipeline that can take simulations of galactic winds, such as the one shown in the figure, and make simulated observational images from them that can be compared directly to telescopic data.
Theme
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
This project will simulate observations of the magnetic fields of a Milky Way-like galaxy from a recent, high-resolution simulation. The goal is to identify effective ways to reconstruct the 3D magnetic field geometry of this simulated galaxy using observables projected onto the 2D sky.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours students
People
- Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor
This project will simulate observations of the magnetic fields of a Milky Way-like galaxy from a recent, high-resolution simulation. The goal is to identify effective ways to reconstruct the 3D magnetic field geometry of this simulated galaxy using observables projected onto the 2D sky.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours students
People
- Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor
This project will build on work within the Dark-ages, Reionization And Galaxy-formation Observables Numerical Simulation project (DRAGONS).
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students
People
- Dr Yuxiang Qin, Supervisor
- Professor Stuart Wyithe, Supervisor
This project will build on work within the Dark-ages, Reionization And Galaxy-formation Observables Numerical Simulation project (DRAGONS).
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students
People
- Dr Yuxiang Qin, Supervisor
- Professor Stuart Wyithe, Supervisor