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Keywords Academic - Any -Associate Professor Christian WolfAssociate Professor Emily WisnioskiAssociate Professor Francis BennetAssociate Professor François RigautAssociate Professor Luca CasagrandeAssociate Professor Tony TravouillonDr Amit SetaDr Andrew BattistiDr Bradley TuckerDr Cameron Van EckDr Craig AndersonDr Doris GrosseDr Hiep NguyenDr Israel VaughnDr Jesse CranneyDr Joice MathewDr Kathryn GrashaDr Marc WhiteDr Melissa NessDr Michael CopelandDr Noelia Martinez ReyDr Roland CrockerDr Sven BuderDr Thomas NordlanderDr Trevor Mendel Elisa JagerMr David BrodrickProfessor Anna MooreProfessor Brian SchmidtProfessor Céline d'OrgevilleProfessor Chris LidmanProfessor Christoph FederrathProfessor Helmut JerjenProfessor Ken FreemanProfessor Mark KrumholzProfessor Matthew CollessProfessor Michael IrelandProfessor Naomi McClure-GriffithsProfessor Paul FrancisProfessor Robert SharpProfessor Stuart Wyithe Yuxiang Qin Advanced search Project type - Any - Not open for students Open for students Status - Any - Potential Current Completed Study level - Any - Bachelor Graduate certificate Honours Master MPhil PhD Research theme - Any - Black hole phenomena Galactic archaeology Instrumentation Stellar and planetary astronomy Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Displaying 61 - 75 of 84 project(s). Simulating the formation of the first galaxies 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 Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Professor Stuart Wyithe, Supervisor Read more SkyMapper Transient Survey Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Read more Star Clusters as Engines of Ionisation and their HII Regions in NGC 7793 Star Clusters as Engines of Ionisation and their HII Regions in NGC 7793 Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Kathryn Grasha, Supervisor Read more Synergy between future 21-cm experiments and physical cosmology We aim to build an innovative framework to leverage future 21-cm experiments to observe cosmic dawn, and to forecast the optimal constraints on dark matter. Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Yuxiang Qin, Supervisor Read more Taking the Temperature of a galaxy You will use new data from the Australian SKA Pathfinder survey, GASKAP-HI to help take the temperature of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds. PhD & Masters students on this project will have the opportunity to be among the first users of ASKAP. Theme Galactic archaeologyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor Read more Taking the temperature of red giant stars in Globular clusters The effective temperature is one of the most fundamental parameters of a star, and its precise determination is crucial for a number of purposes, e.g., from measuring chemical abundances and ages, to improving stellar and atmosphere models. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for PhD students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more The chemistry of M dwarfs from colours M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the universe, and prime targets for detecting Earth-like planets. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for PhD students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more The link between extended line emission and AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies This research project employed the Wide-Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) to study the extended filaments surrounding a sample of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in massive clusters. Integral-field spectroscopy provides the opportunity to measure the distribution, emission properties, and velocities of the emitting gas across the extent of the galaxies. Theme Black hole phenomenaStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for PhD students Read more The Oldest Stars in the Universe We are looking for ambitious students keen to join the project. They can be involved in different aspects, both observational and theoretical/computational Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for PhD students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more The origin of filamentary structures in the interstellar medium of spiral galaxies The ISM of spiral galaxies is a dynamic environment consisting of thermal gas, relativistic particles, magnetic fields, and dust. The project aims to decipher the origin of filamentary structures in the ISM using numerical simulations as well as observational data. Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Amit Seta, Supervisor Read more The Origins of Elements with Next-Generation Stellar Spectroscopy This project delves deep into understanding how stars create elements, contributing to unraveling the mysteries surrounding the origins of elements by extracting and tracing the element compositions of millions of stars using cutting-edge spectroscopic surveys. Theme Galactic archaeologyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Sven Buder, Supervisor Read more The Pyxis Space Interferometer Prototype In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more The Pyxis Space Interferometer Prototype In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more The rise of supermassive black holes Supermassive black holes in the early Universe are more massive than we can presently explain. We aim to construct their demographics and reveal their origin. Theme Black hole phenomenaStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Associate Professor Christian Wolf, Supervisor Read more Toward improved measurements of galactic wind mass fluxes The student will work with Prof. Krumholz to design and run simulations using the enzo adaptive mesh refinement code. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for PhD students People Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Next page Next › Last page Last »