Research projects

Research projects
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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 project will study red spirals in detail, and aim to understand what levels of star formation persist and for how long. We will use optical and infrared data to measure current rates of star formation and find out what we have been missing due to dust extinction.
Theme
- 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
Approximately 75% of SkyMapper's observing time will be initially dedicated to the Southern Sky Survey, a comprehensive digital survey of the entire southern sky.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Star Clusters as Engines of Ionisation and their HII Regions in NGC 7793
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
We will use simulations of the Milky Way to make predictions for SKA.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Honours students
Observatory
People
- Dr Aditi Vijayan, Supervisor
- Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor
We will use simulations of the Milky Way to make predictions for SKA.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Honours students
Observatory
People
- Dr Aditi Vijayan, Supervisor
- Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor