SIfA Research

The evolution of dark matter halos in an n-body simulation, by PhD candidate Tom McCavana

The University of Sydney's Sydney Institute for Astronomy undertakes an internationally renowned program of theoretical and observational research in astronomy and astrophysics. From the centre of the Sun to the edge of the Universe, this program utilizes the latest technologies and techniques to uncover the nature of the Universe and train the next generation of Australian scientists. Research currently being undertaken at SIfA includes:

The Solar System Solar and Space Physics Handle-shaped Prominence, ESA/NASA/SOHO Stars Star Formation Fundamental Stellar properties Stellar Oscillations Late Stages of Stellar Evolution Neutron Stars X-ray Binaries The Milky Way & Magellanic Clouds Galactic Structure The Interstellar Medium Supernovae and Supernova Remnants Magnetic Fields and Turbulence Milky Way Bar, NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)

Extra-Galactic Astronomy Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies Galaxy Evolution Active Galaxies Galaxy NGC 300, NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology Large Scale Structure & Cosmology Near Field Cosmology Gravitational Lensing Large-Scale Structure Cosmology Projects Astrophotonics NASA Kepler mission Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) Masked-aperture optical imaging SKA Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Australian Virtual Observatory (Aus-VO) The Milky Way Concordance The Commonwealth Cosmology Initiative (CCI) Extreme Group Surveys New cool stars, AMNH/Caltech/UCB