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Profil
| Derzeitige Stellung | Professor W-3 und Äquivalente |
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| Fachgebiet | Astrophysik |
| Keywords | Astrophysics, Cosmology, Galaxy Formation, Dark Matter |
Aktuelle Kontaktadresse
| Land | Kanada |
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| Ort | Victoria |
| Universität/Institution | University of Victoria |
| Institut/Abteilung | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung
| Prof. Dr. Simon D.M. White | Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching |
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| Prof. Dr. Volker Springel | Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching |
| Beginn der ersten Förderung | 01.09.2004 |
Programm(e)
| 2003 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis-Programm |
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Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden
| Professor Navarro uses supercomputers to study the formation of galaxies and galaxy clusters. His simulations of universes where the predominant form of matter is a new elementary particle, so-called Cold Dark Matter, showed how the observed structure of spiral galaxies constrains their formation. He also showed that all dark matter dominated objects should have a similar "universal" structure. This is one of the most striking and most cited results of the last decade, and provides powerful tests of the standard paradigm for cosmic structure formation. A stay in Germany will allow Professor Navarro and his European collaborators to complete many of these tests. |