Astrophysical Plasma Theory

The group's principle areas of research include theoretical and observational aspects of sources of high energy particles and their associated radiative signatures.
Group Members
Name | Raum | Tel. +49 6221 516- |
Brian Reville | GE305 | -589 |
Cormac Larkin | GE317 | -585 |
Florian Schulze | GE319 | -591 |
Jieshuang Wang | GE316 | -592 |
John Kirk (personal webpage) | GE312 | -482 |
Lucia Härer | GE307 | -484 |
Makarim Bouyahiaoui | BO251 | -831 |
Nils Schween | GE309 | -557 |
Thibault Vieu | GE310 | -584 |
Zhiqiu Huang | GE322 | -484 |
News
H.E.S.S. watches a nova outburst for the first time
Last August marked the first opportunity to observe a nova outburst in very-high-energy gamma rays and to follow both its growth and subsequent fading…
Very-high-energy afterglow of a gamma-ray burst challenges emission scenarios
Researchers from the H.E.S.S. Collaboration succeeded to derive the intrinsic spectrum of the very-high-energy gamma-ray afterglow emission of a…
Experiments watch turbulent dynamo amplifying magnetic fields
An international collaboration, co-led by the University of Oxford and University of Rochester together with the Astrophysical Plasma Theory group at…