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X-ray studies of nearby galaxies (X-ray-GAL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

...representative sample of nearby star-forming galaxies spanning a wide range of morphological types and starformation properties. I will employ high quality observations in X-ray, optical and infrared wavebands from major space observatories (Chandra, XMM-Newton, HST and Spitzer) and ground-based facilities. These multiwavelength observations will be used to: (a) decompose the galactic X-ray emissi ...
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Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...which is curved in the presence of mass. As masses move, for instance like the two components in a binary system, ripples in space-time are created that propagate through the Universe, very much like waves caused by a stone falling into a pond. These ``gravitational waves'' (GWs) are known to exist from the effect that they have on a system of two orbiting stars. After inferring their existence in ...
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Cm-wave continuum emission from molecular clouds (cmwaveclouds)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

The anomalous foreground was detected 10 years ago as an unexpected Galactic screen at cm-wavelengths in experiments designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), seen in the direction of cirrus interstellar dust clouds and ubiquitous at high Galactic latitudes. A joint Universidad de Chile (U. Ch.) and Caltech effort led to the discovery of surprisingly bright radio emission from canonic ...
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Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar dynamics (AMXP dynamics)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

We intend to study, for the first time, the role that neutron star (NS) interior physics and gravitational wave (GW) torques have in the spin evolution of accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs). Accreting NSs, and AMXPs in particular, are one of the most interesting laboratories to study the physics of compact objects and a potentially interesting source of GWs. There is, however, currently a ...
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Beacons in the Dark (Beacon)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...tter than state-of-the-art attempts. A successful detection would take physics beyond its current understanding of the Universe.These new gravitational phenomena are emission of dipolar gravitational waves and the violation of the strong equivalence principle (SEP). I plan to look for them by timing newly discovered binary pulsars. I will improve upon the best current limits on dipolar gravitation ...
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Equation of state dependence of neutron star mergers (EOSDNSM)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

Mergers of neutron stars are strong emitters of gravitational waves and are among the prime targets of the upcoming gravitational wave detectors Advanced VIRGO and LIGO. Within our proposal we aim to clarify the influence of the equation of state (EoS) of neutron star matter (still largely incompletely known) on the post-merger gravitational wave signal. Understanding the dependence on the EoS can ...
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Modeling Stellar Collapse and Explosion: Evolving Progenitor Stars to Supernova Remnants (COCO2CASA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

...needed.For these reasons we plan a novel, comprehensive modeling approach, in which 3D hydrodynamics including all relevant microphysics will not only be employed for the launch phase of the SN blast wave by neutrino-energy deposition. Different from previous initiatives, 3D hydrodynamics will also be applied to the final stages of convective shell burning in the progenitor core before collapse in ...
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Astrophysical Dynamics and Statistical Physics of Galactic Nuclei (GalNUC)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

...nts including a population of black holes. Further, we investigate the interaction of a stellar cluster with a gaseous disk, if present. This leads to the formation of gaps, warps, and spiral waves in the disk, the redistribution of stellar objects, and possibly the formation of intermediate mass black holes. We explore the implications for electromagnetic and gravitational wave observatories. Dar ...
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Do intermediate-mass black holes exist? (imbh)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

...H will be a breakthrough discovery in itself, it has also important consequences for searches of dark matter annihilation signals, it will provide a baseline for the rate predictions of gravitational wave radiation events involving IMBHs, and the properties of a population of IMBHs provides important constraints on the growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Finally, if we discover IMBHs ...
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Demonstration of a 1-MW wave energy converter integrated in an offshore wind turbine farm (UPWAVE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

The aim is to develop and install a pre-commercial wave energy converter (WEC) of 1MW power, the WAVESTAR C6-1000 device, with main targets the device industrialization and the demonstration of wind and wave energy applications. The utility company Parkwind, which develops, builds and operates wind farms in the North Sea, is committed to the achievement of WAVESTAR’s next development stage. Park ...
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