28 search results for “cosmology” in the Student website
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Consolidator grant for Alessandra Silvestri: putting gravity to the test on cosmological scales
Does gravity work the same when you look at the largest scales in our universe? That’s what Leiden physicist Alessandra Silvestri will study with a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator grant. ‘We assume that it does, but we don’t actually know.’
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Henk Hoekstra
Science
hoekstra@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5594
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Marijn Franx
Science
franx@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5870
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Yuye Que
Faculty of Humanities
y.que@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1514
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FLAMINGO: dark matter, ordinary matter, and neutrinos in the biggest cosmological simulation ever
Not only dark matter, but also ordinary matter and dark energy are tracked in the largest ever cosmological computer simulation ever. In the FLAMINGO simulations, you can see virtual galaxies and clusters of galaxies emerging over the course of billions of years. This is no easy task: with more than…
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Physics student Hidde Stoffels investigates dark matter in outstanding undergraduate thesis
He makes music, goes to the athletics track twice a week and, according to his supervisor, has done his research so well that it would not be out of place in a PhD research. Physics and astronomy student Hidde Stoffels' undergraduate research on the properties of dark matter is of such high quality…
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A+ for Leiden astronomy student who simulated chaotic interactions of black holes
Leiden astronomy Master's student Arend Moerman has received an A+ for his thesis research on the simulation of chaotic interactions of three black holes. The simulations, which he carried out together with his Leiden and Oxford colleagues, show that lighter black holes tend to slingshot each other…
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’
Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.
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MSc Research project presentation Zhen Xiang on Thursday 3 March @ 14.00h via Zoom
Education
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MSc Research presentation Zhen Xiang on Tuesday 23 August @16h00 in HL729
Education
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Msc Thesis presentation Patricia Arens on Friday 8 March @ 9.00am, room Oort 276 (Casimir)
Education
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MSc Research presentation Lorenzo Filipello on Friday 18 March @10h00, HL111
Education
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How Euclid will reveal the dark side of the Universe
ESA’s Euclid mission is to reveal the dark side of the Universe. But how? Professor of Observational cosmology Henk Hoekstra explains it in his interview with Space Team Europe and Horizon Magazine. He uses enlightening examples such as… a swimming pool! Listen to Henk Hoekstra to understand how Euclid…
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Astronomers see birth cluster of galaxies in early universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the cluster-in-formation around the Spiderweb Galaxy. Based partly on that hot gas, the astronomers predict that the cluster-in-formation will grow into one of the largest objects in the universe. A step closer to discovering…
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers
From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leiden University have received a prestigious €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant to develop their research.
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How do we listen? 'There is no such thing as a natural disposition'
How is our perception of sound informed by the way we participate in the world? That is the question PhD candidate Gabriel Paiuk has been pondering in recent years. 'The way we experience sound is informed by material, technical and collective conditions that influence our interaction with the envir…
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Predrinks Oort lecture
Alumni event
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Annick van Rinsum about her play: World Politics Three Times
MA International Relations: Culture and Politics student Annick van Rinsum created a play as a method to research her master’s thesis. “Through writing this play, I aim to contribute to our understanding of International Relations Theory. I’m specifically interested in the question how our theories…
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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Water’s Way: Female Agency and the Artful Legacy of Chinese Imperial Women
Lecture, IIAS/Rijksmuseum Annual Lecture
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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10th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity - The Tell-Tale Art: Divination and Oracular Practice from All Angles
Lecture, Symposium