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Courses


Formation and Evolution of Cosmological Structure

Antonio C. da Silva (CAUP)
(Four module course given at CAUP; 12 Nov. - 3 Dez. 2008)

course description (slides avaiable in pdf):
  • module 1: Large Scale Structure: The Fabric of the Universe
  • module 2: Growth of Cosmological Structure: Linear versus Non-Linear evolution
  • module 3: The Dark Matter component of the Universe: Collisionaless N-body simulations
  • module 4: The Role of Baryon Physics: Hydrodynamic N-body simulations
abstracts of the course and modules can be found here

Student supervision


Constraining the evolution of the Universe with clusters of galaxies

PhD project by Elsa Patrícia Ramos
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
co-supervision with Pedro Viana (CAUP)
Period: Nov.2007 - present (ongoing)


Structure Formation Probes of Dark Energy

Master thesis by Rui Fernandes
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
co-supervision with Paulo Maurício (CAUP)
Period: Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008


Cosmological parameter determination from observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation

BII project by Tiago Almeida
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Period: Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2009 (ongoing)


The impact of Dust in formation and evolution of Large Scale Structure
DEA thesis by Joseph Lanoux
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
co-supervision with Etienne Pointcouteaux (CESR) and Mauro Roncarali (CESR)
Period: Feb. 2008 - Jul. 2008

 
From 3D simulations to all-sky maps of the local baryon distribution
Master thesis by Ana Valente
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
in collaboration with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France)
Period: Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008


Formation and evolution of cosmological structure

Stage Magistère (2nd year) by  Emmanuel TURLAY
Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
co-supervision with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France)
Period: Jun. 2005 - Sep. 2005


Large scale structure: the degree of clumpiness in galaxy clusters

Stage Magistère (1st year) by  Emmanuel TURLAY
Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France
co-supervision with Nabila Aghanim (IAS, France)
Period: May 2004 – Jul. 2004

Public outreach


Formação e evolução das grandes estruturas do Universo: A misteriosa teia cósmica
Palestra pública at NUCLIO - São Pedro do Estoril (Portugal), Maio 2008 (link: Astronomia em Crescente 2008) and Centro da Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Portugal), September 2007 (link: Astronomia às 21!).

Other duties


Seminar organization/coordination:

  • CAUP's Cosmology discussion group (2006 - present)
  • Institut d'Astrophysique Spatial (Orsay, France) formal seminars (2004 -2006)




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