Name: Mika Holmberg Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Email: mika.holmberg@dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 15, Ireland. Research interests: Biographical sketch:Dr. Holmberg obtained her PhD in Physics with a specialisation in Space and… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-05-03 Aisling Murphy (Maynooth University)
A Hidden Brown Dwarf? The MUSE view of a precessing stellar jet Abstract: Protostellar jets are a dramatic and ubiquitous phenomenon of young accreting stars which can shed light on many aspects of the star and protoplanetary disk formation…. Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-04-12 Dr. Maria Gabriela Navarro (INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)
VVV Microlensing events around the Galactic Center Abstract: We discovered ~1,000 microlensing events within an area covering 20.68 deg^2 between 2010 and 2015 in the zero-latitude region of the Galactic bulge using the VVV Survey near-IR data. We used… Read More
DIAS Contributing to the sustainability of our world
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Last Updated: 1st August 2023 by Michelle Tobin
22.04.22 In 2018, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies made a commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its strategy “Embedded globally, strength locally”. Under the strategic goal – International research collaboration benefitting Ireland and… Read More
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Last Updated: 19th April 2022 by Registrar Office
DIAS Studentship: Catalogue of Auroral Kilometric Radio emissions for Solar-Terrestrial Physics
The DIAS Planetary Magnetospheres group, led by Prof. Caitriona Jackman, is offering a 3-month studentship for a bright, motivated candidate to work on a research project on planetary magnetospheric dynamics at Earth and to construct a database of… Read More
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Last Updated: 25th April 2022 by Sophie Murray
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the DIAS Solar Physics and Space Weather Group
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Astronomy & Astrophysics Section working with the Solar Physics and Space Weather Group on the SURROUND cubesat mission and the STELLAR project. The… Read More
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Last Updated: 26th April 2023 by Sophie Murray
Dr Mika Holmberg
Name: Mika Holmberg Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Email: mika.holmberg@dias.ie Address: School of Cosmic Physics, DIAS Dunsink Observatory, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 15, Ireland. Research interests: Biographical sketch:Dr. Holmberg obtained her PhD in Physics with a specialisation in Space and… Read More
DIAS Cosmic Physics marks 75 years of ground-breaking discoveries about our planet and universe
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Last Updated: 14th June 2023 by Michelle Tobin
From the first ever Irish experiment in space, to landmark insights on volcanoes, the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will continue to play a leading role in strengthening our understanding of… Read More
In a world first, Irish scientists observe cosmic explosion with unprecedented detail
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Last Updated: 6th July 2023 by Michelle Tobin
(14.03.2022) For the first time in international science, researchers from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) have observed a cosmic explosion with unprecedented detail and witnessed particle acceleration outside our solar system. DIAS scientists, including: Dr. Jonathan… Read More
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Last Updated: 11th March 2022 by Sophie Murray
Cosmic particle accelerator at its limit
H.E.S.S. researchers observe time-dependent particle acceleration outside our solar system for the first time. Novae are powerful eruptions on the surface of very old, very compact stars know as white dwarfs in a binary star system, in which… Read More
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Last Updated: 17th October 2022 by Sophie Murray
2022-03-08 Robert Kavanagh (Leiden University)
Tuning in to star-planet interactions at radio wavelengths Abstract: Thanks to the increasing sensitivity of telescopes such as LOFAR, low-mass stars are beginning to light up the sky in the radio at low frequencies. Based on our understanding of… Read More
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