The scientific event will officially begin the collaborative agreement “ULS-MPA Partner Group”, recently signed between the University of La Serena and the Max Planck Society for Astrophysics of Germany.

National and international astronomers who work in the area of ​​formation and evolution of galaxies and related topics, as well as undergraduate and graduate students from the University of La Serena and other Chilean and foreign institutions, will meet at the ULS to participate in the Congress “Galaxy Formation and Evolution”, organized by academics from the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the state campus.

The scientific event will officially begin the collaborative agreement “ULS-MPA Partner Group”, recently signed between the University of La Serena and the Max Planck Society for Astrophysics of Germany, and led by Dr. Facundo Gómez, from the Research Institute Multidisciplinary in Science and Technology ULS.

The topics to be addressed from March 11 to 15 in the Pentagon Hall (Campus Andrés Bello, La Serena), will focus on aspects concerning the latest and main discoveries in the area of ​​the formation and evolution of galaxies.

The academic responsible for the event, Dr. Facundo Gómez, announced that three directors of the MPA will participate in the Congress, who are figures of the highest level in the discipline. This is Professor Simon White, who received, among others, the prestigious Shaw Prize in 2017, known as the Nobel Prize of the East; Professor Guinevere Kauffmann and Professor Volker Springel. Several leading national scientists will also participate, such as professors Patricia Tissera, Nelson Padilla, Dante Minniti and Rodolfo Barbá.

Some of the objectives of the Congress are to analyze how fossil evidence originating in the past during accretion events can be used to constrain the formation history of nearby galaxies, as well as to identify which observables are most informative in this regard.

The conferences include presentations given by specialists and spaces to define future and specific lines of research, with the goal of forming solid collaboration teams between the ULS and the members of the various institutions present.

The “Galaxy Formation and Evolution” Congress is part of the winning projects of the Contest to Support the Holding of Scientific Events, promoted by the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies and the Academic Vice-Rector's Office of the U. of La Serena.

Written by: Gonzalo Lozano, Communications Department