SFB 439:  Galaxies in the Young Universe

• Subject Area: Physics
• Term: from 1999 to 2008
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5483051

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• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres

Completed projects

• A01 - Search for high redshift galaxies and quasars (Project Heads Hippelein, Hans ;  Meisenheimer, Klaus Winfried )
• A02 - Physical and kinematic properties of young galaxies (Project Heads Appenzeller, Immo ;  Rix, Hans-Walter )
• A04 - Modelling and analysis of proto-galactic radiation fields (Project Heads Bartelmann, Matthias ;  Wehrse, Rainer )
• A05 - Bildung Schwarzer Löcher in Galaxienkernen (Project Heads Just, Andreas ;  Spurzem, Rainer )
• A07 - Formation and evolution of the first generation of stars (Project Heads Duschl, Wolfgang J. ;  Gail, Hans-Peter ;  Tscharnuter, Werner M. )
• A08 - Dust formation by stars and evolution of interstellar dust at low metallicities (Project Heads Gail, Hans-Peter ;  Tscharnuter, Werner M. )
• B2 - Morphologie und Dynamik junger Spiralgalaxien (Project Heads Fuchs, Burkhard ;  Möllenhoff, Claus )
• B5 - Dynamische Entwicklung von Gas- und Sternkomponente in jungen Galaxien und Galaxiengruppen (Project Heads Burkert, Andreas ;  Spurzem, Rainer )
• B7 - Galaxienwechswelwirkung im jungen Universum (Project Head Burkert, Andreas )
• B09 - Strong gravitational lensing in galaxy clusters (Project Heads Bartelmann, Matthias ;  Röser, Hermann-Josef )
• B11 - Dynamical evolution of stars and gas in young galaxies (Project Heads Gail, Hans-Peter ;  Spurzem, Rainer )
• C02 - Relativistic accretion disks and disk winds (Project Heads Camenzind, Max ;  Duschl, Wolfgang J. )
• C04 - Acceleration, propagation, and radiation of relativistic particles in high-redshift radio galaxies (Project Heads Kirk, John ;  Meisenheimer, Klaus Winfried ;  Wagner, Stefan )
• C05 - Jet propagation in dense media at high redshift (Project Heads Camenzind, Max ;  Meisenheimer, Klaus Winfried )
• C08 - TeV emission from AGN, the IR background, and the cosmic star formation history (Project Heads Aharonian, Felix A. ;  Wagner, Stefan )
• C10 - Magnetic fields and radio haloes in galaxy clusters (Project Head Bartelmann, Matthias )
• C11 - Quasar host galaxies in the epoch of reionization (Project Heads Wagner, Stefan ;  Walter, Fabian )
• V - Administration of the SFB (Project Heads Appenzeller, Immo ;  Duschl, Wolfgang J. ;  Tscharnuter, Werner M. )

• Applicant Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
• Participating Institution: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ; Zentrum für Astronomie (ZAH) ; Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI); Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ; Zentrum für Astronomie ; Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW); Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA); Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
• Spokespersons: Professor Dr. Wolfgang J. Duschl, until 10/2006; Professor Dr. Stefan Wagner, since 10/2006