{"id":103,"date":"2016-06-23T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T18:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:25:32","slug":"visao-geral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/en\/visao-geral\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"The Astronomy Department of the Physics Institute (AD\/Physics-UFRGS) is composed of brazilian astronomers that have lead several important discoveries in the last years and produced papers that are among the most cited in the national and international science community. Over half of the permanent faculty of the Department are CNPq productiviy fellows and many of these are members of Academy of Sciences in Brazil and abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The researches of the department have access to various telescopes and instruments, in a range of wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Moreover, several of our\u00a0researches are involved in important surveys focused on answering key \u00a0open questions of modern\u00a0Astrophysics.<\/p>\n<p>Several important prizes, both national and international have been awarded to AD\/IF-UFRGS researchers. In 2015, the L&#8217;oreal Unesco Prize for women in science was awarded to Professor Thaisa\u00a0Storchi Bergmann. The scientific results of the department have had a lot of impact on the national and international media.<\/p>\n<p>The Physics Institute at UFRGS offers a Graduate programme (Masters and PhD degrees) that has been obtaining\u00a0the highest CAPES grade ever since its creation.<\/p>\n<p>Our researchers\u00a0are\u00a0involved in the following large collaboration, large surveys:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdss.org\/surveys\/apogee-2\/\">APO Galaxy Evolution Experiment<\/a> (APOGEE)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkenergysurvey.org\/\">Dark Energy Survey<\/a> (DES)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-pas.org\/\">Javalambre Physics of the Accelerating Universe Astrophysical Survey<\/a> (JPAS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-plus.es\/home\/home\">Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey <\/a>(JPLUS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdss.org\/surveys\/manga\/\">Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO<\/a> (MaNGA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iag.usp.br\/labcosmos\/en\/s-plus\/\">Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey<\/a> (S-PLUS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our researchers frequently use\u00a0the\u00a0following facilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Southern Observatory<\/a> (ESO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lna.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laborat\u00f3rio Nacional de Astrof\u00edsica<\/a> (LNA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lna.br\/soar\/soar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The SOAR telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lna.br\/gemini\/gemini.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemini Telescopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stsci.edu\/portal\/\">Space Telescope Science Institute<\/a> (STSCI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main research areas of interest of the members of the astronomy department are outlined below.<\/p>\n<h3>1 \u2013 Stellar Astronomy:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Galactic Stellar Clusters<\/li>\n<li>Compact Objects White Dwarfs<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Abundances and nucleosynthesis<\/li>\n<li>Theoretical Models of Stellar Evolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2 \u2013 Stellar Populations and Galactic Astrophysics:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Characterisation of the Milky Way&#8217;s components: Halo, Bulge and Disc<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Evolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3 \u2013 Extragalactic Astrophysics:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Globular Clusters<\/li>\n<li>AGNs<\/li>\n<li>Supermassive Black Holes<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy Formation and Evolution<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy Clusters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4 \u2013 Astronomy Teaching and Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternative Astronomy Concepts<\/li>\n<li>Physics\u00a0applied to Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>History and Philosophy applied\u00a0to Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinary and Gender Questions in Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Didactical Material and didactical transposition in Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Astronomy in basic education<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of Didactical books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5 &#8211; Cosmology:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Analysis of Cosmological Parameters<\/li>\n<li>Dark Energy, Dark Matter<\/li>\n<li>Gravitational-wave astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"485\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/en\/visao-geral\/overview-of-research\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?fit=1169%2C1653&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1169,1653\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Overview of research\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?fit=720%2C1018&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-485 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?resize=720%2C1018&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Overview of research\" width=\"720\" height=\"1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?w=1169&amp;ssl=1 1169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ufrgs.br\/astronomia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Overview-of-research.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Astronomy Department of the Physics Institute (AD\/Physics-UFRGS) is composed of brazilian astronomers that have lead several important discoveries in the last years and produced papers that are among the most cited in the national and international science community. 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