by Richard E. | Jun 21, 2019 | News, Research
For astronomers, looking at the sky can be like watching an unfamiliar sport on TV. We can’t make sense of what we see, but is it because we don’t know the rules, or that we can’t see all the players? (Or, worst case, we can’t see the players...
by Richard E. | Aug 30, 2018 | News
Professor Jens Niemeyer of the University of Göttingen has been awarded a von Haast fellowship, which will support a collaboration with our group, simulating the dynamics of ultralight dark matter. The von Haast fellowship covers a sequence of visits over three years...
by Richard E. | Aug 20, 2018 | News
Postdoc Mateja Gosenca joins the group in Auckland. She focussing on understanding the properties of ultralight dark matter and comes to Auckland after finishing her PhD at the University of Sussex....
by gcas520 | Jul 12, 2018 | Codes, Downloads, News, Research
In the simplest models (and thus best-studied) models, gravity is the only interaction that plays a role in the overall astrophysical predictions of the dark matter. However, many models that have interesting connections to particle physics have more complicated...
by Richard E. | Jan 20, 2018 | News
New PhD student Emily Kendall started at Auckland in January; she will be working on our axion dark matter project. Emily grew up in New Zealand, and gained her BSc from Kings College in London and an MSc from Perimeter / Waterloo. ...
by Richard E. | Dec 19, 2017 | News
New Zealand’s annaul Marsden fund results were released this week, and one of the winning applications was our project to look at the dynamics of ultralight dark matter. The problem is this: children can learn that our sun is one of hundreds of billions of stars...
