Project

General

Profile

Welcome to the pages of the GECO group

The Galaxies, Etoiles et Cosmologie (GECO; Galaxies, Stars, and
Cosmology
) group covers a wide range of topics going from stars to
cosmology. In particular it covers the study of:

  • the interstellar and intergalactic media,
  • the different phases of the formation of stars,
  • the physical processes involved in the formation and the evolution of galaxies and their environment,
  • the dynamics of galaxies,
  • the large-scale structure of the Universe,
  • the dark matter properties,
  • the cosmological model.

People:

News

  • On-going calls for telescope time, grants, travel money, positions, conf/workshop registrations (pertinent to the team).

Scientific life of the group

Discussions

Discussion Circles - Scientific
discussions around various topics.

Discussion Projects - Scientific
discussions around major short/long term LAM projects .

Weekly Events

  • Café Club every Wednesday at 14h00 in the Library (Ground Floor) - An informal seminar with presentations of ~20-25 minutes. Event organizer: Carlo Schimd
  • Discussion Circles meetings(subject to changes):
    • Friday 15:00, Galaxy Evolution & Feedback
    • Friday, 14:00, Cosmology
    • On demand, Transient and multi wavelength messengers

Hosted Exceptional Events

  • CosmoBack Workshop - From inhomogeneous gravity to cosmological back-reaction: Theoretical opportunity? Observational evidence?

Annual Events

Projects of the group

Teaching & Outreach

  • Master P3TMA at Luminy/Aix-Marseille Université

Useful information & links

GECO group meetings

GECO wiki members & help