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Hello, welcome to my home page. I lead a Max Planck independent research group within the Theory Division of the Galaxy and Cosmology Department at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. My research work is mostly devoted to study the galaxy formation process in a cosmological contest. I work with computer simulation of galaxy formation, studying both the dark matter component (using Nbody codes: PKDgrav and GADGET) and the luminous one (via Hydro dynamical simulations: GASOLINE, GADGET, and ENZO).
I'm interested in dark energy models beyond the standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter model (Dynamical Dark Energy and Coupled Dark Energy) and in the properties of dark matter haloes in such models. In order to compare different galaxy formation scenarios with current data I extensively use Gravitational Lensing techniques: Strong Lensing from Cluster, Galaxy weak lensing and QSO lensing. I'm particularly interested in the detection of dark satellites through QSO lensing and in the possibility of using gravitational lensing to constraining the nature of dark matter (i.e. cold vs warm). The overall goal of my research is to understand the formation of luminous galaxies in a dark universe. |
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