LACEGAL Training Event

Hands-on workshops​

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• LACEGAL + Workshop at Chile, 9-13 Dec 2024 (hosted by PUC)​

  • Topic "Deciphering the Cosmic Code for Galaxy Formation"

  • Capacity: 20/30 students; 100+ registered participants​

  • Duration: 5 days

    • funding provided by ALMA(27K euros) + LACEGAL ("solidarity funds", 10K euros)​

• Mid-Term Review @ Barcelona, Oct 7 2024 (hosted by ICE/CSIC)​​

  • mostly in-person, but remote (zoom) connection will be provided​

• MOCK Barcelona @ UAB Campus, Barcelona, Oct 8-11​ 2024

Recent Publications

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Astronomers have taken a significant step in understanding the phenomenon of cosmic jets. By analyzing VLA-NRAO data of a protostar, they've been able to peer into the heart of a powerful jet and map its 3D magnetic field structure. This groundbreaking research reveals a helical structure, similar to a twisted rope, which plays a crucial role in collimating the jet and propelling it through space. This finding supports the idea that a single, universal mechanism may govern the formation and behavior of jets across the universe, from supermassive black holes to newborn stars. 

This work, led by Adriana Rodríguez-Kamenetzky (IATE, Argentina), who spent five months in 2024 at the ICE-CSIC as part of the LACEGAL (Latinamerican Chinese European Galaxy Formation Network) project, has been published in ApJ Letters

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​N.R.C. Gomes and J.M. Torrelles, both from the ICE-IEEC, are also co-authors of this work. For more details, see also NRAO press release