Department of High Energy Astrophysics

People Research Collaborations Meetings Announcements

Research Topics

  1. particle acceleration in cosmic and space plasma
  2. black hole astrophysics
  3. physics of relativistic jets and accretion disks
  4. active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries
  5. gravitational-wave astronomy
  6. neutrino astronomy with Hyper-Kamiokande
  7. γ-ray astronomy with H.E.S.S. and CTA
  8. X-ray astronomy: timming, spectroscopy, and imaging
  9. Solar activity and space weather
  10. extremely low-frequency EM waves in the Earth ionosphere

Recent PhD Dissertations (since 2018)

  1. 16.09.2024 — dr Dominika Król: "Physics of Evolving Black Holes and Their Relativistic Jets: From Collapsing Massive Stars to Active Galactic Nuclei" (Supervisor: dr hab. Łukasz Stawarz)
  2. 02.12.2022 — dr Emily Kosmaczewski: "Multi-Wavelength Diagnostics of Cosmic Dust: From Galactic Dust Clouds to Young Active Galaxies" (Supervisor: dr hab. Łukasz Stawarz)
  3. 21.10.2022 — dr Anna Wójtowicz: "Radio emission in early-type galaxies: radio loudness, jet duty cycle, and large-scale environment" (Supervisor: dr hab. Łukasz Stawarz)
  4. 15.10.2021 — dr Karthik Balasubramaniam: "Fluorescent Iron Lines in Various Types of Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei" (Supervisor: dr hab. Łukasz Stawarz)
  5. 16.07.2021 — dr Rameshan Thimmappa: "A Comprehensive and Novel Analysis of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Data for the Pictor A Radio Galaxy" (Supervisor: dr hab. Łukasz Stawarz)
  6. 09.04.2021 — dr Anitha Ravishankar: "Study of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using STEREO and SOHO observations" (Supervisor: dr hab. Grzegorz Michałek)
  7. 06.12.2018 — dr Natalia Żywucka-Hejzner: "Morphological study of TeV emission from 1ES 0414+009 and Centaurus A with H.E.S.S. data" (Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Michał Ostrowski)
  8. 07.09.2018 — dr Roberta Del Vecchio: "New study of afterglow light curves in gamma ray bursts" (Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Michał Ostrowski)

Backgroudn image: A supercomputer simulation of merging black holes sending out gravitational waves. Scientists believe there may be a way to use these waves to find missing pieces in our understanding of the universe. Illustration by Chris Henze/NASA