Süleyman Fişek, a PhD student in our group, has been awarded with his contribution in the National Astronomy Assembly which took place in Erciyes University between 3-7 September 2018 in Kayseri.
Fişek’s contribution’s title is: “Classification of Brightest Cluster Galaxies According to Their Activity Types“.
The award is provided by the Turkish Astronomical Society (TAD) which is 1000 TL for the Best Student Contribution during the 21st National Astronomy Assembly.
Dr. Aliş and his research group’s project is titled as “Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies in the Optical and Near-Infrared Wavelengths“. The group is aiming to investigate the evolution of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in the optical (MegaCam; u,g,r,iz) and near-infrared (WIRCAM; Ks) wavelengths based on the data obtained from the Canada- France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) W1 and W4 fields. Approximately 100 square degrees of survey fields will be examined where we will be investigating galaxies between 0.1 < z < 1.2 redshift range. There are roughly 3000 galaxy clusters were detected in the CFHTLS W1 and another 1000 of them are expected to be discovered in the W4. Therefore, in the project we propose nearly 4000 BCGs will be examined. Throughout the project 2 PhD and 1 MSc student will be supported with scholarships. A rough budget of the project is 283.000 TL. There will be a national workshop organized on the topic of determining redshifts of galaxies as the team also is involved with the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma collaboration follow-up program which will be carried out with the RTT150 telescope of the TUBITAK National Observatory.
Our group members Süleyman Fişek, Sinan Aliş and F. Korhan Yelkenci attended to the GCF2017 (Galaxy Cluster Formation) at ESO, Garching , Germany. Süleyman Fişek is presenting his work about star formation activities in BCGs with a poster “Star Formation in Central Galaxies of Clusters at 0< z <1 “.
Group members of the Extragalactic Astronomy presented their works at the 20th National Astronomy Meeting.
National Astronomy Meetings take place every two years. 20th meeting took place in Ataturk University, Erzurum.
Below, you can find the list of contributions (talk/poster) done by group members:
Possible Focal Plane Instruments for the DAG Telescope Considering the Scientific Rationale, Sinan ALİŞ (in Turkish)
XXL Galaxy Cluster Survey, Sinan ALİŞ (in Turkish)
Spectroscopic Investigation of AGNs, Korhan YELKENCİ (in Turkish)
Star Formation Activities in Brightest Cluster Galaxies, Süleyman FİŞEK (in Turkish)
Impact of Environment on the Gas Content of Elliptical Galaxies, E. Kaan ÜLGEN (in Turkish) (Poster)
XXL is an international project based around an XMM Very Large Programme surveying two 25 square degrees extragalactic fields. Optical observations for XXL from ESO telescopes (VLT and the NTT) provide crucial third dimension in probe of Universe’s dark side. The XXL survey is expected to produce many exciting and unexpected results.
Dr. Sinan Aliş, is one of the team members in the project XXL.
Master Student Kaan Ulgen won “the best poster” prize in UAK 2015