The modeling of stars and stellar populations is a key element in our understanding of the Universe, and plays a large role in the scientific exploitation of observations as astronomy moves into the big data era. However, despite the identification of the key processes and fundamental equations that drive stellar evolution almost a century ago, and the broad availability of numerical methods...
We have just passed the 10th anniversary of the first-ever gravitational-wave detection. With more than 150 detections of merging binary black holes (and counting), gravitational-wave observations have entered the ‘population era’. The data already reveal a rich structure in the black hole mass function. However, for the first time, we have now obtained enough detections to begin identifying...
Primordial systems are unique archeological sites, commonly hidden within vast observational datasets yet offering invaluable insights into the story of our Universe. In this talk, I will briefly present my current work applying deep learning techniques in searching for two kinds of (potentially) primordial systems — (1) low-metallicity dwarf galaxies and (2) Lyman limit deuterium systems....
