Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology
Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology is the largest research group in Slovenia involved in astroparticle physics, high-energy and multi-messenger astrophysics.
In brief
Combining the information carried by different cosmic messengers: photons, charged cosmic particles, neutrinos and gravitational waves, is the key for achieving a more complete, unified picture of the Universe, its constituents, their interactions and high-energy processes. Our primary goal is to investigate phenomena related to extreme energies in nature and push forward the knowledge frontier.
Research activities of the CAC group are focused on the searches of extremely energetic astrophysical sources, transient astrophysical phenomena, dark matter and possible mechanisms responsible for the matter – anti-matter asymmetry in the Universe. As a rule these activities take place within international research collaborations.
News and events
- Join us at the opening of the main exhibition of the Astrotop_X project, which combines astronomy, art, ecology, new media and botany, and is part of the official GO! 2025 programme of the European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica - Gorizia, and involves also researchers from our university, where the idea for the project originated. The opening will take place on Tuesday, 5 November 2024, at 19.00 in the Xcentre in Nova Gorica, and will include an interesting discussion with the project team and stargazing. Link to the event ...
- Dr. Tanja Petrushevska will hold a lecture "Exploring the Universe with supernovae" at Avditorij Škofijske gimnazije Vipava (Goriška cesta 29, Vipava) on Tuesday 3.12.2024 at 18.00. Link to the event ...
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