Large Scale Structure

Dense environments, such as groups and clusters of galaxies, are ideal laboratories to investigate the interactions of galaxies with their environment. The goal of our research is to reach a comprehensive picture of the baryon cycle, establishing a robust link between the gas phases and the star forming and SMBH feeding processes, and ultimately constraining the corresponding energy budgets and timescales. Specifically, our group is engaged in studies of:

• Thermodynamics and chemistry of the intracluster medium with X-ray spectroscopy, evolution of clusters in X-rays.

• Properties of the galaxy population in clusters and protoclusters with X-ray and radio imaging.

• Environmental effects on galaxy star formation and chemical enrichment histories as traced by stellar populations and gas scaling relations at low and intermediate redshift.