Welcome to the PLAGA website!
We are a research group lead by Jorge Cuadra at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) in Viña del Mar, but with some research students based at other universities in Chile. We work on different topics in Astrophysics, with a focus on numerical simulations of the Galactic Centre, planet formation, and other accreting systems (see Publications).
We are part of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and the Physics + Astro group.
Our work on formation and evolution of planetary systems is performed as part of the Millennium Nucleus on Planet Formation (NPF), while our work on accreting black holes and their environment is carried out as part of the Millennium Nucleus for Transversal Research and Technology to explore Supermassive Black Holes (TITANS), both funded by the Iniciativa Científica Milenio.
We are also grateful for funding from different ANID and UAI programmes.
News
19 Nov 2024TITANS has a postdoctoral position open!
30 Oct 2024M Sucerquia et al published their paper on the missing rings around Solar System moons
18 Oct 2024A Scherer & J Cuadra published their paper on multiwavelength Galactic center gamma-rays from a unified cosmic-rays model
01 Oct 2024J Cuadra received the 2023 Award for the Greatest Impact in Scientific Research at UAI
01 Aug 2024C Ordenes-Huanca et al published their paper on the kinematics and infrared variability of the star-forming complex NGC 6357
22 Jul 2024A Gormaz-Matamala et al published their paper on the evolution of rotating massive stars with low metallicity
31 Jan 2024N Cuello and M Sucerquia published their paper on possible discs and planets around Alpha Centauri
16 Dec 2023Both TITANS and UAI have postdoctoral positions open!
20 Nov 2023A Scherer et al published their paper on Galactic center gamma-rays from realistic cosmic-rays models