Overview
Background
Holger Baumgardt received his PhD thesis from the University of Heidelberg in 1997. After receiving his PhD, he held postdoctoral positions at the universities of Heidelberg, Edinbugh, Tokyo and Bonn. From 2010 to 2014 he was an ARC funded Future Fellow and since 2014 he has been Associate Professor at the University of Queensland.
More information about Holger's research can be found in the article Heart of Darkness
Availability
- Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Research interests
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Globular clusters
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Galactic Nuclei
Research impacts
Please see information about Associate Professor Holger Baumgardt's research impacts in the article Heart of Darkness.
Works
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2019
Journal Article
A Multimass Velocity Dispersion Model of 47 Tucanae Indicates No Evidence for an Intermediate-mass Black Hole
Mann, Christopher R., Richer, Harvey, Heyl, Jeremy, Anderson, Jay, Kalirai, Jason, Caiazzo, Ilaria, Mohle, Swantje D., Knee, Alan and Baumgardt, Holger (2019). A Multimass Velocity Dispersion Model of 47 Tucanae Indicates No Evidence for an Intermediate-mass Black Hole. Astrophysical Journal, 875 (1) 1, 1. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0e6d
2019
Journal Article
Hubble Space Telescope photometry of multiple stellar populations in the inner parts of NGC 2419
Larsen, Soren S., Baumgardt, Holger, Bastian, Nate, Hernandez, Svea and Brodie, Jean (2019). Hubble Space Telescope photometry of multiple stellar populations in the inner parts of NGC 2419. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 624 A25, A25. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834494
2019
Journal Article
The eye of Gaia on globular clusters kinematics: internal rotation
Sollima, A., Baumgardt, H. and Hilker, M (2019). The eye of Gaia on globular clusters kinematics: internal rotation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485 (1), 1460-1476. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz505
2019
Journal Article
The impact of stripped nuclei on the supermassive black hole number density in the local universe
Voggel, Karina T., Seth, Anil C., Baumgardt, Holger, Mieske, Steffen, Pfeffer, Joel and Rasskazov, Alexander (2019). The impact of stripped nuclei on the supermassive black hole number density in the local universe. Astrophysical Journal, 871 (2) 159, 159. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf735
2019
Journal Article
The Milky Way like galaxy NGC 6384 and its nuclear star cluster at high NIR spatial resolution using LBT/ARGOS commissioning data
Georgiev, Iskren Y., Neumayer, Nadine, Gässler, Wolfgang, Rabien, Sebastian, Busoni, Lorenzo, Bonaglia, Marco, Ziegleder, Julian, de Xivry, Gilles Orban, Peter, Diethard, Kulas, Martin, Borelli, Jose, Rahmer, Gustavo, Lefebvre, Michael and Baumgardt, Holger (2019). The Milky Way like galaxy NGC 6384 and its nuclear star cluster at high NIR spatial resolution using LBT/ARGOS commissioning data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484 (3), 3356-3375. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz227
2019
Conference Publication
The eye of Gaia on globular cluster kinematics: Internal rotation
Sollima, A., Baumgardt, H. and Hilker, M. (2019). The eye of Gaia on globular cluster kinematics: Internal rotation. Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe - IAU Symposium 351, Bologna, Italy, 27-31 May 2019. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S1743921319007099
2019
Conference Publication
On the presence of intermediate black holes in three globular clusters
Baumgardt, Holger, Sollima, Antonio and Hilker, Michael (2019). On the presence of intermediate black holes in three globular clusters. IAU Symposium: Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe, Bologna, Italy, 27-31 May 2019. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi: 10.1017/s1743921319007695
2019
Conference Publication
Galactic Globular Clusters: A new catalog of masses, structural parameters, velocity dispersion profiles, proper motions and space orbits
Hilker, Michael, Baumgardt, Holger, Sollima, Antonio and Bellini, Andrea (2019). Galactic Globular Clusters: A new catalog of masses, structural parameters, velocity dispersion profiles, proper motions and space orbits. IAUS 351: Star Clusters: from the Milky Way to the Early Universe, Bologna, Italy, 27 - 31 May, 2019. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S1743921319006823
2018
Journal Article
Mass modelling globular clusters in the Gaia era: a method comparison using mock data from an N-body simulation of M 4
Hénault-Brunet, V., Gieles, M., Sollima, A., Watkins, L. L., Zocchi, A., Claydon, I., Pancino, E. and Baumgardt, H. (2018). Mass modelling globular clusters in the Gaia era: a method comparison using mock data from an N-body simulation of M 4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483 (1), 1400-1425. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty3187
2018
Journal Article
Radiation pressure limits on the star formation efficiency and surface density of compact stellar systems
Crocker, Roland M, Krumholz, Mark R, Thompson, Todd A, Baumgardt, Holger and Mackey, Dougal (2018). Radiation pressure limits on the star formation efficiency and surface density of compact stellar systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481 (4), 4895-4906. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty2659
2018
Journal Article
The black hole retention fraction in star clusters
Pavlik, Vaclav, Jerabkova, Tereza, Kroupa, Pavel and Baumgardt, Holger (2018). The black hole retention fraction in star clusters. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 617 A69, A69. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201832919
2018
Journal Article
A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocity dispersion profiles of 112 Milky Way globular clusters
Baumgardt, H. and Hilker, M. (2018). A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocity dispersion profiles of 112 Milky Way globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478 (2), 1520-1557. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty1057
2018
Journal Article
A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster
Lin, Dacheng, Strader, Jay, Carrasco, Eleazar R., Page, Dany, Romanowsky, Aaron J., Homan, Jeroen, Irwin, Jimmy A., Remillard, Ronald A., Godet, Olivier, Webb, Natalie A., Baumgardt, Holger, Wijnands, Rudy, Barret, Didier, Duc, Pierre-Alain, Brodie, Jean P. and Gwyn, Stephen D. J. (2018). A luminous X-ray outburst from an intermediate-mass black hole in an off-centre star cluster. Nature Astronomy, 2 (8), 656-661. doi: 10.1038/s41550-018-0493-1
2018
Journal Article
The black hole in the most massive ultracompact dwarf galaxy M59-UCD3
Ahn, Christopher P., Seth, Anil C., Cappellari, Michele, Krajnović, Davor, Strader, Jay, Voggel, Karina T., Walsh, Jonelle L., Bahramian, Arash, Baumgardt, Holger, Brodie, Jean, Chilingarian, Igor, Chomiuk, Laura, Den Brok, Mark, Frank, Matthias, Hilker, Michael, McDermid, Richard M., Mieske, Steffen, Neumayer, Nadine, Nguyen, Dieu D., Pechetti, Renuka, Romanowsky, Aaron J. and Spitler, Lee (2018). The black hole in the most massive ultracompact dwarf galaxy M59-UCD3. Astrophysical Journal, 858 (2) 102, 102. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabc57
2018
Journal Article
Upper limits on the presence of central massive black holes in two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in Centaurus A
Voggel, Karina T., Seth, Anil C., Neumayer, Nadine, Mieske, Steffen, Chilingarian, Igor, Ahn, Christopher, Baumgardt, Holger, Hilker, Michael, Nguyen, Dieu D., Romanowsky, Aaron J., Walsh, Jonelle L., den Brok, Mark and Strader, Jay (2018). Upper limits on the presence of central massive black holes in two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies in Centaurus A. Astrophysical Journal, 858 (1) 20, 20. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabae5
2018
Journal Article
A 3.5 million solar masses black hole in the centre of the ultracompact dwarf galaxy fornax UCD3
Afanasiev, Anton V., Chilingarian, Igor V., Mieske, Steffen, Voggel, Karina T., Picotti, Arianna, Hilker, Michael, Seth, Anil, Neumayer, Nadine, Frank, Matthias, Romanowsky, Aaron J., Hau, George, Baumgardt, Holger, Ahn, Christopher, Strader, Jay, den Brok, Mark, McDermid, Richard, Spitler, Lee, Brodie, Jean and Walsh, Jonelle L. (2018). A 3.5 million solar masses black hole in the centre of the ultracompact dwarf galaxy fornax UCD3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477 (4), 4856-4865. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty913
2018
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The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole: II. diffuse light from sub-giants and dwarfs
Schödel, R., Gallego-Cano, E., Dong, H., Nogueras-Lara, F., Gallego-Calvente, A. T., Amaro-Seoane, P. and Baumgardt, H. (2018). The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole: II. diffuse light from sub-giants and dwarfs. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 609 A27, A27. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730452
2017
Journal Article
The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole III. Comparison with simulations
Baumgardt, H., Amaro-Seoane, P. and Schodel, R. (2017). The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole III. Comparison with simulations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 609 A28, 1-6. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730462
2017
Journal Article
The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole: I. Deep star counts
Gallego-Cano, E., Schödel, R., Dong, H., Nogueras-Lara, F., Gallego-Calvente, A. T., Amaro-Seoane, P. and Baumgardt, H. (2017). The distribution of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole: I. Deep star counts. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 609 A26, 1-18. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730451
2017
Journal Article
The global mass functions of 35 Galactic globular clusters: I. observational data and correlations with cluster parameters
Sollima, A. and Baumgardt, H. (2017). The global mass functions of 35 Galactic globular clusters: I. observational data and correlations with cluster parameters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471 (3), 3668-3679. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1856
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiple stellar populations in Galactic globular clusters
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Studying the stellar initial mass function and binary fraction using Gaia data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiple stellar populations in Galactic globular clusters
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Formation and Dynamics of Stellar-mass Black Holes in Star Clusters
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
Dynamics of black holes in star clusters
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Studying the dwarf galaxy population of the Milky Way
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Master Philosophy
Studying globular cluster tidal tails with Gaia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
Studying globular cluster tidal tails with Gaia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
The dynamics of Galactic globular clusters
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding diversity: chemical and kinematic tracers of galaxy evolution
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
The Abundance and Distribution of Chemical Content within Galaxies Near and Far
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sarah Sweet
Completed supervision
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Formation and dynamical evolution of young star clusters: uncovering the mystery of multiple stellar populations
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Testing the tidal stripping origin of ultra-compact dwarf galaxies
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Formation of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies by Galaxy Stripping
Associate Advisor
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