Kathrin Boeckmann awarded Otto-Stern-Preis

17 February 2021

„Merging Galaxy Clusters Seen through the X-ray Telescope eROSITA“ is the title of the best Master thesis in Physics at Hamburg University in the winter term 20/21. The thesis was submitted by Kathrin Boeckmann. In the group of Prof.  Marcus Brueggen at Hamburg Observatory, she investigated how galaxy clusters can be explored by X-ray  observations.

For her thesis, Kathrin Boeckmann was awarded the Otto-Stern-Preis.  Every  term, the department of Physics of Hamburg University honours excellent thesises in the department of Physics.  The Otto-Stern-Preis awards the best master thesis.