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The 2015-2017 picture for University of Chicago Department of Physics is a 19-PI network with 4 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (45% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Astronomy and Astrophysics as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories as the leading topic (5% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Asher Berlin (10.2 weighted works; Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories). The clearest collaboration lines are Monika Scholz and David Biron (4 shared works, weight 2.6); Asher Berlin and Lian-Tao Wang (2 shared works, weight 2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 3.8, around Aging, Cell Biology, Mechanical Engineering, led by Margaret L. Gardel, Monika Scholz, David Biron.