Research Activities at the Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics

Research group Prof. Dr. A. Tilgner
The research group studies various geophysical phenomena in which fluid mechanics are involved, like thermal convection, tides, and generation of magnetic fields (dynamo effect). For this numerical simulations and laboratory experiments to reproduce processes in the Earth and other planets are performed.

Research group Prof. Dr. S. Dreizler
Stellar Atmospheres, extra-solar planets, pulsating stars, late stages of stellar evolution, Instrumentation projects
Research group Prof. Dr. L. Gizon
Physics of the interior of the sun and sun-like stars
Research group Prof. Dr. W. Glatzel
Theoretical and numerical astrophysics, astrophysical fluid mechanics, stellar structure, stability and evolution, physics of accretions discs
Research group Prof. Dr. A. Reiners
Stellar and planetary astrophysics, instrumentation
Research group Dr. V. Bothmer
Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Solar Activity and Space Weather, Space Instrumentation and Missions

Research group Prof. Dr. W. Kollatschny
Structure and kinematic in the cores of active galaxies, environment of Black Holes, properties of AGN-hostgalaxies and its large-scale galactic environment
Research group Prof. Dr. J. Niemeyer
Dark matter, simulations, structure formation, cosmological parameters

FOR 2544 - DFG Forschergruppe
IMPRS - International Max Planck Research School
ELT-CAM MICADO - '1st Light' Camera for deep observations at the ESO/ E-ELT (PT-DESY 05A11MG1)
ELT-MOS MOSAIC - Multi-Object Spectrograph at the ESO/ E-ELT (PT-DESY 05A14MG1)
ELT-HIRES - High-resolution Spectrograph at the ESO/ E-ELT (PT-DESY 05A14MG3)
CRIRES+ - ESO/ VLT CRIRES upgrade project
MUSE/D3Dnet - Optical 3D-Spectroscopy at the ESO/ VLT (PT-DESY 05A11MG4)
HETDEX - Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment