Research at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)

The research conducted at the Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA) focuses on three large main fields of astronomy.

Operating at the University of Turku, FINCA is a national joint astronomy research centre of Aalto University, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu, and the University of Turku.

The research conducted at FINCA mainly concerns either the galaxies and cosmology or stellar astrophysics. Additionally, interstellar medium and star formation are studied at FINCA.

The most recent publications

Polarization Properties of the Weakly Magnetized Neutron Star X-Ray Binary GS 1826-238 in the High Soft State (2023)

Astrophysical Journal
Capitanio F, Fabiani S, Gnarini A, Ursini F, Ferrigno C, Matt G, Poutanen J, Cocchi M, Mikusincova R, Farinelli R, Bianchi S, Kajava JJE, Muleri F, Sanchez-Fernandez C, Soffitta P, Wu KW, Agudo I, Antonelli LA, Bachetti M, Baldini L, Baumgartner WH, Bellazzini R, Bongiorno SD, Bonino R, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Castellano S, Cavazzuti E, Ciprini S, Costa E, De Rosa A, Del Monte E, Di Gesu L, Di Lalla N, Di Marco A, Donnarumma I, Doroshenko V, Dovciak M, Ehlert SR, Enoto T, Evangelista Y, Ferrazzoli R, Garcia JA, Gunji S, Hayashida K, Heyl J, Iwakiri W, Jorstad SG, Karas V, Kitaguchi T, Kolodziejczak JJ, Krawczynski H, La Monaca F, Latronico L, Liodakis I, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marin F, Marinucci A, Marscher AP, Marshall HL, Mitsuishi I, Mizuno T, Ng CY, O'Dell SL, Omodei N, Oppedisano C, Papitto A, Pavlov GG, Peirson AL, Perri M, Pesce-Rollins M, Petrucci PO, Pilia M, Possenti A, Puccetti S, Ramsey BD, Rankin J, Ratheesh A, Romani RW, Sgro C, Slane P, Spandre G, Tamagawa T, Tavecchio F, Taverna R, Tawara Y, Tennant AF, Thomas NE, Tombesi F, Trois A, Tsygankov SS, Turolla R, Vink J, Weisskopf MC, Xie F, Zane S
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

X-Ray Polarization Observations of BL Lacertae (2023)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Middei R., Liodakis I., Perri M., Puccetti S., Cavazzuti E., Di Gesu L., Ehlert S.R., Madejski G., Marscher A.P., Marshall H.L., Muleri F., Negro M., Jorstad S.G., Agís-González B., Agudo I., Bonnoli G., Casanova V., García-Comas M., Husillos C., Marchini A., Sota A., Kouch P.M., Bernardos M.I., Lindfors E., Borman G.A., Kopatskaya E.N., Larionova E.G., Morozova D.A., Savchenko S.S., Vasilyev A.A., Zhovtan A.V., Casadio C., Myserlis I., Hales A., Kameno S., Escudero J., Kneissl R., Messias H., Nagai H., Blinov D., Bourbah I.G., Kiehlmann S., Kontopodis E., Mandarakas N., Romanopoulos S., Skalidis R., Vervelaki A., Masiero J.R., Mawet D., Millar-Blanchaer M.A., Panopoulou G.V., Tinyanont S., Berdyugin A.V., Kagitani M., Kravtsov V., Sakanoi T., Imazawa R., Sasada M., Fukazawa Y., Kawabata K.S., Uemura M., Mizuno T., Nakaoka T., Akitaya H., Gurwell M., Rao R., Di Lalla N., Cibrario N., Donnarumma I., Kim D.E., Omodei N., Pacciani L., Poutanen J., Tavecchio F., Antonelli L.A., Bachetti M., Baldini L., Baumgartner W.H., Bellazzini R., Bianchi S., Bongiorno S.D., Bonino R., Brez A., Bucciantini N., Capitanio F., Castellano S., Ciprini S., Costa E., De Rosa A., Del Monte E., Di Marco A., Doroshenko V., Dovčiak M., Enoto T., Evangelista Y., Fabiani S., Ferrazzoli R., Garcia J.A., Gunji S., Hayashida K., Heyl J., Iwakiri W., Karas V., Kitaguchi T., Kolodziejczak J.J., Krawczynski H., Monaca F.L., Latronico L., Maldera S., Manfreda A., Marin F., Marinucci A., Massaro F., Matt G., Mitsuishi I., Ng C.Y., O'Dell S.L., Oppedisano C., Papitto A., Pavlov G.G., Peirson A.L., Pesce-Rollins M., Petrucci P.O., Pilia M., Possenti A., Ramsey B.D., Rankin J., Ratheesh A., Romani R.W., Sgró C., Slane P., Soffitta P., Spandre G., Tamagawa T., Taverna R., Tawara Y., Tennant A.F., Thomas N.E., Tombesi F., Trois A., Tsygankov S., Turolla R., Vink J., Weisskopf M.C., Wu K., Xie F., Zane S.
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

Study of the GeV to TeV morphology of the γ Cygni SNR (G 78.2+2.1) with MAGIC and Fermi-LAT: Evidence for cosmic ray escape (2023)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Acciari VA, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Engels AA, Baack D, Babic A, Banerjee B, de Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Gonzalez JB, Bednarek W, Bellizzi L, Bernardini E, Berti A, Besenrieder J, Bhattacharyya W, Bigongiari C, Biland A, Blanch O, Bonnoli G, Bosnjak Z, Busetto G, Carosi R, Ceribella G, Cerruti M, Chai Y, Chilingarian A, Cikota S, Colak SM, Colin U, Colombo E, Contreras JL, Cortina J, Covino S, D'Elia V, Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Lotto B, Delfino M, Delgado J, Depaoli D, Di Pierro F, Di Venere L, Espineira ED, Prester DD, Donini A, Dorner D, Doro M, Elsaesser D, Ramazani VF, Fattorini A, Ferrara G, Foffano L, Fonseca MV, Font L, Fruck C, Fukami S, Lopez RJG, Garczarczyk M, Gasparyan S, Gaug M, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Gliwny P, Godinovic N, Green D, Hadasch D, Hahn A, Herrera J, Hoang J, Hrupec D, Hutten M, Inada T, Inoue S, Ishio K, Iwamura Y, Jouvin L, Kajiwara Y, Karjalainen M, Kerszberg D, Kobayashi Y, Kubo H, Kushida J, Lamastra A, Lelas D, Leone F, Lindfors E, Lombardi S, Longo F, Lopez M, Lopez-Coto R, Lopez-Oramas A, Loporchio S, Fraga BMD, Masuda S, Maggio C, Majumdar P, Makariev M, Mallamaci M, Maneva G, Manganaro M, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Mariotti M, Martinez M, Mazin D, Mender S, Micanovic S, Miceli D, Miener T, Minev M, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, Molina E, Moralejo A, Morcuende D, Moreno V, Moretti E, Munar-Adrover P, Neustroev V, Nigro C, Nilsson K, Ninci D, Nishijima K, Noda K, Nogues L, Nozaki S, Ohtani Y, Oka T, Otero-Santos J, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Pavletic L, Penil P, Peresano M, Persic M, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Puljak I, Rhode W, Ribo M, Rico J, Righi C, Rugliancich A, Saha L, Sahakyan N, Saito T, Sakurai S, Satalecka K, Schleicher B, Schmidt K, Schweizer T, Sitarek J, Snidaric I, Sobczynska D, Spolon A, Stamerra A, Strom D, Strzys M, Suda Y, Suric T, Takahashi M, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Terzic T, Teshima M, Torres-Alba N, Tosti L, van Scherpenberg J, Vanzo G, Acosta MV, Ventura S, Verguilov V, Vigorito CF, Vitale V, Vovk I, Will M, Zaric D, Celli S, Morlino G
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

Mapping the circumnuclear regions of the Circinus galaxy with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (2023)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ursini F, Marinucci A, Matt G, Bianchi S, Marin F, Marshall HL, Middei R, Poutanen J, Rogantini D, De Rosa A, Di Gesu L, Garcia JA, Ingram A, Kim DE, Krawczynski H, Puccetti S, Soffitta P, Svoboda J, Tombesi F, Weisskopf MC, Barnouin T, Perri M, Podgorny J, Ratheesh A, Zaino A, Agudo I, Antonelli LA, Bachetti M, Baldini L, Baumgartner WH, Bellazzini R, Bongiorno SD, Bonino R, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Capitanio F, Castellano S, Cavazzuti E, Ciprini S, Costa E, Del Monte E, Di Lalla N, Di Marco A, Donnarumma I, Doroshenko V, Dovciak M, Ehlert SR, Enoto T, Evangelista Y, Fabiani S, Ferrazzoli R, Gunji S, Heyl J, Iwakiri W, Jorstad SG, Karas V, Kitaguchi T, Kolodziejczak JJ, La Monaca F, Latronico L, Liodakis I, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marscher AP, Mitsuishi I, Mizuno T, Muleri F, Ng CY, O'Dell SL, Omodei N, Oppedisano C, Papitto A, Pavlov GG, Peirson AL, Pesce-Rollins M, Petrucci PO, Pilia M, Possenti A, Ramsey BD, Rankin J, Romani RW, Sgro C, Slane P, Spandre G, Tamagawa T, Tavecchio F, Taverna R, Tawara Y, Tennant AF, Thomas NE, Trois A, Tsygankov SS, Turolla R, Vink J, Wu K, Xie F, Zane S
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

A long life of excess: The interacting transient SN 2017hcc (2023)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Moran S, Fraser M, Kotak R, Pastorello A, Benetti S, Brennan SJ, Gutierrez CP, Kankare E, Kuncarayakti H, Mattila S, Reynolds TM, Anderson JP, Brown PJ, Campana S, Chambers KC, Chen TW, Della Valle M, Dennefeld M, Elias-Rosa N, Galbany L, Galindo-Guil FJ, Gromadzki M, Hiramatsu D, Inserra C, Leloudas G, Muller-Bravo TE, Nicholl M, Reguitti A, Shahbandeh M, Smartt SJ, Tartaglia L, Young DR
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))