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

CTAO LST–1 observations of magnetar SGR 1935+2154: Deep limits on sub-second bursts and persistent tera-electronvolt emission (2026)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abe, K.; Abe, S.; Abhishek, A.; Acero, F.; Aguasca-Cabot, A.; Agudo, I.; Alispach, C.; Ambrosino, D.; Ambrosino, F.; Antonelli, L. A.; Aramo, C.; Arbet-Engels, A.; Arcaro, C.; Arnesen, T. T. H.; Asano, K.; Aubert, P.; Baktash, A.; Balbo, M.; Bamba, A.; Baquero-Larriva, A.; Barres De Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Barrios-Jiménez, L.; Batković, I.; Baxter, J.; Becerra González, J.; Bernardini, E.; Bernete, J.; Berti, A.; Bezshyiko, I.; Bigongiari, C.; Bissaldi, E.; Blanch, O.; Bonnoli, G.; Bordas, P.; Borkowski, G.; Brunelli, G.; Bulgarelli, A.; Bunse, M.; Burelli, I.; Burmistrov, L.; Cardillo, M.; Caroff, S.; Carosi, A.; Carraro, R.; Carrasco, M. S.; Cassol, F.; Castrejón, N.; Cerasole, D.; Ceribella, G.; Cerviño Cortínez, A.; Chai, Y.; Cheng, K.; Chiavassa, A.; Chikawa, M.; Chon, G.; Chytka, L.; Cicciari, G.M.; Cifuentes, A.; Contreras, J.L.; Cortina, J.; Costantini, H.; Dalchenko, M.; da Vela, P.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; de Bony de Lavergne, M.; del Burgo, R.; Delgado, C.; Delgado-Mengual, J.; Dell’aiera, M.; Della Volpe, D.; De Lotto, B.; Del Peral, L.; de Menezes, R.; De Palma, G.; Díaz, C.; Di Piano, A.; Di Pierro, F.; Di Tria, R.; Di Venere, L.; Dominik, R.M.; Dominis-Prester, D.; Donini, A.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Eisenberger, L.; Elsasser, D.; Emery, G.; Escudero, J.; Fallah Ramazani, V.; Ferrarotto, F.; Fiasson, A.; Foffano, L.; Frias Garcia-Lago, F.; Fröse, S.; Fukazawa, Y.; Gallozzi, S.; García López, R.; García Soto, S.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

A Search for Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates in 46 yr Radio Light Curves of 83 Blazars (2026)

Astrophysical Journal
Molina, B.; Mróz, P.; De la Parra, P. V.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Surti, T.; Aller, M. F.; Scargle, J. D.; Reeves, R. A.; Aller, H.; Begelman, M. C.; Blandford, R. D.; Ding, Y.; Graham, M. J.; Harrison, F.; Hovatta, T.; Liodakis, I.; Lister, M. L.; Max-Moerbeck, W.; Pavlidou, V.; Pearson, T. J.; Ravi, V.; Sullivan, A. G.; Synani, A.; Tassis, K.; Tremblay, S. E.; Zensus, J. A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Compelling Evidence for a Harmonic in the Light Curve of the Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidate PKS J1309+1154 (2026)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Readhead, A. C. S.; Aller, M. F.; Sullivan, A. G.; Blandford, R. D.; Mróz, P.; De La Parra, P. V.; Molina, B.; Most, E. R.; Lister, M. L.; Synani, A.; Aller, H.; Begelman, M. C.; Ding, Y.; Graham, M. J.; Harrison, F.; Hovatta, T.; Liodakis, I.; Max-Moerbeck, W.; Pavlidou, V.; Pearson, T. J.; Ravi, V.; Reeves, R. A.; Surti, T.; Tassis, K.; Tremblay, S. E.; Zensus, J. A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Where within the 3C 84 jet are γ-rays produced? (2026)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Paraschos, Georgios F.; Liodakis, Ioannis; Jorstad, Svetlana; Kovalev, Yuri Y.; Chakraborty, Sudip; Marin, Frédéric; Ehlert, Steven R.; Traianou, Efthalia; Debbrecht, Lena C.; Agudo, Iván; Barnouin, Thibault; Casey, Jacob J.; Di Gesu, Laura; Kaaret, Philip; Kim, Dawoon E.; Kislat, Fabian; Ratheesh, Ajay; Saade, M. Lynne; Tombesi, Francesco; Marscher, Alan; Gómez, José-Luis; Pushkarev, Alexander B.; Savolainen, Tuomas; Myserlis, Ioannis; Gurwell, Mark; Keating, Garrett; Rao, Ramprasad; Kang, Sincheol; Lee, Sang-Sung; Kim, Sanghyun; Yeon, Cheong Whee; Jeong, Hyeon-Woo; Song, Chanwoo; Li, Shan; Nam, Myeong-Seok; Álvarez-Ortega, Diego; Casadio, Carolina; Chen, Chien-Ting; Costa, Enrico; Churazov, Eugene; Ferrazzoli, Riccardo; Galanti, Giorgio; Khabibullin, Ildar; O’Dell, Stephen L.; Pacciani, Luigi; Roncadelli, Marco; Roberts, Oliver J.; Soffitta, Paolo; Swartz, Douglas A.; Tavecchio, Fabrizio; Weisskopf, Martin C.; Zhuravleva, Irina
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)