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.

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The most recent publications

The high energy X-ray probe (HEX-P): the most powerful jets through the lens of a superb X-ray eye (2024)

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Marcotulli, Lea; Ajello, Marco; Böttcher, Markus; Coppi, Paolo; Costamante, Luigi; Di Gesu, Laura; Errando, Manel; García, Javier A.; Gokus, Andrea; Liodakis, Ioannis; Madejski, Greg; Madsen, Kristin; Moretti, Alberto; Middei, Riccardo; Mcbride, Felicia; Petropoulou, Maria; Rani, Bindu; Sbarrato, Tullia; Stern, Daniel; Vasilopoulos, Georgios; Zacharias, Michael; Zhang, Haocheng
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

A survey to evaluate diversity, equity and inclusion in large collaborations (2024)

International Cosmic Ray Conference, POS Proceedings of Science
van Scherpenberg, Juliane; Heckmann, Lea; Strišković, Jelena; Berti, Alessio; Dorner, Daniela; Elsaesser, Dominik; Green Jarred Gershon; Manganaro, Marina; Satalecka, Konstancja, MAGIC collaboration
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )

First X-Ray Polarization Measurement Confirms the Low Black Hole Spin in LMC X-3 (2024)

Astrophysical Journal
Svoboda J., Dovčiak M., Steiner J.F., Muleri F., Ingram A., Yilmaz A., Rodriguez Cavero N., Marra L., Poutanen J., Veledina A., Mojaver M.R., Bianchi S., García J.A., Kaaret P., Krawczynski H., Matt G., Podgorný J., Weisskopf M.C., Kislat F., Petrucci P.O., Brigitte M., Bursa M., Fabiani S., Hu K., Chun S., Mastroserio G., Mikus̆incová R., Ratheesh A., Romani R.W., Soffitta P., Ursini F., Zane S., Agudo I., Antonelli L.A., Bachetti M., Baldini L., Baumgartner W.H., Bellazzini R., Bongiorno S.D., Bonino R., Brez A., Bucciantini N., Capitanio F., Castellano S., Cavazzuti E., Chen C.T., Ciprini S., Costa E., De Rosa A., Del Monte E., Di Gesu L., Di Lalla N., Di Marco A., Donnarumma I., Doroshenko V., Ehlert S.R., Enoto T., Evangelista Y., Ferrazzoli R., Gunji S., Hayashida K., Heyl J., Iwakiri W., Jorstad S.G., Karas V., Kitaguchi T., Kolodziejczak J.J., La Monaca F., Latronico L., Liodakis I., Maldera S., Manfreda A., Marin F., Marinucci A., Marscher A.P., Marshall H.L., Massaro F., Mitsuishi I., Mizuno T., Negro M., Ng C.Y., O’Dell S.L., Omodei N., Oppedisano C., Papitto A., Pavlov G.G., Peirson A.L., Perri M., Pesce-Rollins M., Pilia M., Possenti A., Puccetti S., Ramsey B.D., Rankin J., Roberts O.J., Sgrò C., Slane P., Spandre G., Swartz D.A., Tamagawa T., Tavecchio F., Taverna R., Tawara Y., Tennant A.F., Thomas N.E., Tombesi F., Trois A., Tsygankov S.S., Turolla R., Vink J., Wu K., Xie F.
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

Supernova environments in J-PLUS (2024)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gonzalez-Diaz Raul, Galbany Lluis, Kangas Tuomas, Garcia-Benito Ruben, Anderson Joseph P., Lyman Joseph, Varela Jesus, Oltra Lamberto, Garcia Rafael Logrono, Rojo Gonzalo Vilella, Lopez-Sanjuan Carlos, Perez-Torres Miguel Angel, Rosales-Ortega Fabian, Mattila Seppo, Kuncarayakti Hanindyo, James Phil, Habergham Stacey, Vilchez Jose Manuel, Alcaniz Jailson, Angulo Raul E., Cenarro Javier, Cristobal-Hornillos David, Dupke Renato, Ederoclite Alessandro, Hernandez-Monteagudo Carlos, Marin-Franch Antonio, Moles Mariano, Sodre Jr Laerte, Ramio Hector Vazquez
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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