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

Magnetic field properties inside the jet of Mrk 421: Multiwavelength polarimetry, including the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (2024)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kim DE, Di Gesu L, Liodakis I, Marscher AP, Jorstad SG, Middei R, Marshall HL, Pacciani L, Agudo I, Tavecchio F, Cibrario N, Tugliani S, Bonino R, Negro M, Puccetti S, Tombesi F, Costa E, Donnarumma I, Soffitta P, Mizuno T, Fukazawa Y, Kawabata KS, Nakaoka T, Uemura M, Imazawa R, Sasada M, Akitaya H, Josè Aceituno F, Bonnoli G, Casanova V, Myserlis I, Sievers A, Angelakis E, Kraus A, Yeon Cheong W, Jeong H, Kang S, Kim S, Lee S, Agìs-Gonzàlez B, Sota A, Escudero J, Gurwell M, Keating GK, Rao R, Kouch PM, Lindfors E, Bourbah IG, Kiehlmann S, Kontopodis E, Mandarakas N, Romanopoulos S, Skalidis R, Vervelaki A, Savchenko SS, Antonelli LA, Bachetti M, Baldini L, Baumgartner WH, Bellazzini R, Bianchi S, Bongiorno SD, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Capitanio F, Castellano S, Cavazzuti E, Chen C, Ciprini S, De Rosa A, Del Monte E, Di Lalla N, Di Marco A, Doroshenko V, Dovčiak M, Ehlert SR, Enoto T, Evangelista Y, Fabiani S, Ferrazzoli R, Garcia JA, Gunji S, Hayashida K, Heyl J, Iwakiri W, Kaaret P, Karas V, Kislat F, Kitaguchi T, Kolodziejczak JJ, Krawczynski H, La Monaca F, Latronico L, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marin F, Marinucci A, Massaro F, Matt G, Mitsuishi I, Muleri F, Ng C, O'dell SL, Omodei N, Oppedisano C, Papitto A, Pavlov GG, Peirson AL, Perri M, Pesce-Rollins M, Petrucci P, Pilia M, Possenti A, Poutanen J, Ramsey BD, Rankin J, Ratheesh A, Roberts O, Romani RW, Sgró C, Slane P, Spandre G, Swartz D, Tamagawa T, Taverna R, Tawara Y, Tennant AF, Thomas NE, Trois A, Tsygankov SS, Turolla R, Vink J, Weisskopf MC, Wu K, Xie F, Zane S
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First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Physical Interpretation of the Polarized Ring (2024)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Akiyama K, Alberdi A, Alef W, Algaba JC, Anantua R, Asada K, Azulay R, Bach U, Baczko A, Ball D, Baloković M, Bandyopadhyay B, Barrett J, Bauböck M, Benson BA, Bintley D, Blackburn L, Blundell R, Bouman KL, Bower GC, Boyce H, Bremer M, Brinkerink CD, Brissenden R, Britzen S, Broderick AE, Broguiere D, Bronzwaer T, Bustamante S, Byun D, Carlstrom JE, Ceccobello C, Chael A, Chan C, Chang DO, Chatterjee K, Chatterjee S, Chen M, Chen Y, Cheng X, Cho I, Christian P, Conroy NS, Conway JE, Cordes JM, Crawford TM, Crew GB, Cruz-Osorio A, Cui Y, Dahale R, Davelaar J, Laurentis MD, Deane R, Dempsey J, Desvignes G, Dexter J, Dhruv V, Dihingia IK, Doeleman SS, Dougall S, Dzib SA, Eatough RP, Emami R, Falcke H, Farah J, Fish VL, Fomalont E, Ford HA, Foschi M, Fraga-Encinas R, Freeman WT, Friberg P, Fromm CM, Fuentes A, Galison P, Gammie CF, García R, Gentaz O, Georgiev B, Goddi C, Gold R, Gómez-Ruiz AI, Gómez JL, Gu M, Gurwell M, Hada K, Haggard D, Haworth K, Hecht MH, Hesper R, Heumann D, Ho LC, Ho P, Honma M, Huang CL, Huang L, Hughes DH, Ikeda S, Impellizzeri CMV, Inoue M, Issaoun S, James DJ, Jannuzi BT, Janssen M, Jeter B, Jiang W, Jiménez-Rosales A, Johnson MD, Jorstad S, Joshi AV, Jung T, Karami M, Karuppusamy R, Kawashima T, Keating GK, Kettenis M, Kim D, Kim J, Kim J, Kim J, Kino M, Koay JY, Kocherlakota P, Kofuji Y, Koch PM, Koyama S, Kramer C, Kramer JA, Kramer M, Krichbaum TP, Kuo C, Bella NL, Lauer TR, Lee D, Lee S, Leung PK, Levis A, Li Z, Lico R, Lindahl G, Lindqvist M, Lisakov M, Liu J, Liu K, Liuzzo E, Lo W, Lobanov AP, Loinard L, Lonsdale CJ, Lowitz AE, Lu R, MacDonald NR, Mao J, Marchili N, Markoff S, Marrone DP, Marscher AP, Martí-Vidal I, Matsushita S, Matthews LD, Medeiros L, Menten KM, Michalik D, Mizuno I, Mizuno Y, Moran JM, Moriyama K, Moscibrodzka M, Mulaudzi W, Müller C, Müller H, Mus A, Musoke G, Myserlis I, Nadolski A, Nagai H, Nagar NM, Nakamura M, Narayanan G, Natarajan I, Nathanail A, Fuentes SN, Neilsen J, Neri R, Ni C, Noutsos A, Nowak MA, Oh J, Okino H, Olivares H, Ortiz-León GN, Oyama T, Özel F, Palumbo DCM, Paraschos GF, Park J, Parsons H, Patel N, Pen U, Pesce DW, Piétu V, Plambeck R, PopStefanija A, Porth O, Pötzl FM, Prather B, Preciado-López JA, Psaltis D, Pu H, Ramakrishnan V, Rao R, Rawlings MG, Raymond AW, Rezzolla L, Ricarte A, Ripperda B, Roelofs F, Rogers A, Romero-Cañizales C, Ros E, Roshanineshat A, Rottmann H, Roy AL, Ruiz I, Ruszczyk C, Rygl KLJ, Sánchez S, Sánchez-Argüelles D, Sánchez-Portal M, Sasada M, Satapathy K, Savolainen T, Schloerb FP, Schonfeld J, Schuster K, Shao L, Shen Z, Small D, Sohn BW, SooHoo J, Salas LDS, Souccar K, Stanway JS, Sun H, Tazaki F, Tetarenko AJ, Tiede P, Tilanus RPJ, Titus M, Torne P, Toscano T, Traianou E, Trent T, Trippe S, Turk M, Bemmel I, Langevelde HJ, Rossum DR, Vos J, Wagner J, Ward-Thompson D, Wardle J, Washington JE, Weintroub J, Wharton R, Wielgus M, Wiik K, Witzel G, Wondrak MF, Wong GN, Wu Q, Yadlapalli N, Yamaguchi P, Yfantis A, Yoon D, Young A, Young K, Younsi Z, Yu W, Yuan F, Yuan Y, Zensus JA, Zhang S, Zhao G, Zhao S, Najafi-Ziyazi M; Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

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))