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

Constraints on axion-like particles with the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC (2024)

Physics of the Dark Universe
Abe H., Abe S., Abhir J., Acciari V.A., Agudo I., Aniello T., Ansoldi S., Antonelli L.A., Arbet Engels A., Arcaro C., Artero M., Asano K., Baack D., Babić A., Baquero A., Barres de Almeida U., Barrio J.A., Batković I., Baxter J., Becerra González J., Bednarek W., Bernardini E., Bernete J., Berti A., Besenrieder J., Bigongiari C., Biland A., Blanch O., Bonnoli G., Bošnjak , Burelli I., Busetto G., Campoy-Ordaz A., Carosi A., Carosi R., Carretero-Castrillo M., Castro-Tirado A.J., Ceribella G., Chai Y., Cifuentes A., Cikota S., Colombo E., Contreras J.L., Cortina J., Covino S., D'Amico G., D'Elia V., Da Vela P., Dazzi F., De Angelis A., De Lotto B., Del Popolo A., Delgado J., Delgado Mendez C., Depaoli D., Di Pierro F., Di Venere L., Dominis Prester D., Donini A., Dorner D., Doro M., Elsaesser D., Emery G., Escudero J., Fariña L., Fattorini A., Foffano L., Font L., Fukami S., Fukazawa Y., García López R.J., Garczarczyk M., Gasparyan S., Gaug M., Giesbrecht Paiva J.G., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gliwny P., Godinović N., Grau R., Green D., Green J.G., Hadasch D., Hahn A., Hassan T., Heckmann L., Herrera J., Hrupec D., Hütten M., Imazawa R., Inada T., Iotov R., Ishio K., Jiménez Martínez I., Jormanainen J., Kerszberg D., Kluge G.W., Kobayashi Y., Kouch P.M., Kubo H., Kushida J., Láinez Lezáun M., Lamastra A., Leone F., Lindfors E., Linhoff L., Lombardi S., Longo F., López-Coto R., López-Moya M., López-Oramas A., Loporchio S., Lorini A., Machado de Oliveira Fraga B., Majumdar P., Makariev M., Maneva G., Mang N., Manganaro M., Mangano S., Mannheim K., Mariotti M., Martínez M., Martínez-Chicharro M., Mas-Aguilar A., Mazin D., Menchiari S., Mender S., Miceli D., Miener T., Miranda J.M., Mirzoyan R., Molero González M., Molina E., Mondal H.A., Moralejo A., Morcuende D., Nakamori T., Nanci C., Nava L., Neustroev V., Nickel L., Nievas Rosillo M., Nigro C., Nikolić L., Nilsson K., Nishijima K., Njoh Ekoume T., Noda K., Nozaki S., Ohtani Y., Okumura A., Otero-Santos J., Paiano S., Palatiello M., Paneque D., Paoletti R., Paredes J.M., Pavlović D., Persic M., Pihet M., Pirola G., Podobnik F., Prada Moroni P.G., Prandini E., Principe G., Priyadarshi C., Rhode W., Ribó M., Rico J., Righi C., Sahakyan N., Saito T., Satalecka K., Saturni F.G., Schleicher B., Schmidt K., Schmuckermaier F., Schubert J.L., Schweizer T., Sciaccaluga A., Sitarek J., Sliusar V., Sobczynska D., Spolon A., Stamerra A., Strišković J., Strom D., Strzys M., Suda Y., Suutarinen S., Tajima H., Takahashi M., Takeishi R., Tavecchio F., Temnikov P., Terauchi K., Terzić T., Teshima M., Tosti L., Truzzi S., Tutone A., Ubach S., van Scherpenberg J., Vazquez Acosta M., Ventura S., Verguilov V., Viale I., Vigorito C.F., Vitale V., Vovk I., Walter R., Will M., Yamamoto T.
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the 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, Balokovic 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, Dougal ST, 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; Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

Performance and first measurements of the MAGIC stellar intensity interferometer (2024)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Abe S, Abhir J, Acciari VA, Aguasca-Cabot A, Agudo I, Aniello T, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Arbet Engels A, Arcaro C, Artero M, Asano K, Babić A, Baquero A, de Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Batković I, Bautista A, Baxter J, González JB, Bernardini E, Bernardos M, Bernete J, Berti A, Besenrieder J, Bigongiari C, Biland A, Blanch O, Bonnoli G, Bošnjak Ž, Burelli I, Busetto G, Campoy-Ordaz A, Carosi A, Carosi R, Carretero-Castrillo M, Ceribella G, Chai Y, Cifuentes A, Colombo E, Contreras JL, Cortina J, Covino S, D’Amico G, D’Elia V, Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Lotto B, de Menezes R, Del Popolo A, Delfino M, Delgado J, Mendez CD, Pierro FD, Venere LD, Prester DD, Donini A, Dorner D, Doro M, Elsaesser D, Emery G, Escudero J, Fariña L, Fattorini A, Foffano L, Font L, Fröse S, Fukami S, Fukazawa Y, López RJG, Garczarczyk M, Gasparyan S, Gaug M, Paiva JGG, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Gliwny P, Gradetzke T, Grau R, Green D, Green JG, Günther P, Hadasch D, Hahn A, Hassan T, Heckmann L, Herrera J, Hrupec D, Hütten M, Imazawa R, Ishio K, Jiménez Martínez I, Jormanainen J, Kayanoki T, Kerszberg D, Kluge GW, Kobayashi Y, Kouch PM, Kubo H, Kushida J, Láinez M, Lamastra A, Leone F, Lindfors E, Linhoff L, Lombardi S, Longo F, López-Coto R, López-Moya M, López-Oramas A, Loporchio S, Lorini A, Lyard E, Fraga BMdO, Majumdar P, Makariev M, Maneva G, Mang N, Manganaro M, Mangano S, Mannheim K, Mariotti M, Martínez M, Martínez-Chicharro M, Mas-Aguilar A, Mazin D, Menchiari S, Mender S, Miceli D, Miener T, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, González MM, Molina E, Mondal HA, Moralejo A, Morcuende D, Nakamori T, Nanci C, Neustroev V, Nickel L, Rosillo MN, Nigro C, Nikolić L, Nilsson K, Nishijima K, Ekoume TN, Noda K, Nozaki S, Ohtani Y, Okumura A, Otero-Santos J, Paiano S, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Peresano M, Persic M, Pihet M, Pirola G, Podobnik F, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Principe G, Priyadarshi C, Rhode W, Ribó M, Rico J, Righi C, Sahakyan N, Saito T, Satalecka K, Saturni FG, Schleicher B, Schmidt K, Schmuckermaier F, Schubert JL, Schweizer T, Sciaccaluga A, Silvestri G, Sitarek J, Sliusar V, Sobczynska D, Spolon A, Stamerra A, Strišković J, Strom D, Strzys M, Suda Y, Surić T, Suutarinen S, Tajima H, Takahashi M, Takeishi R, Temnikov P, Terauchi K, Terzić T, Teshima M, Truzzi S, Tutone A, Ubach S, van Scherpenberg J, Acosta MV, Ventura S, Viale I, Vigorito CF, Vitale V, Walter R, Will M, Wunderlich C, Yamamoto T, Chon G, Díaz C, Fiori M, Lobo M, Naletto G, Polo M, Rodríguez-Vázquez JJ, Saha P, Zampieri L
(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
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))