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

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87: I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis* (2024)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Akiyama K., Alberdi A., Alef W., Algaba J.C., Anantua R., Asada K., Azulay R., Bach U., Baczko A.K., Ball D., Baloković M., Bandyopadhyay B., Barrett J., Bauböck M., Benson B.A., Bintley D., Blackburn L., Blundell R., Bouman K.L., Bower G.C., Boyce H., Bremer M., Brissenden R., Britzen S., Broderick A.E., Broguiere D., Bronzwaer T., Bustamante S., Carlstrom J.E., Chael A., Chan C.K., Chang D.O., Chatterjee K., Chatterjee S., Chen M.T., Chen Y., Cheng X., Cho I., Christian P., Conroy N.S., Conway J.E., Crawford T.M., Crew G.B., Cruz-Osorio A., Cui Y., Dahale R., Davelaar J., De Laurentis M., Deane R., Dempsey J., Desvignes G., Dexter J., Dhruv V., Dihingia I.K., Doeleman S.S., Dzib S.A., Eatough R.P., Emami R., Falcke H., Farah J., Fish V.L., Fomalont E., Ford H.A., Foschi M., Fraga-Encinas R., Freeman W.T., Friberg P., Fromm C.M., Fuentes A., Galison P., Gammie C.F., García R., Gentaz O., Georgiev B., Goddi C., Gold R., Gómez-Ruiz A.I., Gómez J.L., Gu M., Gurwell M., Hada K., Haggard D., Hesper R., Heumann D., Ho L.C., Ho P., Honma M., Huang C.W.L., Huang L., Hughes D.H., Ikeda S., Violette Impellizzeri C.M., Inoue M., Issaoun S., James D.J., Jannuzi B.T., Janssen M., Jeter B., Jiang W., Jiménez-Rosales A., Johnson M.D., Jorstad S., Jones A.C., Joshi A.V., Jung T., Karuppusamy R., Kawashima T., Keating G.K., Kettenis M., Kim D.J., Kim J.Y., Kim J., Kim J., Kino M., Koay J.Y., Kocherlakota P., Kofuji Y., Koch P.M., Koyama S., Kramer C., Kramer J.A., Kramer M., Krichbaum T.P., Kuo C.Y., La Bella N., Lee S.S., Levis A., Li Z., Lico R., Lindahl G., Lindqvist M., Lisakov M., Liu J., Liu K., Liuzzo E., Lo W.P., Lobanov A.P., Loinard L., Lonsdale C.J., Lowitz A.E., Lu R.S., MacDonald N.R., Mao J., Marchili N., Markoff S., Marrone D.P., Marscher A.P., Martí-Vidal I., Matsushita S., Matthews L.D., Medeiros L., Menten K.M., Mizuno I., Mizuno Y., Montgomery J., Moran J.M., Moriyama K., Moscibrodzka M., Mulaudzi W., Müller C., Müller H., Mus A., Musoke G., Myserlis I., Nagai H., Nagar N.M., Nakamura M., Narayanan G., Natarajan I., Nathanail A., Fuentes S.N., Neilsen J., Ni C., Nowak M.A., Oh J., Okino H., Olivares H., Oyama T., Özel F., Palumbo D.C.M., Paraschos G.F., Park J., Parsons H., Patel N., Pen U.L., Pesce D.W., Piétu V., Popstefanija A., Porth O., Prather B., Psaltis D., Pu H.Y., Ramakrishnan V., Rao R., Rawlings M.G., Raymond A.W., Rezzolla L., Ricarte A., Ripperda B., Roelofs F., Romero-Cañizales C., Ros E., Roshanineshat A., Rottmann H., Roy A.L., Ruiz I., Ruszczyk C., Rygl K.L.J., Sánchez S., Sánchez-Argüelles D., Sánchez-Portal M., Sasada M., Satapathy K., Savolainen T., Schloerb F.P., Schonfeld J., Schuster K.F., Shao L., Shen Z., Small D., Sohn B.W., Soohoo J., Salas L.D.S., Souccar K., Stanway J.S., Sun H., Tazaki F., Tetarenko A.J., Tiede P., Tilanus R.P.J., Titus M., Toma K., Torne P., Toscano T., Traianou E., Trent T., Trippe S., Turk M., Van Bemmel I., Van Langevelde H.J., Van Rossum D.R., Vos J., Wagner J., Ward-Thompson D., Wardle J., Washington J.E., Weintroub J., Wharton R., Wielgus M., Wiik K., Witzel G., Wondrak M.F., Wong G.N., Wu Q., Yadlapalli N., Yamaguchi P., Yfantis A., Yoon D., Young A., Younsi Z., Yu W., Yuan F., Yuan Y.F., Anton Zensus J., Zhang S., Zhao G.Y., Zhao S.S., Allardi A., Chang S.H., Chang C.C., Chang S.C., Chen C.C., Chilson R., Faber A., Gale D.M., Han C.C., Han K.C., Hasegawa Y., Hernández-Rebollar J.L., Huang Y.D., Jiang H., Jinchi H., Kimura K., Kubo D., Li C.T., Lin L.C.C., Liu C.T., Liu K.Y., Lu L.M., Martin-Cocher P., Meyer-Zhao Z., Montaña A., Moraghan A., Moreno-Nolasco M.E., Nishioka H., Norton T.J., Nystrom G., Ogawa H., Oshiro P., Pradel N., Principe G., Raffin P., Rodríguez-Montoya I., Shaw P., Snow W., Sridharan T.K., Srinivasan R., Wei T.S., Yu C.Y.; The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Evidence of Jet Activity from the Secondary Black Hole in the OJ 287 Binary System (2024)

Astrophysical Journal Letters
Valtonen, Mauri J.; Zola, Staszek; Gupta, Alok C.; Kishore, Shubham; Gopakumar, Achamveedu; Jorstad, Svetlana G.; Wiita, Paul J.; Gu, Minfeng; Nilsson, Kari; Marscher, Alan P.; Zhang, Zhongli; Hudec, Rene; Matsumoto, Katsura; Drozdz, Marek; Ogloza, Waldemar; Berdyugin, Andrei V.; Reichart, Daniel E.; Mugrauer, Markus; Dey, Lankeswar; Pursimo, Tapio; Lehto, Harry J.; Ciprini, Stefano; Nakaoka, T.; Uemura, M.; Imazawa, Ryo; Zejmo, Michal; Kouprianov, Vladimir V.; Davidson Jr, James W.; Sadun, Alberto; Strobl, Jan; Weaver, Z. R.; Jelinek, Martin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)

Ordered magnetic fields around the 3C 84 central black hole (2024)

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Paraschos G, Kim J, Wielgus M, Röder J, Krichbaum T, Ros E, Agudo I, Myserlis I, Moscibrodzka M, Traianou E, Zensus J, Blackburn L, Chan C, Issaoun S, Janssen M, Johnson M, Fish V, Akiyama K, Alberdi A, Alef W, Algaba J, Anantua R, Asada K, Azulay R, Bach U, Baczko A, Ball D, Baloković M, Barrett J, Bauböck M, Benson B, Bintley D, Blundell R, Bouman K, Bower G, Boyce H, Bremer M, Brinkerink C, Brissenden R, Britzen S, Broderick A, Broguiere D, Bronzwaer T, Bustamante S, Byun D, Carlstrom J, Ceccobello C, Chael A, Chang D, Chatterjee K, Chatterjee S, Chen M, Chen Y, Cheng X, Cho I, Christian P, Conroy N, Conway J, Cordes J, Crawford T, Crew G, Cruz-Osorio A, Cui Y, Dahale R, Davelaar J, De Laurentis M, Deane R, Dempsey J, Desvignes G, Dexter J, Dhruv V, Doeleman S, Dougal S, Dzib S, Eatough R, Emami R, Falcke H, Farah J, Fomalont E, Ford H, Foschi M, Fraga-Encinas R, Freeman W, Friberg P, Fromm C, Fuentes A, Galison P, Gammie C, García R, Gentaz O, Georgiev B, Goddi C, Gold R, Gómez-Ruiz A, Gómez J, Gu M, Gurwell M, Hada K, Haggard D, Haworth K, Hecht M, Hesper R, Heumann D, Ho L, Ho P, Honma M, Huang C, Huang L, Hughes D, Ikeda S, Impellizzeri C, Inoue M, James D, Jannuzi B, Jeter B, Jaing W, Jiménez-Rosales A, Jorstad S, Joshi A, Jung T, Karami M, Karuppusamy R, Kawashima T, Keating G, Kettenis M, Kim D, Kim J, Kim J, Kino M, Koay J, Kocherlakota P, Kofuji Y, Koch P, Koyama S, Kramer C, Kramer J, Kramer M, Kuo C, La Bella N, Lauer T, Lee D, Lee S, Leung P, Levis A, Li Z, Lico R, Lindahl G, Lindqvist M, Lisakov M, Liu J, Liu K, Liuzzo E, Lo W, Lobanov A, Loinard L, Lonsdale C, Lowitz A, Lu R, MacDonald N, Mao J, Marchili N, Markoff S, Marrone D, Marscher A, Martí-Vidal I, Matsushita S, Matthews L, Medeiros L, Menten K, Michalik D, Mizuno I, Mizuno Y, Moran J, Moriyama K, Mulaudzi W, Müller C, Müller H, Mus A, Musoke G, Nadolski A, Nagai H, Nagar N, Nakamura M, Narayanan G, Natarajan I, Nathanail A, Navarro Fuentes S, Neilsen J, Neri R, Ni C, Noutsos A, Nowak M, Oh J, Okino H, Olivares H, Ortiz-León G, Oyama T, ÖZel F, Palumbo D, Park J, Parsons H, Patel N, Pen U, Piétu V, Plambeck R, Popstefanija A, Porth O, Pötzl F, Prather B, Preciado-López J, Psaltis D, Pu H, Ramakrishnan V, Rao R, Rawlings M, Raymond A, Rezzolla L, Ricarte A, Ripperda B, Roelofs F, Rogers A, Romero-Cañizales C, Roshanineshat A, Rottmann H, Roy A, Ruiz I, Ruszczyk C, Rygl K, Sánchez S, Sánchez-Argüelles D, Sánchez-Portal M, Sasada M, Satapathy K, Savolainen T, Schloerb F, Schonfeld J, Schuster K, Shao L, Shen Z, Small D, Sohn B, Soohoo J, Sosapanta Salas L, Souccar K, Sun H, Tazaki F, Tetarenko A, Tiede P, Tilanus R, Titus M, Torne P, Toscano T, Trent T, Trippe S, Turk M, Van Bemmel I, Van Langevelde H, Van Rossum D, Vos J, Wagner J, Ward-Thompson D, Wardle J, Washington J, Weintroub J, Wharton R, Wiik K, Witzel G, Wondrak M, Wong G, Wu Q, Yadlapalli N, Yamaguchi P, Yfantis A, Yoon D, Young A, Young K, Younsi Z, Yu W, Yuan F, Yuan Y, Zhang S, Zhao G, Zhao S
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))