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

X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630–47 Challenges the Standard Thin Accretion Disk Scenario (2024)

Astrophysical Journal
Ratheesh A, Dovčiak M, Krawczynski H, Podgorný J, Marra L, Veledina A, Suleimanov VF, Cavero NR, Steiner JF, Svoboda J, Marinucci A, Bianchi S, Negro M, Matt G, Tombesi F, Poutanen J, Ingram A, Taverna R, West A, Karas V, Ursini F, Soffitta P, Capitanio F, Viscolo D, Manfreda A, Muleri F, Parra M, Beheshtipour B, Chun S, Cibrario N, Lalla ND, Fabiani S, Hu K, Kaaret P, Loktev V, Mikušincová R, Mizuno T, Omodei N, Petrucci P, Puccetti S, Rankin J, Zane S, Zhang S, Agudo I, Antonelli LA, Bachetti M, Baldini L, Baumgartner WH, Bellazzini R, Bongiorno SD, Bonino R, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Castellano S, Cavazzuti E, Chen C, Ciprini S, Costa E, Rosa AD, Monte ED, Gesu LD, Marco AD, Donnarumma I, Doroshenko V, Ehlert SR, Enoto T, Evangelista Y, Ferrazzoli R, Garcia JA, Gunji S, Hayashida K, Heyl J, Iwakiri W, Jorstad SG, Kislat F, Kitaguchi T, Kolodziejczak JJ, Monaca FL, Latronico L, Liodakis I, Maldera S, Marin F, Marscher AP, Marshall HL, Massaro F, Mitsuishi I, Ng SC, O’Dell SL, Oppedisano C, Papitto A, Pavlov GG, Peirson AL, Perri M, Pesce-Rollins M, Pilia M, Possenti A, Ramsey BD, Roberts OJ, Romani RW, Sgrò C, Slane P, Spandre G, Swartz DA, Tamagawa T, Tavecchio F, Tawara Y, Tennant AF, Thomas NE, Trois A, Tsygankov SS, Turolla R, Vink J, Weisskopf MC, Wu K, Xie F
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope (2024)

Astrophysical Journal
Albert A., Alves S., Andre M., Ardid M., Ardid S., Aubert J. -J., Aublin J., Baret B., Basa S., Becherini Y., Belhorma B., Bendahman M., Benfenati F., Bertin V., Biagi S., Bissinger M., Boumaaza J., Bouta M., Bouwhuis M. C., Branzas H., Bruijn R., Brunner J., Busto J., Caiffi B., Calvo D., Campion S., Capone A., Caramete L., Carenini F., Carr J., Carretero V., Celli S., Cerisy L., Chabab M., El Moursli R. Cherkaoui, Chiarusi T., Circella M., Coelho J. A. B., Coleiro A., Coniglione R., Coyle P., Creusot A., Cruz A. S. M., Diaz A. F., De Martino B., Distefano C., Di Palma I., Domi A., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Drouhin D., Eberl T., van Eeden T., van Eijk D., El Hedri S., El Khayati N., Enzenhofer A., Fermani P., Ferrara G., Filippini F., Fusco L., Gagliardini S., Garcia J., Oliver C. Gatius, Gay P., Geisselbrecht N., Glotin H., Gozzini R., Ruiz R. Gracia, Graf K., Guidi C., Haegel L., Hallmann S., Van Haren H., Heijboer A. J., Hello Y., Hernandez-Rey J. J., Hoessl J., Hofestaedt J., Huang F., Illuminati G., James C. W., Jisse-Jung B., de Jong M., de Jong P., Kadler M., Kalekin O., Katz U., Kouchner A., Kovalev Y. A., Kovalev Y. Y., Kreykenbohm I., Kulikovskiy V., Lahmann R., Lamoureux M., Lazo A., Lefevre D., Leonora E., Levi G., Le Stum S., Lopez-Coto D., Loucatos S., Maderer L., Manczak J., Marcelin M., Margiotta A., Marinelli A., Martinez-Mora J. A., Migliozzi P., Moussa A., Muller R., Navas S., Nezri E., Fearraigh B. O., Oukacha E., Paun A., Pavalas G. E., Pena-Martinez S., Perrin-Terrin M., Pestel V., Piattelli P., Plavin A., Poire C., Popa V., Pradier T., Pushkarev A., Randazzo N., Real D., Reck S., Riccobene G., Romanov A., Sanchez-Losa A., Saina A., Salesa Greus F., Samtleben D. F. E., Sanguineti M., Sapienza P., Schnabel J., Schumann J., Schussler F., Seneca J., Spurio M., Stolarczyk Th., Taiuti M., Tayalati Y., Tingay S. J., Troitsky S., Vallage B., Vannoye G., Van Elewyck V., Viola S., Vivolo D., Wilms J., Zavatarelli S., Zegarelli A., Zornoza J. D., Zuniga J., Hovatta T., Kiehlmann S., Liodakis I., Pavlidou V., Readhead A. C. S.
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))

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
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))