Solar and stellar astrophysics

• Research group Prof. Dr. S. Dreizler
  Stellar Atmospheres, extra-solar planets, pulsating stars, late stages of stellar evolution, Instrumentation projects
       Group Dr. F. V. Hessman, Gruppe Dr. H. Nicklas,
       Group Dr. K. Reinsch, Group Dr. S. Schuh


• Research group Prof. Dr. L. Gizon
  Physics of the interior of the sun and sun-like stars


• Research group Prof. Dr. W. Glatzel
  Theoretical and numerical astrophysics, astrophysical fluid mechanics, stellar structure, stability and evolution, physics of accretions discs


• Research group Prof. Dr. A. Reiners
  Activity and magnetic fields in stars, brown dwarfs and planets, extrasolar planets, instrumentation


• Research group Dr. V. Bothmer
  Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Solar Activity and Space Weather, Space Instrumentation and Missions

Extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology

• Research group Prof. Dr. W. Kollatschny
  Structure and kinematic in the cores of active galaxies, environment of Black Holes, properties of AGN-hostgalaxies and its large-scale galactic environment


• Research group Prof. Dr. J. Niemeyer
  Physics of the early universe, inflation in string theory, primordial fluctuations, cosmological structure formation, computational cosmology
       Group Dr. Wolfram Schmidt


• Research group Prof. Dr. D. Schleicher
  The first stars and galaxies, formation of supermassive black holes, active galactic nuclei, dwarf galaxies, magnetic fields in the early universe

Astrophysical research and collaborative projects

• CRC 963 Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence


• RTG 1351 Extrasolar Planets and their Host Stars


• International Max Planck Research School


• AstroMundus International Masters Course


• MICADO - '1st Light' Camera for deep observations at the ESO/E-ELT (PT-DESY 05A11MG1)


• ERASMUS-F - precursor study for the E-ELT


• MUSE/D3Dnet: Optical 3D-Spectroscopy at ESO-VLT (PT-DESY 05A11MG4)


• OmegaCAM - Development and construction of the CCD-Camera for the ESO/VLT-Survey-Telescope (PT-DESY 05AV2MGA)


• FORS1 u. FORS2 - Development and construction of the two UV-visual Focal Reducing / Low Resolution Spectrographs for the ESO/VLT (PT-DESY 05AV9MGA)