Max-Planck-Institut
  für extraterrestrische Physik

Eine Sammlung besonderer Forschungsergebnisse
für den Fachbeirat 2004

Dies ist eine Sammlung wichtiger Forschungsergebnisse der Jahre 2002 bis 2004 die dem Fachbeirat  bei seinem Institutsbesuch präsentiert wurden, der vom 29. November bis 1. Dezember 2004 stattfand. Diese Sammlung soll sowohl eine umfassende Übersicht geben als auch detaillierte Informationen über Forschungsergebnisse, wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, experimentelle Projekte und Detektorentwicklungen. Es ergänzt daher die Jahresberichte dieses Zeitraums. Die Autoren der einzelnen Poster sind aufgeführt und für den Inhalt allein verantwortlich. Es wurde kein Versuch gemacht die Beiträge der Gruppen abzugleichen oder Vollständigkeit zu erreichen. Die Beiträge sind in der Form eines Mini-Posters gestaltet und alle in englischer Sprache. Die wichtigsten Beiträge der einzelnen Abschnitte sind zu deren Beginn aufgeführt und in Fettdruck hervorgehoben. Das Datenformat ist durchgängig pdf. Inhalt Solar System Physics Stellar Evolution and the Interstellar Medium Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei Large Scale Structure and Cosmology Complex Plasmas Technology Transfer Experimental / Hardware Projects

Ganzes Buch (pdf, 60 MB!)

Solar System Physics

Diffuse Upstream Ions at the Earth`s Foreshock
Auroral Acceleration in thin Electric Layers

Magnetopause Current Determination
Characteristics of the Dawn side Magnetopause
Oxygen Outflow in the Cusp and Polar Cap Regions
Spatio - Temporal Coherence of O+ Outflows
Plasma Convection across the Polar Cap
Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling: Substorms
Auroral Arc Electrodynamics from Satellite Data
Wave Spectra in Auroral Acceleration Layers
Localized Electric Auroral Wave Fields
General Linear Mirror Mode Theory
Structure of Quasi-Perpendicular Shocks
Ionic Charge States in Impulsive SEP Events
Solar Flare g-rays observed with INTEGRAL/SPI
Discovery of X-rays from Mars with Chandra
X-ray emissions from Saturn
The Asteroid Preparatory Programme

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Stellar Evolution and the Interstellar Medium

Interstellar emission in hard X-rays / soft gamma-rays

Early stages of massive star formation
IMF of the Massive Star-forming regions
Outflows from Super Star Clusters in Starbursts
Star and Planet-Formation - Theory
Formation-Theory across the Substeller Limit
Planet-Formation Theory
Dynamical mass of a binary L-dwarf
Thermal Isolated Neutron Stars
Searching for X-ray dim Isolated Neutron Stars
Optical polarization measurements of the Crab
Revealing the X-ray emission processes of old rotation-powered pulsars:
XMM-Newton observations of PSR B0950+08, B0823+26 and J2043+27
A multi-wavelength search for a counterpart of the
brightest unidentified gamma-ray source 3EG J2020+4017
A new view of Vela X-1
NGC 253 X-17: The first eclipsing X-ray binary outside the Local Group
The black hole Cygnus X-1 as seen by INTEGRAL
M33 X-7: An eclipsing black hole XRB?
Following the evolution of IGR J17464-3213
GRB 030329: Jets and Supernova connection
Discovery of the near-IR Afterglow of GRB 030528
GRBs observed in the FoV of INTEGRAL
Gamma-Ray Bursts detected by SPI-ACS
Spectroscopy of ²⁶Al in the Galaxy
Gamma rays from ²⁶Al in the Galaxy
⁴⁴Ti and Rate of Supernovae in the Galaxy
Search for ⁴⁴Ti emission from GRO J0852-4642
e⁺ Annihilation in the Galaxy
Spectroscopy of the UMa association
X-ray shadowing and the Local Interstellar Medium
Galactic GeV gamma-ray excess and gradient
Towards the 2. COMPTEL Source Catalog
Differential Photometry with variable Reference Stars
Background and Sources: a joint estimation method

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Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei

The Galactic Center
Discovery of a Binary Black Hole in NGC 6240
Relativistic Fe lines in the mean X-ray spectra of AGN

The Orbit of S2 in the Galactic Center
Infrared Flares in the Galactic Center
The Stellar Population in the Galactic Center
The Distance to the Galactic Center
The strongest X-ray flare from Sgr A*
A new effect of General Relativity and the determination of mass and spin of black holes
ISM and star formation in the LMC N4 HII complex
WeCAPP - Searching for Dark Matter in M31
XMM-Newton survey of M 31 and M 33
ISO spectra of NGC6240: Strong starburst and AGN
SPIFFI imaging spectroscopy of NGC 6240
Molecular Hydrogen Excitation in ULIRGs
Gas & dust in the HyLIG BALQSO IRAS14026+4341
The Nature of Starburst Activity in M82
Nuclear Dynamics and Star Formation in Mkn 231
Nuclear Dynamics and Star Formation in NGC 7469
A MIR spectroscopic atlas of starburst galaxies
PAHs in energetic extragalactic environments
Dust attenuation in a galaxy like the Milky Way
ERGs: dust attenuation and classification
Molecular Gas in Two Lyman Break Galaxies
Detection of a compact dwarf galaxy at birth?
Orbital mapping of early-type galaxy dynamics
Dark matter and stellar orbits in flattened ellipticals
Large-scale ordered motion in a z=3.24 galaxy core
Black Holes in Pseudobulges and Bulgeless Galaxies
Growing Black Holes: Tidal Disruption of Stars
Infrared vs. hard X-rays: A test of AGN unification
Search for the 4.7µm CO band: AGN tori vs. shells?
Exploring the central kpc in Seyfert galaxies
XMM-Newton observations of NLS1
Sub-mm detection of a high-z Type 2 QSO
A large sample of quasars observed with XMM-Newton
Fe Ka lines in AGN observed with XMM-Newton
Multifrequency Observations of the Gamma-Ray Blazar 3C 279 in Low State
Acceleration in Relativistic Pair-Reconnection
Synchrotron Radiation in Pair-Reconnection

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Large Scale Structure and Cosmology

SPIFFI Observes an Old, Fat, and Rich Starburst
The Star Formation history in FDF & GOODS fields
Stellar Masses of Field Galaxies from MUNICS and FDF
Probing Turbulence in the Coma Galaxy Cluster

Evolution of the Luminosity Function in the FDF
XMM-Newton observations of the Lockman Hole
Mid-IR emission from X-ray sources in the Lockman Hole
The Extended Chandra Deep Field South
Resolving the X-ray background with Chandra
Evolution of AGN in the Cosmic web
Anti-hierarchical Evolution of AGN
CO Detections of Luminous Submm Galaxies
Sub-arcsecond mm imaging of submm galaxies
The faint counterparts of MAMBO mm galaxies
The High Redshift Galaxy Spectroscopic Imaging Survey in the Near-Infrared
with SINFONI (SINS)
High Redshift Galaxies and the Sources of Reionization
AGB stars to date high-z galaxies with Spitzer
Age indicators for galaxies up to z~1
The ESO Distant Cluster Survey (EDisCS)
EPIC-XMM-Newton Observations of two nearby Galaxy Clusters
High Redshift Double Cluster of Galaxies:
XMM-Newton observations of RX J1053.7+5735 at z ~ 1.1 in the Lockman Hole
Dark matter and gas entropy in poor clusters
The Velocity Dispersion of Poor Groups of Galaxies
Exploring the Structure of Galaxy Clusters at z ~ 0.3
The All-Sky ROSAT X-ray Cluster Survey
Cosmology with X-ray Clusters
Probing Dark Energy with OmegaCAM
Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background

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Complex Plasmas

Highly Resolved Fluid Flows - "Liquid Plasmas" at the Kinetic Level
Momentum Transfer in Complex Plasmas

Kinetics of non-Hamiltonian ensembles
Phase States of Complex Plasmas
The adaptive electrode in electronegative plasma
The adaptive electrode: complex-plasma manipulation (how to move particles using RF)
Study of the Crystallisation Process of Complex Plasmas
Crystallization waves in complex plasma: numerical simulations
Electrostatic Modes in Collisional Complex Plasmas under Microgravity Conditions
Vertical wave packets in a 2D complex plasma
Wave modes in a 2D complex (dusty) plasma
Origin of the curved nature of Mach cone wings in complex plasmas
Wave dispersion relation of two-dimensional plasma crystals in a magnetic field
Agglomerations of Magnetized Particles in Complex Plasmas
Vertical oscillations of paramagnetic particles in complex plasmas
Measurement of the micro particle charge in a weakly ionized plasma of a dc discharge
Particle Growth Experiments (PAGE)

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Technology Transfer

Non-linear Dynamics of the Atomic Force Microscope

Unveiling non-linearities via the Structure Analysis of Fourier Phase Maps
Image Enhancement Using Information Measures
Particle Tracking Using an Evolutionary Approach
Molecular Simulations of the Dynamics of Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Networks
Sand Grains as Indicator for Water on Mars
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Brain Activity
Structure Analysis of Proximal Femur HRMRI`s using a
3D Anisotropic Method for the Prediction of Mechanical Strength
Using 3-dim Scaling Properties in Magnetic Resonance Images
for the Prediction of Osteoporotic Fractures
Topological Analysis of Bone Structures Based on Minkowski Functionals
Discrimination of Biological Cell Components using Minkowski Functionals

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Experimental / Hardware Projects

Technical Groups at MPE
Mechanical Engineering
Electronics
MPI Halbleiterlabor
Photodetector Array Camera & Spectrometer (PACS) for the ESA Herschel Space Observatory
Herschel - PACS On-Ground Calibration
The PACS Electrical Ground Support System at MPE
Stressed Ge:Ga Far Infrared Detector Arrays for Herschel/PACS and SOFIA/FIFI LS
FIFI LS: A Far-Infrared Field-Imaging Line Spectrometer for SOFIA
GaAs BIB detector development
SPIFFI / SINFONI: First Light at the VLT
PARSEC - the laser for the VLT
KMOS - a NIR multi IFU spectrograph for the VLT
Image Selection and Image Slicing for KMOS
Participation in and Status of the LBT
The LUCIFER Multi-Object-Spectroscopy Unit
OmegaCAM
Astro-WISE
GROND - GRB Optical/NIR Detector
pnCCD for Low Light Level Optical Photons
High-Speed CCDs for optical and NIR astronomy
The PANTER X-ray Test Facility
X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectrometer (XEUS)
The Wide Field Imager for XEUS
DEPMOSFET sensor matrix prototypes for the XEUS Wide Field Imager
XTRA - XEUS Timing for Relativistic Astronomy
From XMM-Newton to XEUS
Dark Universe Observatory (DUO)
The DUO X-ray Camera
Frame store PN-CCD for the DUO mission
Characterization of silicon detectors using the Mesh method
DEPFET Macro Pixel Detectors
Silicon Drift Detectors - in Heaven and on Earth
Glass segmented mirrors for large X-Ray Optics
X-ray optics with ultra high angular resolution
SPI Gamma-Ray Spectrometer on INTEGRAL
Swift at MPE
GBM - a Burst Monitor for GLAST
The MEGA Project
Calibration of the MEGA Prototype
MEGA: measuring polarization in gamma-rays
The Compton Camera Imager
X and Gamma Ray Detection with SDDs
CAST - CERN Axion Solar Telescope
PKE-Nefedov: Complex Plasmas on the ISS
PK-3 Plus - Future Experiments on the ISS
The Complex Plasma Experiment PK-4

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