Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam Sonnenobservatorium Einsteinturm

Members: Dr. Jürgen Rendtel

• Solar physics:
  Optical: spectropolarimetry using the telescope and spectrograph of the Solar Observatory Einsteinturm
  technical works at the VTT and GREGOR telescopes at Tenerife
  Radio: Data management of the Tremsdorf spectrographic data
  support of works for the AIP LOFAR station
  Solar Orbiter/AIP STIX-team member:

Publications on solar physics:

• J. Rendtel et al.: Sunspot oscillations from SUMER spectra
  Poster presented at the conference `A Crossroads for European Solar and Heliospheric Physics'. Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, March 23-27, 1998.
  
• J. Staude et al.: Oscillations in a sunspot transition region observed with SOHO.
  Poster presented at the conference `SOHO 6/GONG 98 Workshop', Boston, USA, June 1-4, 1998.
  
• J. Rendtel et al.: SUMER Observations of Intensity Oscillations in the Transition Region of a Sunspot.
  In: 3rd Advances in Solar Physics Euroconference, Magnetic Fields and Oscillations, ASP Conference Series, 1999, 271-275.
  
• J. Staude, J. Rendtel, H. Balthasar, Y.D. Zhugzhda: Oscillations in sunspots: Observations and modelling.
  Proc. 9th European Meeting on Solar Physics: Magnetic Fields and Solar Processes. Florence, Italy, 12-18 September, 1999, pp. 373-378. Proceedings published in ESA SP Series (SP-448)
  
• J. Rendtel: Oszillationen in der Chromosphäre-Korona-Übergangsregion von Sonnenflecken.
  Diss. Universität Potsdam, 2001.
  
• J. Rendtel, J. Staude, W. Curdt: Observation of oscillations in the transition region above sunspots.
  Astron. Astrophys. 410, 2003, 315-321.
  
• A. Hofmann, J. Rendtel, K.Arlt: Toward polarimetry with GREGOR - Testing the GREGOR Polarimetric Unit
  Central European Astrophysical Bulletin, 33, 2009, 317-325
  

Publications on other astronomical topics, mainly meteors:

• J. Rendtel: Almost 50 years of visual Geminid observations.
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 32, 2004
  
• J. Rendtel: Evolution of the Geminids Observed Over 60 Years Earth, Moon, Planets; DOI: 10.1007/s11038-004-6958-5 (14 Sep 2005) - refereed
• R. Arlt, J. Rendtel: The activity of the 2004 Geminid meteor shower from global visual observations.
  MNRAS 367, 2006, 1721-1726.
  
• J. Rendtel: Visual sporadic meteor rates.
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 34, 2006, 71-76
  
• R. Arlt, J. Rendtel: A new working list of meteor showers.
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 34, 2006, 77-84
  
• J. Rendtel, R. Arlt: The Lyrid meteor shower in 2006 and 2007
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 35 2008, 74-78
  
• J. Rendtel: Visual observations of the Aurigid peak on 2007 September 1
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 35 2008, 108-112
  
• S. Molau, J. Rendtel: A comprehensive list of meteor showers obtained from 10 years of observations with the IMO Video Meteor Network
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 37 2009, 98-121
  
• J. Rendtel, S. Molau: Meteor activity from the Perseus-Auriga region in September and October
  WGN, Journal of the IMO, 38 2010, 161-166
  

Recently published: J. Rendtel, R. Arlt: Meteore. Oculum-Verlag

Previous affilations:

• 1979-1981: Magnetospheric physics, Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (for Solar-Terrestrial Physics)
  
• 1981-1991: Optical solar physics, Solar Observatory Einsteinturm
  
• 1991-1996: Software for analysis of spectra obtained with the Echelle-Zeeman-Spektrograph TRAFICOS, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP)
  
• 1996: Coordination of project SPECTRUM-UV, AIP
  
• 1997-2001: Solar physics - analysis of SUMER data, AIP
  
• from 2001: Optical solar observations - spectropolarimetry Einsteinturm; VTT & GREGOR
  and Solar radio observations - Tremsdorf spectrographic data; LOFAR
  

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