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The Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) is dedicated to astrophysical questions ranging from the exploration of our Sun to the evolution of the cosmos. It focuses on the study of cosmic magnetic fields, extragalactic astrophysics and the development of research technologies in the fields of spectroscopy, robotic telescopes and E-science.

The Babelsberg research campus.On the left, the Schwarzschildhaus with its glass façade and peaked roof; on the right, the historic metal-domed building of the library. In the background, the white main dome of the Humboldthaus is visible through trees.

Journey into space on land and on water

In May, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) will participate in two event formats as part of the BMBF Science Year “Our Universe”: the roadshow "Universe on Tour" and the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft. Both the ship and the planetarium can be visited for free.

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Science Year 2023 – Our Universe

In the course of the Science Year 2023, the AIP will actively participate in various events and formats.

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Research Area I: Cosmic Magnetic Fields

Cosmic events are determined by two natural forces: gravity and magnetic fields. The magnetic field research at the AIP is mainly focused on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, the magnetically induced activities on the Sun and the stars, solar coronaphysics as well as space weather in our solar system and on planets around other stars.

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Research Area II: Extragalactic Astrophysics

Galaxies are fundamental cosmic building blocks. At the largest scales, they serve as markers to study the distribution of matter in the universe - active galaxies and quasars are particularly important because of their intrinsic brightness. Nearby objects can be spatially resolved and consist of populations with very different patterns of motion, star formation histories and chemical abundances.

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Research Campus Babelsberg

On the Babelsberg campus of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), you can take a journey through the history of astronomy from the beginning of the last century in just a few steps. In 1913, today's Humboldthaus became the new home of the Berlin Observatory, which moved from the ever-growing city to the then undisturbed Babelsberg night sky.

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Latest News

Talks on 18th May on the LOFAR radio telescope and galaxy clusters

May 16, 2023

On Thursday, 18th May 2023, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) offers two public lectures: a virtual talk on the topic "LOFAR: A next generation radio telescope" will be broadcasted on the YouTube channel "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben" in the virtual Babelsberg Starry Nights series, and a live talk will be given in the mobile planetarium of the "Universe on Tour" roadshow at the Luisenplatz in Potsdam. Please note that both lectures will be given in German.

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Journey into space on land and on water

May 10, 2023

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The Many Scales of the Magnetic Sun

May 8, 2023

More than 100 scientists meet from 8 to 12 May in Potsdam for the SOLARNET II Conference: “The Many Scales of the Magnetic Sun”.

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Latest Publications

Kinematics of stellar substructures in the small magellanic cloud

El Youssoufi, D., Cioni, M.-R. L., Kacharov, N., Bell, C. P. M., Matjević, G., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 1, 347 – Published July 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1339, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo

Confident detection of doubly ionized thorium in the extreme Ap star CPD-62° 2717

Chojnowski, S. D., Hubrig, S., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 4, 5931 – Published July 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1355, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets

The first X-ray look at SMSS J114447.77-430859.3: the most luminous quasar in the last 9 Gyr

Kammoun, E. S., ... Krumpe, M., ... Urrutia, T., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 4, 5217 – Published July 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad952, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: X-ray Astronomy, Galaxies and Quasars, 3D and Multi Object Spectroscopy

Correction to: Spectrally resolved cosmic rays - II. Momentum-dependent cosmic ray diffusion drives powerful galactic winds

Girichidis, P., Pfrommer, C., Pakmor, R., Springel, V.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4, 5410 – Published June 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad810, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

Unravelling optical and X-ray properties of the disc-dominated intermediate polar IGR J15094-6649

Joshi, A., ... Schwope, A., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4, 6156 – Published June 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad933, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: X-ray Astronomy

Are magnetic fields universal in O-type multiple systems?

Hubrig, S., Järvinen, S. P., Ilyin, I., Schöller, M., Jayaraman, R.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4, 6228 – Published June 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad730, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets, High-resolution Spectroscopy and Polarimetry

Impact of jets on kilonova photometric and polarimetric emission from binary neutron star mergers

Shrestha, M., ... Markin, I., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1583, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

The impact of early massive mergers on the chemical evolution of Milky Way-like galaxies: insights from NIHAO-UHD simulations

Buck, T., ... Ratcliffe, B., ... Minchev, I., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1503, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume

Sunspot positions from observations by Flaugergues in the Dalton Minimum

Illarionov, E., Arlt, R.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1489, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Magnetohydrodynamics and Turbulence

Active galactic nucleus jet feedback in hydrostatic halos

Weinberger, R., ... Ehlert, K., Pfrommer, C., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad1396, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

The Magnificent Five Images of Supernova Refsdal: Time Delay and Magnification Measurements

Kelly, P. L., ... Schmidt, K. B., ...

The Astrophysical Journal, 948, 2, 93 – Published May 2023

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac4ccb, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Galaxies and Quasars

Study of Global Photospheric and Chromospheric Flows Using Local Correlation Tracking and Machine Learning Methods I: Methodology and Uncertainty Estimates

Li, Q., ... Verma, M., Denker, C., ...

Solar Physics, 298, 5, 62 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1007/s11207-023-02158-x, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Solar Physics

An Efficient, Time-Dependent High Speed Stream Model and Application to Solar Wind Forecasts

Kay, C., Nieves‐Chinchilla, T., Hofmeister, S. J., Palmerio, E.

Space Weather, 21, 5, e2023SW003443 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1029/2023SW003443, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Solar Physics

StarHorse results for spectroscopic surveys and Gaia DR3: Chrono-chemical populations in the solar vicinity, the genuine thick disk, and young alpha-rich stars

Queiroz, A. B. A., ... Chiappini, C., Khalatyan, A., ... Nepal, S., Steinmetz, M., ... Valentini, M., ... Khoperskov, S., Minchev, I., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A155 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245399, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, IT Services, Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo

Milky Way globular clusters on cosmological timescales. I. Evolution of the orbital parameters in time-varying potentials

Ishchenko, M., ... Khoperskov, S., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A152 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245117, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume

Resolved stellar population properties of PHANGS-MUSE galaxies

Pessa, I. et al.

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A147 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245673, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Galaxies and Quasars

The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter

Xiao, H., ... Schuller, F., ... Warmuth, A., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A142 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346031, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Solar Physics

The cosmic web of X-ray active galactic nuclei seen through the eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS)

Comparat, J., ... Krumpe, M., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A122 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245726, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: X-ray Astronomy

The rotation period distribution in the young open cluster NGC 6709

Cole-Kodikara, E. M., Barnes, S. A., Weingrill, J., Granzer, T.

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A119 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245441, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Stellar Activity, Telescope Control and Robotics

The distribution of globular clusters in kinematic spaces does not trace the accretion history of the host galaxy

Pagnini, G., ... Khoperskov, S., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A86 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202245128, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume

The e-TidalGCs project. Modeling the extra-tidal features generated by Galactic globular clusters

Ferrone, S., ... Khoperskov, S., ...

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 673, A44 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244141, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume

Constraints on Magnetic Braking from the G8 Dwarf Stars 61 UMa and τ Cet

Metcalfe, T. S., Strassmeier, K. G., Ilyin, I. V., ...

The Astrophysical Journal, 948, 1, L6 – Published May 2023

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acce38, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: High-resolution Spectroscopy and Polarimetry

The SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper Reverberation Mapping Project: Unusual Broad-line Variability in a Luminous Quasar

Fries, L. B., ... Krumpe, M., ...

The Astrophysical Journal, 948, 1, 5 – Published May 2023

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acbfb7, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: X-ray Astronomy

The LMC impact on the kinematics of the Milky Way satellites: clues from the running solar apex

Makarov, D., Khoperskov, S., ... Libeskind, N., Salomon, J.-B.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 3, 3540 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad757, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume, Cosmography and Large-Scale Structure

The need for obscured supermassive black hole growth to explain quasar proximity zones in the epoch of reionization

Satyavolu, S., Kulkarni, G., Keating, L. C., Haehnelt, M. G.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 2, 3108 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad729, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

New dwarf galaxy candidates in the sphere of influence of the Local Volume spiral galaxy NGC2683

Crosby, E., ... Pawlowski, M., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 3, 4009 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad645, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Dwarf Galaxies and the Galactic Halo

Examining the decline in the C IV content of the Universe over 4.3 ≲ z ≲ 6.3 using the E-XQR-30 sample

Davies, R. L., ... Keating, L. C., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 1, 314 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad294, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

Possible evidence for a large-scale enhancement in the Lyman-α forest power spectrum at redshift z ≥ 4

Molaro, M., ... Puchwein, E., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 1, 1489 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad598, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

Cosmic-ray-driven galactic winds: transport modes of cosmic rays and Alfvén-wave dark regions

Thomas, T., Pfrommer, C., Pakmor, R.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 2, 3023 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad472, NASA ADS

AIP sections/groups: Cosmology and High-Energy Astrophysics

MusE GAs FLOw and Wind (MEGAFLOW) IX. The impact of gas flows on the relations between the mass, star formation rate, and metallicity of galaxies

Langan, I., ... Wendt, M., ...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 1, 546 – Published May 2023

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad357, NASA ADS

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Events and dates at AIP

Conferences

Solarnet Conference: The Many Scales of the Magnetic Sun

May 8, 2023 – May 12, 2023

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