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Research Topics |
Our research interests include Extragalactic Astronomy, Observational Cosmology,
Interstellar Matter, X-ray Astronomy, and Binary Stars. We are currently expanding
in the area of Instrumentation e.g. development of the Low Dispersion Spectrograph
for the new ARISTARCHOS telescope.
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Stellar Spectra |
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Evolution of Double Stars |
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Pulsating, Cataclysmic, and Symbiotic Stars |
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Accretion Disks |
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Novae and Supernovae |
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| Interstellar Matter |
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HII Regions and Ionized Loops |
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Supernova Remnants (SNR) |
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Planetary Nebulae |
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| Galaxies |
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Star Clusters and Associations |
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Star Burst Galaxies |
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Active Galactic Nuclei |
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Groups and Clusters of Galaxies |
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| X-ray Astronomy |
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Deep Surveys and the X-ray Background |
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X-ray Spectroscopy of Obscured AGN |
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Star Forming Galaxies |
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| Observational Cosmology |
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Large Scale Structure of the Universe |
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X-ray Cosmology |
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Cosmological Parameters |
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Gravitational Lenses |
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| Instrumentation and Observing Techniques |
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Instrumentation |
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Observing Techniques |
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Image Processing and Software Development |
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We have
strong links and collaborations with major Research Institutes and Universities
abroad including the European Southern Observatory (ESO), NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center (USA), the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (USA), the
Imperial College (UK), the
Royal Observatory Edinburgh (UK), the
University of Manchester (UK), the
University of Leicester (UK), the
University of St. Andrews (UK), the Observatory of the University of Bonn (Germany), the Astrophysical Observatory of Potsdam (Germany), the Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris (FR), the
Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg (FR), the Observatoire de Bordeaux (France), the
Kapteyn Institute of Astronomy (Nederlands), the
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Mexico).
Apart from the construction of the new ARISTARCHOS telescope we are
participating in a few large-scale research projects. For example, the programme
"X-ray Astronomy with ESA's mission XMM" is funded jointly by the European
Union and the Greek Goverment. Its primary goal is to analyse XMM fields in order to
detect groups of galaxies and obscured AGN. Another project is the European Union
TMR Network POE led by the Imperial College which has as its goal to explore the
origin of the Extragalactic Background Radiations.
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Scientific Groups
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| ISM |
| Interstellar Matter and Active Galactic Nuclei |
| X-ray |
| X-ray Astronomy and Cosmology |
| CVs |
| Cataclysmic Variables |
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| Publications |
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Our Institute presents a strong research record. Despite our small size, we maintain a
good publication record with over 60 publications in International top
class refereed Journals for the period 2002-2004.
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| Observations |
We are highly sucessful in the allocation of X-ray optical and IR telescope time
through refereed international panels.
For example, we are leading or participating
in numerous scientific programmes with the X-ray missions Chandra (NASA),
XMM (ESA).
We have participated to the HIPPARCOS (ESA) and DIVA (DLR) astrometric
missions and to the preparation of the ESA cornerstone mission GAIA.
We regularly obtain observing time in large optical telescopes such as ESO's VLT,
Keck, William Herschel, UKIRT and Anglo-Australian telescopes.
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