Annual Report 2011 Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

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Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Scientific Members, Governing Body, Directors: Prof. Thomas Henning (Managing Director) Prof. Hans-Walter Rix (Director) Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Klaus Jäger (Phone: 0049 6221 528 379) Public Outreach (Head), Haus der Astronomie (Managing Scientist): Dr. Markus Pössel (Phone: 0049 6221 528 261) Administration (Head): Mathias Voss (Phone: 0049 6221 528 230) MPIA Observatories: Roland Gredel (Phone: 0049 6221 528 264) Emeriti Scientific Members: Prof. Immo Appenzeller, Heidelberg Prof. George H. Herbig, Honolulu Prof. Karl-Heinz Böhm, Seattle Prof. Guido Münch, La Jolla External Scientific Members: Prof. Steven V. W. Beckwith, Baltimore Prof. Rafael Rebolo, Teneriffa Prof. Willy Benz, Bern Advisory Council: Prof. Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Honolulu (chair) Prof. Sabine Schindler, Innsbruck Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden Prof. Stephan Shectman, Pasadena Dr. Philip John Puxley, Arlington Prof. Rens Waters, Amsterdam Prof. Dieter Reimers, Hamburg Prof. Robert Williams, Baltimore Prof. Anneila I. Sargent, Pasadena Prof. Harold Yorke, Pasadenan Board of Trustees: Prof. Karlheinz Meier, Heidelberg (chair) Prof. Bernhard Eitel, Heidelberg Dr. Reinhold Ewald, Weißling Dr. Michael Kaschke, Oberkochen MinDirig. Dr. Heribert Knorr, Stuttgart Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Nagel, Bonn Stefan Plenz, Wiesloch Prof. Roland Sauerbrey, Dresden Dr. h.c. Klaus Tschira, Heidelberg Prof. Andreas Tünnermann, Jena Dipl.-Phys. Ranga Yogeshwar, Köln Staff: By the end of 2011, a staff of 290 was employed at MPIA (including externally funded positions). This includes 212 scientists, of which 74 were junior and visiting scientists, and 60 were PhD students. Address: MPI for Astronomy, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg Phone: 0049 6221 5280 Fax: 0049 6221 528 246 E-mail: sekretariat@mpia.de Internet: www.mpia.de Calar Alto Observatory Address: Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán, Calle Jesús Durbán 2/2, E-04004 Almería Phone: 0034 950 230 988, 0034 950 632 500 Fax: 0034 950 632 504 E-mail: info@caha.es Internet: http://www.caha.es Research Group “Laboratory Astrophysics”, Jena Address: Institut für Festkörperphysik der FSU, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena Phone: 0049 3641 947 354 Fax: 0049 3641 947 308 E-mail: friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de © 2012 Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg Editors: Klaus Jäger, Axel M. Quetz, Thomas Henning, Hans-Walter Rix Figures: MPIA and others Graphics and Layout: Karin Meißner, Carmen Müllerthann Printing: Neumann Druck, 69126 Heidelberg Printed in December 2012 ISSN 1437-2924; Internet: ISSN 1617–0490
Contents Preface ..................................................................... 5 I. General .................................................................. 6 I.1 Scientific Goals .................................................... 6 I.2 Observatories, Telescopes, and Instruments ........ 10 I.3 National and International Collaborations ........... 18 I.4 Educational and Public Outreach and the New “Haus der Astronomie” ......................................... 22 II. Highlights ............................................................. 24 II.1 Anchoring Galactic Magnetic Fields in Giant Molecular Clouds: A Bird’s-eye View ............. 24 II.2 Subaru observations of solar systems in the making ........................................................ 27 II.3 In what Galaxies do Black Holes live in the Early Universe? ................................................ 30 II.4 Starbursting Dwarf Galaxies at High Redshift ... 34 III. Selected Research Areas ................................... 39 III.1 Planetary population synthesis ......................... 39 III.2 Formation of star-forming structures in the interstellar medium ........................................... 48 III.3 Dynamics of Galaxies: inferring their mass distribution and formation history .................... 56 III.4 The interstellar Medium of Nearby Galaxies ... 64 IV. Instrumental Developments and Projects ........... 71 IV.1 The Pan-StarrS1 surveys and some early results ...................................................... 71 An extremely large camera .............................. 71 Early results obtained at MPIA ........................ 72 IV.2 argoS: Laser guided Ground Layer Adaptive Optics for the LBT ........................................... 73 IV.3 MatiSSe – Interferometric Imaging in the Mid-Infrared ..................................................... 75 IV.4 The euclid Dark Energy mission ..................... 77 IV.5 Special Developments in the Technical Departments ..................................................... 79 trac: A versatile Teamwork Platform used in Instrumentation Development ..................... 79 trac at a glance ............................................... 80 trac and linc-nirvana .................................... 81 Interaction Matrix Calibration for Adaptive Optics: What is the best method? .... 81 V. People and Events ................................................ 83 V.1 Looking back at 2011 ........................................ 83 V.2 Haus der Astronomie – Centre for Astronomy Education and Outreach ................................... 86 V.3 Honors and Awards ........................................... 94 Staff .................................................................................... 97 Departments ..................................................................... 100 Teaching Activities .......................................................... 101 Service in Committees .................................................... 102 Further Activities ............................................................. 103 Compatibility of Science, Work, and Family ............... 104 Working Council .............................................................. 105 Awards ............................................................................... 105 Cooperation with Industrial Companies ..................... 106 Conferences, Scientific, and Popular Talks ................ 108 Haus der Astronomie ....................................................... 117 Publications ...................................................................... 120
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