Projects at MPE

Scientific projects at the MPE are often the efforts of the different research departments to build, maintain, and use experiments and facilities which are needed by the various scientific research interests in our institute.

Active projects which are operational and producing data:

Name
Type
Groups involved
ACE
Instrument for Satellite
Space Physics of Near-Earth Environment
Chandra
Instrument for Satellite
High-Engergy Astrophysics
CLUSTER
Instrument for Satellite
Space Physics of Near-Earth Environment
CONICA (NACO)
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
eRosita
Instrument for Satellite
High-Engergy Astrophysics
EUCLID
Instrument for Satellite
Optical and Interpretative Astronomy
Fermi
Instrument for Satellite
High-Engergy Astrophysics
GRAVITY
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
GROND
Instrument for Telescope
High-Engergy Astrophysics
HETDEX
Instrument for Telescope
Optical and Interpretative Astronomy
INTEGRAL
Instrument for Satellite
High-Engergy Astrophysics
KMOS
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
LUCI (LBT)
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
OPTIMA
Instrument for Telescope
High-Engergy Astrophysics
Pan-STARRS
Instrument for Telescope
Optical and Interpretative Astronomy
PARSEC
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
SOHO
Instrument for Satellite
Space Physics of Near-Earth Environment
SPIFFI (SINFONI)
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
STEREO
Instrument for Satellite
Space Physics of Near-Earth Environment
Swift
Contribution to Satellite Project
High-Engergy Astrophysics
Wendelstein
Observatory
Optical and Interpretative Astronomy
XMM-Newton
Instrument for Satellite
High-Engergy Astrophysics


Future projects which are under construction, approved, proposed, or under consideration:

Name
Type
Groups involved
ATHENA
Instrument for Satellite
High-Energy Astrophysics
ARGOS
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
ERIS
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy
MICADO
Instrument for Telescope
Infrared/Submillimeter Astronomy

Finished projects that produce no data anymore, are officially closed, or where the participation of MPE has been terminated:

The finished projects are stored in the archive.

Abrixas, ALFA, AMPTE, Azur, Compton GRO, Cos B, Equator-S, EXOSAT, Firewheel (Feuerrad), GeAs detectors, HASTA, Helios, HEOS-1, HEXE, ISO, LISA, MEGA, Mir-HEXEOmegaCAMPACS (Herschel), Plasmacrystal, PKE-Nefedov, PK-3 Plus, PK-4, Plasma Lab, ROSAT, RosettaSAMPEX, SMM, SOFIA, Stardust, Ulysses

Overview of the finished projects.

For many of those projects where data gathering or operation has been terminated , data analysis and interpretation may still continue.

 

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