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The institute was founded in 1963 as a sub-institute
of the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik
and established as an independent institute in 1991.
Its main research topics are astronomical observations
in spectral regions (such as Far-Infrared, X-ray and Gamma-ray) which are only accessible from space because of the
absorbing effects of the Earth's atmosphere, as well as
in-situ measurements in near-Earth space investigating
the collisionless interaction of cosmic plasmas.
Scientific work is done in four major research areas that are supervised by
one of the directors, respectively:
- optical and interpretative astronomy (Bender),
- infrared and sub-millimeter/millimeter astronomy (Genzel),
- X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy (Hasinger), and
- theory and complex plasmas (Morfill).
Within these areas scientists lead individual experiments and research
projects organised in about 25 project teams. The research topics range from
the physics of cosmic plasmas and of stars to the
physics and chemistry of interstellar matter, from star
formation and nucleosynthesis to extragalactic astrophysics
and cosmology.
The theory division of the institute covers all
the research topics. Especially the results in
the area of ``analysis of complex systems'' are
developed into applications in medicine (early
diagnostics of skin cancer, tumours, prenatal
surveillance), engineering (manufactoring processes and quality control),
and pharmacology (drug testing and design).
More detailed information on the institute and its research areas are
available on the institute web pages at
http://www.mpe.mpg.de/main.html
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Programm
Although the general language is German, English speaking personnell is
available throughout the institute!
Talks, Films (in German)
Tour through the institute
(pdf file in German; 1.9 MB!)
Brochure
(pdf file in German; 2.5 MB!)
Program for Kids
(in German)
Open House on Campus
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MPE
Open House 2005
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Pictures taken during the day