Research group The group for stars, planets and astrobiology
The birth and evolution of stars and planets is of key interest for understanding our universe.
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Group description
The actual research on star formation in Stockholm focuses on the observational characteristics of planets and discs, both around young and old stars. The group uses adaptive optics instruments to correct for atmospheric distortion and get clearer images of faint discs and planets around bright parent stars, and uses high-resolution spectroscopy to examine their properties. There is also heavy involvement in space-based facilities such as CHEOPS and PLATO, which can detect unresolved planets through the so-called transit method, where a planet passing in front of a star blocks out a small fraction of the star’s light. Additionally, the group develops techniques for so-called astrometric planet detection, where a planet can be detected from its minute gravitational impact on its parent star.
Researchers in Stockholm are greatly invested in the spectral analysis efforts of million-star surveys like GALAH, WEAVE, and 4MOST.
Group members
Group managers
Alexis Brandeker
Associate Professor
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Members
Ryan Boukrouche
Postdoctor
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Alexis Brandeker
Associate Professor
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Gloria Canocchi
PhD
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Maria Cavallius
PhD student
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Hans Gustav Axel Florén
Principal research engineer
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Jenny Frediani
Doktorand
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Terese Thidemann Hansen
Researcher
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Markus Janson
Professor
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Mingjie Jian
Postdoktor
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Iryna Kushniruk
Postdoc
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Cis Raf Lagae
PhD student
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Bengt Larsson
Senior Researcher
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Karin Lind
Associate Professor
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Jack William Edmund Mallinson
PhD student
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Göran Olofsson
Professor emeritus
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Jayshil Patel
PhD student
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Mila Racca
PhD student
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Simon Ringqvist
PhD student
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Aage Sandqvist
Professor emeritus
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Ansgar Wehrhahn
Guest researcher
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Gayathri Viswanath
PhD student
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Kristopher Charles Youakim
Researcher
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