Current Projects

We work on the development of Microchannel Plate (MCP) detectors for future ultraviolet space missions. These detectors use cross-strip-anodes together with a Beetle-chip as readout device. The Beetle-chip is controlled by an FPGA.

GAVO - German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory

The German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (GAVO) is the German contribution to the IVOA (International Virtual Observatory Association), the international effort to create and expand the Virtual Observatory (VO). In the framework of the GAVO project, we provide several services, e.g. spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of non-LTE model atmospheres via the so-calledTheoSSA service.

You can find here the list of the missions and ground based observatories in which the HEA group is involved