Dr. Norbert Krupp
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-LindauPhone: +49 5556 979-154
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Press and Public Relations
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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
37191 Katlenburg-Lindau
Fax: +49 5556 979-240
The name itself actually precisely describes its field of research: the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. The scientists in Katlenburg-Lindau focus on Earth's cosmic neighbourhood – the Sun, the planets and their moons, as well as a variety of small bodies. They look into the heart of the star that keeps us alive, investigate its gaseous envelope, the solar magnetic field and the high-energy particles which our Sun ejects into space. The surfaces of the planets and their different “spheres” – atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres – their rings and satellites, as well as comets and planetoids are further subjects for physical models and numerical simulations. And since the objects are not that far away, astronomically speaking, the Max Planck researchers love to take a look around for themselves – not in person, but by using international space probes and landers, for which they develop and build instruments and detectors.
Directors / Research Focus
- Ulrich Christensen (Physics of planets and comets)
- Laurent Gizon (Physics of the interior of the Sun and Sun-like stars)
- Sami K. Solanki (Solar Physics and Heliosphere)
