Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics

{{Short description|Astronomy department of the Université Libre de Bruxelles}}

{{for|other institutions|Institute of Astronomy (disambiguation)}}

The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IAA) in Brussels is a part of the physics department of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. It is an international center of excellence in the field of nuclear astrophysics. The institute's director is currently Prof. Alain Jorissen. The institute is composed of one full professor, five tenured FNRS senior researchers, nine postdoctoral fellows from various countries (Belgium, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Slovakia), and three Ph.D. students (Belgium, Italy).

Field of research

Its research interests involve nuclear astrophysics, stellar evolution, chemical composition of stars, binary stars, neutron stars and modified Newtonian dynamics.

Achievements

The institute has been a leading laboratory in many national and international collaborations. One of these collaborations has led to a world premiere, the direct measurement of a nuclear reaction rate on an unstable target at energies of interest in astrophysics

{{cite journal

| title = Astrophysical Implications of the Direct Measurement of the 13/N/P, GAMMA/14/O Cross-Section

| bibcode = 1992A&A...254L...9A

|date= 2009-09-12

| last1 = Arnould

| first1 = M.

| last2 = Paulus

| first2 = G.

| last3 = Jorissen

| first3 = A.

| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics

| volume = 254

}}

References

External links

[http://www.astro.ulb.ac.be Official webpage of the astronomical institute]
[http://www.ulb.ac.be/facs/sciences/phys/index.html Physics Department of the ULB]

Category:Research institutes in Belgium

Category:Astronomy institutes and departments

Category:Astrophysics research institutes

Category:Université libre de Bruxelles