Astronomical Observatory - Laboratory

Marek Nikolajuk, Ph.D., prof. UwB - head (https://alpha.uwb.edu.pl/~mark/)
Wojciech Burzynski, M.Sc.
Ernest Glowacki, M.Sc.

Astrophysics of galaxies with active nuclei and X-ray binary systems (Dr. Marek Nikolajuk, Prof. UwB):

•  accretion onto black holes (supermassive and stellar), radiative processes and spectral analysis of accretion disks,
• time series analysis - study of X-ray, ultraviolet and optical variations of the mentioned objects,
• analysis of broad emission lines regions (BELR),
• “weighting” of supermassive black holes,
• studies of Seyfert galaxies (BLS1 and NLS1),
• studies of normal quasars (QSO type 1) and weak emission lines quasars (WLQ),
• tidal disruption events of stars/planets by black holes (TDE),
• tidal stripping of a white dwarf by a black hole - a fully quantum approach,
• participation in the SST-1M mini-array (telescopes devoted to observe cherenkov radiation),
• participation in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

Astrometry and photometry of small bodies of the Solar System (Wojciech Burzynski, M.Sc.):

• Studying the positions, sizes and shapes of main-belt asteroids and transneptunian objects (TNOs) by occultation.

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw
Astronomical Observatory, University of Poznań
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

La Section de Physique de l'Université de Genève
ESO - The European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany.
FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
ASU - Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Polish Consortium of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Project
SST-1M Consortium
Polish Consortium ATHENA-PL