Laboratory of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. prof. dr hab. Piotr Jaranowski - Head
2. dr hab. Marek Nikołajuk , prof. UwB
3. dr Andrzej Pisarski
4. mgr Andrzej Branicki

National partners:

International partners:

• Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, Francja
• Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Niemcy
• ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Szwajcaria
• ESO - The European Southern Observatory, Garching, Niemcy

Astrophysics of active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries (Dr Marek Nikolajuk, Prof. UwB):

1. Accretion into black holes (supermassive and stellar), including radiative processes and spectral analysis of disks,
2. Time series analysis - study of X-ray, ultraviolet and optical variations of the mentioned objects,
3. Analysis of broad emission-lines regions (BELR),
4. "weighting" of supermassive black holes,
5. Studies of Seyfert galaxies (BLS1 and NLS1),
6. Studies of 'ordinary' quasars (Type 1 QSO), weak emission-lines (WLQ) and broad absorption-lines (BAL QSO) quasars,
   
7. Tidal Disruption Events of stars, white dwarfs and planets by black holes (TDE),
8. Participation in the construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

Didactics of astronomy (M.Sc. Andrzej Branicki):

1. an offer of practical astronomical tasks is being developed for students of the Faculty using our Astronomical Observatory

• Polish Virgo Consortium
• Polish Consortium of the Einstein Telescope Project
• Polish Consortium of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Project
• Polish Consortium of the ATHENA-PL Project