Institutes collaborating within the IMPRS-HD

The Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI) covers a wide range of research areas including cosmology, gravitational lensing, galaxy evolution, stellar dynamics, and astrometry. Moreover, it plays a leading role in the preparation of the Gaia satellite mission of the European Space Agency and in special-purpose high-performance computing. [more]

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) takes part in IMPRS-HD with the groups working on Theoretical Astrophysics on the Physics of Stellar Objects, and on  High-Energy Astrophysics.
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The Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics (ITA) at the University of Heidelberg carries out research in cosmology, extragalactic astrophysics, galactic dynamics, star formation, stellar evolution and astrochemistry. [more]

Research topics at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (LSW) (i.e. Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory) consider observational and theoretical issues in stellar and extragalactic astrophsyics as well as a strong participation in instrumentation projects. [more]

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has for main research foci; of which one is the formation, evolution, and dynamical evolution of Galaxies, including observational cosmology, another the formation of stars and planets, a third on the evolution of exoplanets and their atmospheres, and the fourth one the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation techniques for large ground-based telescopes and  space missions.  MPIA has operated for many years the Calar Alto Observatory in south-east Spain. [more]

The Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics takes part in IMPRS-HD with several groups dealing with astrophysics and particle astrophysics. [more]