Created: Tuesday Jan 13 16:33:00 CEST 2009

Helmut Wiesemeyer

Research Projects:
  • Correlation polarimetry for the 30m telescope (collaborators: C. Thum, D. Morris, G. Paubert, et al.)

  • Magnetic fields in the envelopes of AGB stars (collaborators: F. Herpin, A. Baudry, C. Thum)

  • Magnetic fluctuations in the atmospheres of SiO stars (collaborators: C. Thum, A. Baudry, F. Herpin)

  • Polarization standards for CMB polarization experiments ( Planck satellite core team working group 6)

  • Polarized radiative transfer, maser theory

  • Transient phenomena in astrophysics:
    Galactic Center monitoring (coll. A. Eckart et al.),
    flux variations in protoplanetary disks (coll. M. Fernandez,IAA Granada, F. Kerschbaum, Univ. Wien, et al.),
    polarization monitoring of active galactic nuclei (coll. I. Agudo, C. Thum)

Occupational Tasks:
  • Managing the HERA observing pool,

  • Author of the data processing software MIRA,

  • Commissioning of receivers (e.g. HERA and EMIR), polarimeters (e.g. XPOL), and spectrometers for the 30m telescope,

  • Astronomer on duty at the 30m telescope.