Giri, C.; McKay, C. P.; Goesmann, F.; Schäfer, N.; Li, X.; Steininger, H.; Brinckerhoff, W. B.; Gautier, T.; Reitner, J.; Meierhenrich, U. J.: Carbonization in Titan Tholins: implication for low albedo on surfaces of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects. Int. J. Astrobiology 15 (3), pp. 231 - 238 (2016)
Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Steele, A.; Gautier, T.; Steininger, H.; Krüger, H.; Meierhenrich, U. J.: Competence evaluation of COSAC flight spare model mass spectrometer: In preparation of arrival of Philae lander on comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. Planetary and Space Science 106, pp. 132 - 141 (2015)
Komatsu, G.; Kumar, P. S.; Goto, K.; Sekine, Y.; Giri, C.; Matsui, T.: Drainage systems of Lonar Crater, India: Contributions to Lonar Lake hydrology and crater degradation. Planetary and Space Science 95, pp. 45 - 55 (2014)
Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Meinert, C.; Evans, A.; Meierhenrich, U.: Synthesis and Chirality of Amino Acids Under Interstellar Conditions. Topics in Current Chemistry 333, pp. 41 - 82 (2013)
Evans, A.; Meinert, C.; Giri, C.; Goesmann, F.; Meierhenrich, U.: Chirality, photochemistry and the detection of amino acids in interstellar ice analogues and comets. Chemical Society Reviews 41, pp. 5447 - 5458 (2012)
Giri, C.: La composition organique d'un noyau cométaire, l'instrument COSAC sur la sonde philae. Dissertation, Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis (2014)
The research group “Solar Lower Atmosphere and Magnetism” (SLAM) studies the conditions and dynamic processes in the atmospheric layer between the solar surface (photosphere) and the overlying chromosphere, an approximately 2000 km thick gas layer.
The main research fields of the department "Sun and Heliosphere" are covered by the research groups "Solar and Stellar Coronae", "Solar Lower Atmosphere and Magnetism", "Solar and Stellar Magnetohydrodynamics" and "Solar Variability and Climate".
How does our star heat its outer atmosphere, the solar corona, to unimaginable temperatures of up to 10 million degrees Celsius? With unprecedented observational data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft and powerful computer simulations, ERC starting grant awardee Pradeep Chitta intends to bring new momentum to the search for the coronal heating mechanism.