Lorek, S.; Lacerda, P.; Blum, J.: Local growth of dust- and ice-mixed aggregates as cometary building blocks in the solar nebula. Astronomy and Astrophysics 611, A18 (2018)
Lorek, S.; Gundlach, B.; Lacerda, P.; Blum, J.: Comet formation in collapsing pebble clouds. What cometary bulk density implies for the cloud mass and dust-to-ice ratio. Astronomy and Astrophysics 587, A128 (2016)
Analyzing the high spatial resolution solar Ca II H and K emission data obtained by the SUNRISE mission and building a model of other stars more active than the Sun
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
First Light for Sunrise III: the first tests with real sunlight were successful. The balloon-borne solar observatory should be ready for launch at the end of May.