With the approval of Ministry of Education in 2006, Nanjing University had made preparation for the setting of “Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ministry of Education” based on “the Professional Laboratory of Astronomical Data Analysis and Computational Physics”, which was completed in June, 2009. This laboratory relies on the national key majors of astrophysics, astrometry and celestial mechanics with about 25 researchers.
The main research directions are as follow:
◆ High energy astrophysics. The main research focuses on supernova (SN) and supernova remnant (SNR), gamma ray bursts, compact objects and some related high energy astronomy phenomenon.
◆ Solar active region physics. The main research focuses on the solar active features’ 3-dimensional structure and evolution, as well as the magneto-hydrodynamics process within the solar active region.
◆ Active galaxy and cosmology. The main research focuses on the star bursts and galaxy near by Galaxy, active galactic nucleus, and cosmology evolution, etc.
◆ Non-linear celestial mechanics, planetary formation and dynamics evolution. The main research focuses on the chaos phenomenon, stability and orbit diffusion law in Hamiltonian system. The research methods and results are used for the research of planetary formation and non-linear science.
◆ Deep space exploration and aerospace dynamics. The main research focuses on the motion law of natural object (asteroid and satellite) and artificial object, as well as its stability, orbit resonance, the theory of N-body dynamics evolution and numerical computation, etc.
◆ Astronomical optics. The main research focuses on the astronomical instruments and techniques, especially on the development of astronomical telescope in optics system, and we manage to take part in the national astronomical key projects.
Director:
Prof. Xiangdong LI
lixd@nju.edu.cn
Contact:
Prof. Xiangdong LI
Tel:+86 25 83596842
Fax:+86 25 83593510
Email:lixd@nju.edu.cn
