ÖPG-CMD Joint Meeting 2026

Astrophysical Research at the Universität Innsbruck highlighting pre-main sequence asteroseismology

Sep 24, 2026, 10:30 AM

25m

HS 11.03 (University of Graz)

4) Invited talk M38 - Astronomy and Astrophysics across Austria Mini-Colloquium

Speaker

Prof. Konstanze Zwintz (Universität Innsbruck)

Description

At the Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics of the Universität Innsbruck, astrophysical research revolves around galactic and extragalactic topics including different phases of stellar evolution, stellar oscillations, massive stars, galaxy formation and evolution, and cosmology.

In my talk I will first give a short overview about the research groups at my institute. I will then introduce pre-main sequence asteroseismology - the research conducted in my group "Stellar evolution and asteroseismology". I will also show our contributions to the ESA mission PLATO which is expected to be launched in early 2027.