Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

French research Institute

The Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (translated: Paris Institute of Astrophysics) is a research institute in Paris, France. The Institute is part of the Sorbonne University and is associated with the CNRS Centre national de la recherche scientifique. It is located at 98bis, Boulevard Arago Il in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, adjacent to the Paris Observatory.^{[citation needed]}

History

The IAP was created in 1936 by the French ministry of education under Jean Zay, initially for the purpose of processing data received from the Observatory of Haute-Provence, which was created at the same time. Construction of the building started on 6 January 1938. On 15 June 1939, Henri Mineur became the institute's first director.^[1] IAP scientists were at first located in Paris Observatory, then in the École normale supérieure de Paris before arriving in the current building in 1944 which was finally completed in 1952.

Current research

The IAP includes 160 researchers, engineers, technicians, and administrators and regularly welcomes many visitors and students.

The main areas of research at the IAP are:

General relativity and cosmology
Cosmological structure formation
High-energy astrophysics
Origin and evolution of galaxies
Stellar structure
Exoplanets

The IAP is one of five laboratories of AERA, the European association for research in astronomy. The laboratory is situated at the interface between two disciplines, astrophysics and theoretical physics. The International Astronomical Union has its seat at the IAP.

Directors

1936-1954 : Henri Mineur
1954-1960 : André Danjon
1960-1971 : André Lallemand
1972-1977 : Jean-Claude Pecker
1978-1989 : Jean Audouze
1990-1998 : Alain Omont
1998-2004 : Bernard Fort
2005-2013 : Laurent Vigroux
Since 2014 : Francis Bernardeau

References

^ Henri Mineur

External links

Official website

Sorbonne University

Faculties and departments

Arts and Humanities	Art History and Archaeology Journalism Communication Science History Geography and Planning Philosophy Musicology English Studies Spanish Studies Germanic and Nordic Studies Arabic and Hebrew Studies Iberian and Latin American Studies Italian studies Slavic studies Modern Western Civilizations French and Comparative Literature Sociology and Computer Science for the Humanities
Science and Engineering	Engineering Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Astrophysics Statistics Mathematics Robotics Quantum Physics Informatics and Computer Science Marine biology (Roscoff) Marine biology (Banyuls) Developmental Biology, and Oceanography
Medical Sciences	Sorbonne University Hospital Group Hôpital Charles-Foix Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Hôpital Fondation Rothschild Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital Hôpital Saint-Antoine Hôpital Tenon Hôpital Armand-Trousseau Hôpital de La Roche-Guyon