| Group leader of the Computational Astrophysics (CAST) group |
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Andreas Burkert
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Nature of dark matter. Formation of galaxies. Active Galactic Nuclei. Structure and dynamics of the interstellar medium.
Formation of turbulent molecular clouds, stars and stellar clusters. Planet formation.
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| Group leader of the Planet and Star Formation group |
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Barbara Ercolano
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Protoplanetary discs and planet formation. Star formation and stellar feedback. Dust production by Supernovae. The structure,
ionisation and chemistry of the Interstellar medium. Radiative transfer techniques.
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| Scientific Staff |
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Klaus Dolag
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Magnetic Fields, Cosmology, Clusters of Galaxies
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| Postdocs |
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Tilman Birnstiel
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6029 |
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email: |
tilman usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I25 |
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publications |
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Dust growth and transport in protoplanetary disks; structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks; planet formation;
connection to mm-observations
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James Dale
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phone: |
+49 89 35831 7164 |
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email: |
dale usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
EXC 015 |
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publications |
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3-D SPH simulations of the effects of stellar feedback, particularly photionization and stellar winds, on star-forming molecular clouds,
to investigate the likelihood of triggered star formation and to evaluate the disruptive effect of feedback on embedded clusters.
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Martin Ilgner
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phone: |
+49 89 35831 7129 |
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email: |
martin.ilgner lmu.de |
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office: |
EXC 038 |
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publications |
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Photoionisation models of the ISM,
Chemistry and dynamics of protoplanetary discs
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Nickolas Moeckel
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6986 |
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email: |
moeckel usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I03 |
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publications |
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Hydrodynamics and stellar dynamics of young star clusters and star
forming regions. The interplay between stellar and planetary dynamics.
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Marc Schartmann
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Physics of gas and dust tori in Active Galactic Nuclei: radiative transfer calculations (MC3D,RADMC-3D),
(radiation) hydrodynamic simulations (PLUTO), study of turbulence, clumpy torus models, Galactic Centre Physics, ISM Physics
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Federico Stasyszyn
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phone: |
+49 30000 2196 |
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email: |
fstasys@mpa-garching.mpg.de |
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office: |
MPA / 285 |
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publications |
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Smoothed particle magneto-hydro-dynamics for cosmological applications
Supervisors: Klaus Dolag, Simon White
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| Graduate Students |
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Christian Alig
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phone: |
+49 2180 5979 |
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email: |
alig usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM E10/11 |
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publications |
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Numerical Simulations of the formation and evolution of turbulent gaseous discs and rings inside galactic centres.
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Alessandro Ballone
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phone: |
+49 89 30000 3884 |
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email: |
aballone mpe.mpg.de |
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office: |
MPE X2 364 |
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publications |
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Stellar wind feedback in Galactic Nuclei, evolution of AGN tori in nearby Seyfert galaxies
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Alexander Beck
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6031 |
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email: |
abeck usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I25 |
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homepage |
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With Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch: Studying the evolution of magnetic fields in
protogalaxies with the cosmological SPMHD code Gadget3.
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Manuel Behrendt
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6006 & +49 89 30000 3884 |
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email: |
mabe mpe.mpg.de |
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office: |
USM I13 & MPE 364 |
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publications, homepage |
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The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies at High-Redshifts
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Max Brunner
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 5979 |
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email: |
brunner usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM E11 |
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publications |
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Self-regulated star formation in and evolution of galactic disks, including as infall from the cosmic web
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Katharina Fierlinger
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phone: |
+49 89 35831 7124 |
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email: |
katharina.fierlinger universe-cluster.de |
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office: |
126 @ Excellence Cluster / Boltzmannstr. 2 / D-85748 Garching |
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publications |
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Interaction of massive star groups with the ISM: hydro models for radioactive tracers in the Orion Eridanus Superbubble.
Codes: Andi's code & RAMSES
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Judith Ngoumou
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6006 |
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email: |
ngoumou usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I13 |
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publications |
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Protoplanetary disk and planet formation
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Beata Pasternak
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 5982 |
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email: |
beata usm.lmu.de |
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office: |
USM E 16 |
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publications |
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Non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters - evolution of cosmic rays
in merging galaxy clusters.
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Stephanie Pekruhl
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 5979 |
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email: |
pekruhl usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM E10/11 |
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publications |
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with Prof. Th. Preibisch: Observations & Simulations of Molecular Cloud Structure
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Rhea-Silvia Remus
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6005 |
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email: |
rhea usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I13 |
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publications |
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The Evolution of Galaxies in Groups;
the Outer Structure of Elliptical Galaxies and their Dark Matter Halos.
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Giovanni Rosotti
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email: |
rosotti usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
EXC 038 |
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publications |
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SPH simulations of accretion disc, both protoplanetary discs, to evaluate the effect of X-ray photoionization on the evolution of the disc,
and discs around supermassive black holes.
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Martin Zintl
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6015 |
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email: |
zintl usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I13 |
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publications |
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SPH simulations with GPUs
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| Undergraduate Students |
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Jaime Abella Payá
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phone: |
+49 89 30000 3885 |
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email: |
abella usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
MPE X2 364 |
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publications |
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Simulations of clumps in z~2 galaxies with stellar feedback
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Alexander Arth
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6023 |
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email: |
arth usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM I25 |
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publications |
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Working with Harald Lesch. Performing MHD simulations with Tree-PM/SPH Code Gadget.
Implementing anisotropic conduction to improve simulations of galaxy cluster formation.
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Lisa Bachmann
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phone: |
+49 89 2180 6968 |
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email: |
bachmann usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM E10 |
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publications |
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Active Galactic Nuclei in cosmological simulations
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Georg Michna
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TBD
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Anna Schauer
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phone: |
+49 2180 6968 |
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email: |
aschauer usm.uni-muenchen.de |
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office: |
USM E10 |
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Planetary Nebulae as tracers in Elliptical Galaxies
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