Star-Formation Group

We work on different aspects of star formation in the Galaxy as well as in the early universe. We study interstellar turbulence and formation and evolution of molecular clouds. We are also interested in the dynamical evolution of the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies. As our work relies heavily on computer simulations, we also work on developing and improving numerical methods for astrophysics.

Group Members Head: Ralf Klessen   Scientific Staff: Simon Glover   Emmy Noether Group Leader: Frank Bigiel   Postdocs: Paul C. Clark Volker Gaibler    (also in planet formation group) Viki Joergens    (also at MPIA) Rahul Shetty Rowan J. Smith Svitlana Zhukovska    (also at MPIA)   Academic Researcher: Dimitrios Gouliermis    (also at MPIA)   PhD Students: Christian Baczynski Gustavo Dopcke Jayanta Dutta Juan Ibanez Lukas Konstandin Milica Micic Faviola Molina Mei Sasaki Jennifer Schober Daniel Seifried Laszlo Szűcs    (also in planet formation group)   Students: Clio Bertelli Roxana Chira Tilman Hartwig Camilo Penaloza Current Research Highlights: Snapshots of four hydrodynamic simulations of the ISM in starbursting galaxies. Click on the image for more information. Former Group Members Erik Bertram Dr. Philipp Girichidis Martin Schrön Dr. Thomas Peters Prof. Dr. Robi Banerjee Dr. Ingo Berentzen Dr. Christoph Federrath Julien Fieger Dr. Thomas Greif Susanne Horn Dr. Anna-Katharina Jappsen Dr. Spyridon Kitsionas Hendrik Lönngren Sebastian Lorek Florian Mandl Prof. Dr. Dominik Schleicher Dr. Stefan Schmeja Dr. Sharanya Sur Dr. Hsiang-Hsu Wang Research star formation, interstellar turbulence, molecular cloud dynamics, galactic dynamics, first stars, numerical methods Teaching current and past lectures and seminars Our GPU-Cluster Kolob Funding Responsible: Rahul Shetty, last modification Monday, 22-Apr-2013 16:01:05 CEST © Copyright University of Heidelberg. Publishing information.