Hans-Peter Gail

Center for Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg Institut for Theoretical Astrophysics Albert-Überle-Str. 2 D-69120 Heidelberg Phone: +6221/548982 mail: gail@uni-heidelberg.de New e-mail address: gail@uni-heidelberg.de !!!

Research interests

• Physics and chemistry of cosmic dust
• Dust formation in circumstellar dust shells
• Mass-loss processes of evolved stars
• Protoplanetary accretion disks
• Planetary formation
• Cosmochemistry
• Matter cycle in the galaxy
   

Lectures

• Summer term 2012
  • Lecture: Pulsating Stars
  • Seminar: Astromineralogie (Astromineralogy)
    (with Th. Henning, F. Postberg, A. Pucci, A. Tamanai, M. Trieloff)
  • Seminar: Galaxienentwicklung, Stellardynamik, Interstellares Medium
    (with A. Just, R. Klessen)
• Lectures from previous terms: (list)

Some recent publications

Participation in research groups:

• Forschergruppe 759: The Formation of Planets: The Critical First Growth Phase
• Schwerpunktprogramm 1385: The first 10 Million Years of the Solar System, a Planetary Materials Approach

Tables on dust production by AGB-Stars: