Formation of Planets in Binary Stars

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Wilhelm Kley (†)
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2006 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 29406733

• Final Report Year: 2011

Final Report Abstract

In the project we have addressed several important problems in the field of theoretical astrophysics. The formation of planets in binaries has been treated primarily with our collaborator Prof. Richard Nelson in London, as planned in the grant application. Together with the hired postdoc, Ralf Kissmann, we concentrated in the development and application of 3D MHD models to disk and solar physics. The newly developed methods for curvilinear grids will play an important role in future 3D disk models around single stars as well as in binary stars.

Publications

• (2008) Astron. Astrophys, 486, 617. “Planet formation in binary stars: the case of γ Cephei”
  Kley, W.; Nelson, R.P.
  
• (2008) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 391, 1577. “Local turbulence simulations for the multiphase ISM”
  Kissmann, R.; Kleimann, J.; Fichtner, H.; Grauer, R.
  
• (2009) Journal of Computational Physics, 228, 2119. “A central conservative scheme for general rectangular grids”
  Kissmann, R.; Pomoell, J.; Kley, W.
  
• (2009) Solar Physics, 253, 249. “MHD Modeling of Coronal Large-Amplitude Waves Related to CME Lift-off”
  Pomoell, J.; Vainio, R.; Kissmann, R.