- Star and planet formation
- Accretion disks
- Interacting binaries
- Instrumentation research and technology
Research Area: PLANETS AND STAR FORMATION
Topics covered in this research area
- Detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets
- Observational methods to study the earliest stages of star formation
- The circumstellar environment of high and low mass stars
- Star formation at the Galactic Centre
Thesis topics offered on Planets and Star Formation
Scientific Staff in Garching working on Planet and Star Formation
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Star formation and young stellar evolution
- Magnetic fields on young stars
- Infrared instrumentation
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Comets, asteroids, trans-neptunian objects
- Surface properties and evolution of icy bodies
- Cometary activity at large heliocentric distances
- Ultra-deep imaging
á
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Populations · Faculty
- Transiting exoplanets
- Nearby brown dwarfs and low mass stars
- Milky Way structure and star clusters
á
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Optical and near-IR interferometry
- Double stars and stellar evolution
- Star formation
á
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Populations · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Faculty
- Pre-main Sequence Stars in massive star-burst Clusters
- Stellar Population in Clusters
- Stellar dynamics in Globular Clusters
- Exotica in Globular Clusters (BSS, MSP, IMBH)
- Resolved stellar populations in dSph
á
Cosmology and the Early Universe · Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Populations · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Faculty
- Central Parsecs of AGN
- High-Mass Star Formation
- Evolved Star Mass Loss
- Millimetre and Submillimetre Astronomy
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Faculty
- Magnetic activity in cool stars and stellar clusters
- Optical, NIR and X-ray spectroscopy of stars and circumstellar environments
- T Tauri and pre-main sequence stars
- Stellar surface imaging
á
Planets and Star Formation · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty
- Evolution of the ISM in galaxies
- Formation of galaxies in the distant Universe
- Dust formation
- Masers
- Proto-Planetary disks
- Exoplanets
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Stellar evolution (post main sequence, RGB, AGB, post-AGB)
- Star formation
- Planetary and cometary atmospheres
- Very high resolution imaging and interferometry
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Isolated neutron stars
- Planet formation
- Stars in the solar neighborhood
- High resolution spectroscopy, precise radial velocity measurements
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Faculty
- Precision Spectroscopy, direct measurement of the cosmic acceleration
- Light Element Abundances (Li and Be): Primordial Nucleosynthesis, Galactic Enrichment, Stellar Mixing
- Globular Clusters: light elements anti-correlations
- Chemical Abundance of stars in the local group, in clusters and in the field
- Exo-Planets, planets around evolved stars
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Star formation
- TTauri stars, Pre-main sequence binaries
- Young stellar clusters
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- star formation in this and nearby galaxies
- cirumstellar matter (disks, outflows)
- near-infrared spectroscopy (particularly of H2)
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Physics of interstellar dust
- IR/mm continuum: imaging
- Formation of stars/galaxies
á
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Faculty
- High mass star formation
- Young (proto-)stellar clusters
- Young brown dwarfs
- Circumstellar disks and their evolution
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
Planets and Star Formation · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Fellows
- High mass star and cluster formation
- Turbulence in molecular clouds
- Millimeter and centimeter observations, in particular large-area & Galactic Plane surveys
- Data analysis tools & python, especially astropy
á
Stellar Structure and Evolution · Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Incidence and structure of magnetic fields of massive stars
- Magnetism and pulsations of early type stars
- Stellar surface and circumstellar imaging
- High-resolution, optical spectropolarimetry of stars and their circumstellar environment
Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
- High-mass star formation
- Chemistry of molecular clouds
- Spiral Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way via trigonometric parallax observations
- Star formation in the Central Molecular Zone
á
Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
- Evolution of protoplanetary disks
- Exoplanet population synthesis from disk dust/ gas composition
- ISM/ molecular cloud chemistry
á
Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
- Infrared dark clouds
- Initial conditions of high-mass star formation
- mm/submm/cm interferometry
- Far-IR spectroscopy and photometry with Herschel
á
Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
- low-mass star formation
- protostellar energetics and dynamics
- chemcial evolution from pre-stellar cores to circumstellar disks
- planetary atmospheres
á
Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
Stellar Populations · Planets and Star Formation · Students
- Star Formation
- Stellar Populations
Planets and Star Formation · Students
- Protoplanetary discs: structure and dynamics
- Gas-dust interaction in protoplanetary discs
- Planet formation
Planets and Star Formation · Faculty
- Low mass star formation: cloud cores, protostars, protostellar disks, jets and outflows
- High mass star formation (jets and outflows)
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Fellows
- Stellar Rotation
- Exoplanets
- Hi-Precision Photometry and spectroscopy
- Stellar Evolution
- Circumstellar Environment
- Imagery Binarity
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Students
- Companions and debris around white dwarfs
- Type Ia supernova progenitors
- Periodic variability in white dwarfs
- Exoplanets
á
Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Planets and Star Formation · Fellows
- Formation of OB clusters
- Sgr A* accretion
- Accretion outburst young stellar objects
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Students
- Stellar magnetic fields and activity
- Stellar wind modelling
á
Alvarado-Gö¨mez, Juliö¡n David
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Structure and Evolution · Students
- Solar/Stellar Magnetic Fields and Activity
- Plasma Astrophysics
- High Resolution Spectropolarimetry
Planets and Star Formation · Students
- Transiting exoplanets
- Low mass stars and brown dwarfs
- Data analysis tools
Planets and Star Formation · Stellar Populations · Students
- Star formation in the Magellanic Clouds
- Pre-main-sequence and young stellar evolution
- Near infrared surveys
No results found