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Next: J.G. Doyle, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: C.J. Butler, Research Astronomer Contents . ... Research Highlights . ... John Chambers has refined and expanded an alternative scenario for the formation of the asteroid belt in collaboration with George Wetherill, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA. Using numerical simulations on computers, they have shown how planets may have formed in the asteroid belt. ...

... Evolutionary Models of Extra-Solar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs . ... Missions . HST . ... Future Missions and . ... Missions Office . ... With the discovery of the companions of 51 Peg, 55 Cnc, Tau Boo, Upsilon And, 70 Vir, 47 UMa, and Gl 229, evolutionary and spectral models of gas giants and/or brown dwarfs with masses from 0.3 through 60 times that of Jupiter assume a new and central role in the emerging field of extra-solar planetary studies. ... 1996; Saumon et al. 1996; Marley et al. ...

Model Selection Astro193, March 9 Steps in Hypothesis Testing 1/ Set up 2 possible exclusive hypotheses - two models : M0 ­ null hypothesis ­ formulated to be rejected M1 ­ an alternative hypothesis, research hypothesis 2/ Specify a priori the significance level 3/ Choose a test which: - has the required power - approximates the conditions - finds what is needed to obtain the sampling The model with the largest value provides the best description of the data. ...

... Staff . ... Cosmic dust has been observed both in emission and extinction everywhere in our Galaxy as well as in many other galaxies. ... Dust grains are classically thought to form in the winds of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars. However, nowadays there is increasing observational evidence for notable dust formation in Supernovae (SNe). ... Hence the observed dust mass of 0.7вИТ0.9M вКЩ in this source can be safely considered as indicative of the mass of freshly formed dust in SN ejecta. ...

... Metallic€а nanostructured mesostructures are formed as a result of their self-assembly while growing of nanoclusters and nanowires during the pulsed current electrodeposition process on the membranes. Our work shows that the pulsed current electrodeposition on the templates is a general biomimetic method to fabrication of metal models of natural objects: protozoa, plants, mushrooms, shells. ... тАвThe growth on the€а membranes or templates . ... The layered structure . of the shell . ...

... Space Res., 12, 265, 1992 planetary magnetic dipole: Mizutani, H., et al., ... Astrobiology, 7, 167, 2007 CME induced H+ ion pick-up loss at 0.05 AU for ` Hot Jupiters ' HD209458 b Mass loss ~1011 g/s even for weak CMEs Mmax strong magn. protection in reality Exoplanet magnetospheres - importance of magnetodisk Relatively large amount of observed Hot Jupiters (27%): survival of close-in giants indicates their efficient protection against of extreme plasma and radiation conditions ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...