UFOS Project

The project

The UFOS project is an astrophysical research project funded by the European research council.  
UFOS stands for Unveiling planet Formation by Observations and Simulations. The aim of the project is to study planet formation by combining state-of-the-art numerical simulations and high-resolution, multi-wavelength observations.
Recent News
 - New book chapter (PPVII) about the gas and dust dynamics in protoplanetary disks

Visualization of the gas motions inside a VSI unstable protoplanetary disk [rendering by Th. Müller - HdA Heidelberg - data from Flores-Rivera et al. 2020) ]

Recent and upcoming talks

Magnetism and accretion 2023 - invited talk - January 2023
MPE Garching - Invited seminar - February 2023
PPVII Kyoto - Chapter talk - April 2023
Charles University - seminar talk - Mai 2023


Team
Mario Flock
Group leader


Expertise: 
Fluid Dynamics
Magneto-hydrodynamic
Finite Volume Methods
3D global simulations
Radiation transfer 
HPC computing

Postdoc 


Expertise:
Planet formation 
Dust growth 
Radiative transfer simulations
PhD candidate 


Expertise:
Self-gravity simulations
Cooling in CBDs
Thermal instability
Michael Cecil
PhD candidate



Expertise:
accretion variability
Dominik Ostertag
PhD candidate


Expertise:
2D dust-gas feedback simulations

Expertise:
dust-gas interaction models

Alicia Trabold
Bachelor Student


Expertise:
CPD RT Modelling
ALMA/CASA
 Pundarikaksha Kavipurapu
Master Student


Expertise:
dust-gas interaction models

Vittoria Berta

Longterm visitor

Expertise:
PLUTO Code
High order methods
Sreejita Das

Master student

Expertise:
ALMA observations/ TW Hya
CASA/ Disk models

Expertise:
dust-gas interaction models

Former group members

Neuer Text

  • Dr. Gesa H.M. Bertrang - Senior Consultant CGI space
  • Dr. Marcelo Barraza - PostDoc at MIT in Boston USA
  • Dr. Lizxandra Flores - PostDoc at Uni. Copenhagen Denmark
Selected publications
Highlights 2022
New results on the observability of the inner and outer regions of the dusty protoplanetary disk
Highlights 2021
New results on the observability of the vertical shear instability and global models of the streaming instability

Highlights 2020
New results on the vertical shear instability in protoplanetary disks

Highlights 2019
Planet formation and migration at the inner dust rim in protoplanetary disks.  

Press comments

"Solar systems have a 'baby-proof' system that protects newborn planets"

"Baby planets get a little kick to keep them safe from their parent star"


This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 757957).
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