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 paper on accretion bursts scenario in protoplanetary disk Cecil & Flock 2024
Recent and upcoming talks
 
CSH/WP/Bern - invited colloquium - Feb. 2025
PFE Conf./Göttingen - contr. talk - Dec 2024
Burn in Fire Conf./Chile - contributed talk - Sep. 2024
IPAG  - invited colloquium - June 2024
IASBS - Review talk -May  2024
Uni Heidelberg - Invited colloquium - Apr.  2024
IPP Greifwald  - seminar talk - Feb. 2024


Team (2024)
Planet formation in scientists hands
Mario Flock
Group leader


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

Postdoc 


Expertise:
Radiative transfer methods (M1)
Radiative hydrodynamical simulations 
gPLUTO developer
Postdoc


Expertise:
MHD Jet-launching
Relativistic non-ideal MHD
PLUTO developer
Postdoc (Feb. 2025)


Expertise:
dust-gas simulations of planet disk simulations
synthetic observations
FARGO3D


PhD candidate 


Expertise:
Self-gravity simulations
Cooling in CBDs
Thermal instability
Fluid dust method

PhD candidate


Expertise:
streaming instability
dust-gas feedback simulations 
Fluid and particle methods
Expertise:
dust-gas interaction models


PhD candidate


Expertise:
Accretion variability
Radiation HD simulations
TAPIR Code


PhD candidate

Expertise:
MHD Models
Polarization observations
Magnetic driven wind

MHD models
 
Pundarikaksha Kavipurapu
Master Student


Expertise:
VSI + dust models

Johannes
Johannes Bahrenberg
Master Student


Expertise:
Hall MHD Models


Paul Rosendahl
Research assistant


Expertise:
Tree code, self-gravity module
dust particle method


PhD candidate Torino Longterm visitor

Expertise:
PLUTO Code
High order methods 

PhD candidate/LMU
Longterm Visitor

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
  • Dr Takahiro Ueda - Harvard CfA/ NAOJ fellow
  • Alicia Trabold - Uni Heidelberg
Selected publications
Highlights 2022-2023
New results on the observability of the inner and outer regions of the dusty protoplanetary disk
New results on the observability of the inner and outer regions of the dusty protoplanetary disk
Highlights 2020-2021
New results on the observability of the vertical shear instability and global models of the streaming instability

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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