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First simulation of binary stars in the common envelope phase including magnetic fields
During the common envelope (CE) phase, a giant star in a binary system overflows its Roche lobe and unstable mass transfer …
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Successful computing time proposal at SCC, Karlsruhe
Friedrich Röpke and Sebastian Ohlmann of the PSO group were granted 4.4 million core hours of computing time on the computing …
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Australian Astrophysicists visit HITS
The astrophysicists Ashley Ruiter, Ivo Seitenzahl, and Fiona Panther of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra visited the PSO group …
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Gliese Fellow Markus Kromer joins HITS
In October 2016, Dr. Markus Kromer joined the Physics of Stellar Objects (PSO) research group at HITS as a visiting scientist. Markus …
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On the way to better understand the Universe
HITS is scientific partner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions – led by the Australian National …
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X. Würzburg Workshop on Supernovae and related topics
On July 21 and 22, the PSO group organized the X. Würzburg Workshop on Supernovae and related topics in Würzburg. At …
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Highest Scaling on JUQUEEN
Philipp Edelmann and Friedrich Röpke (PSO group at HITS) showed during the Extreme scaling workshop 2016 at the Jülich Supercomputing …
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Vorlesung: “Gravitational Waves”
Sommer Semester 2016, Universität Heidelberg Dr. A. Bauswein, Prof. Dr. F. Röpke Vorlesung: Montag, 14-16 Uhr, Philosophenweg 12, kleiner Hö…
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Turbulent times: When stars approach
HITS astrophysicists use new methods to simulate the common-envelope phase of binary stars, discovering dynamic irregularities that may help to explain …
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Successful computing time proposal at JSC, Jülich
An international collaboration of researchers led by Wolfgang Hillebrandt from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching and including the …