Star formation & magnetohydrodynamics

We are the star formation and magneto-hydronamics (MHD) group. A large fraction of our research is based on numerical simulations with the FLASH code, an adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) integrator of the three dimensional coupled magneto-hydrodynamic equations. We are continuously improving our simulation software by including new physical modules (e.g. radiation transfer) and by accelerating the numerical computations with the help of graphic processing units (GPUs)

Our work involves:

• Star formation
• Cosmic magnetic fields
• Dynamo activity in turbulent plasmas
• Dynamics of extrasolar planet around massive stars and binary stars
• Time dependent radiation transfer
• GPU-accelerated simulations