Pavel Kroupa : Research and Group

Pavel Kroupa: The Stellar Populations and Dynamics Research Group

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Group Seminar (the "1414 seminar" on Fridays):

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Overview:

Planetary, stellar and galactic dynamics.

Stellar populations.

Nature of dark matter.

Evolution of galaxies.


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Specific:

The nature of dwarf galaxies as cosmological test objects.

The formation and evolution of satellite galaxies .

Gas consumption and star formation in galaxies.

Starbursts in interacting galaxies.

The physics of dense stellar systems; star-cluster formation and evolution.

The spatial distribution of massive stars.

The stellar initial mass function (IMF).

Dynamical population synthesis / Inverse dynamical population synthesis.

The formation of brown dwarfs and planets



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The stellar-populations and dynamics research group at the Sternwarte: (for previous members klick here)

PD Dr. Holger Baumgardt: Heisenberg Fellow: Computational stellar dynamics: formation of massive black holes in dense stellar systems, gravitational waves.

Dr. Sambaran Banerjee: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: Dynamics of dense stellar systems.

Cand.-Phys. Michael Brockamp: Black hole dynamics

Dipl.-Phys. Claudia Bruens: Computational galactic dynamics: the evolution of star-cluster complexes.

Dipl.-Phys. Joerg Dabringhausen: Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies as transition objects between star clusters and galaxies (theory).

Dr. Benoit Famey: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (currently on leave in Strasbourg): Theoretical galactic dynamics; alternative gravity.

Cand.-Phys. Anton Ippendorf: Dynamical processes of satellite galaxies.

Cand.-Phys. Lucia Klarmann: The orbital evolution of Milky Way satellite galaxies.

Dipl.-Phys. Andreas Kuepper: The evolution of the evaporation and ejection rates of stars from clusters (theory).

Prof. Dr. Pavel Kroupa: Stellar populations and dynamics

Dr. Gisela Maintz: RR Lyrae stars and the Milky Way potential (collaborator of Prof. Klaas S. de Boer)

Dipl.-Phys. Thomas Maschberger: Young star clusters and the star-formation histories of galaxies (theory). Since Spring 2008 mostly based at the IoA, Cambridge, co-supervision by Prof. Cathie Clarke

Dipl.-Phys. Michael Marks: The stellar mass function in globular clusters (theory).

Dipl.-Phys. Soroush Nasoudi-Shoar The small-scale structure of the gas between us and LMC with supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaas S. de Boer, and Prof. Dr. Philipp Richter (who is now at Universitaet Potsdam).

Dipl.-Phys. Seungkyung Oh: IMPRS PhD student: The evolution of massive-star cores and mass-segregated clusters (theory).

Dr. Genevieve Parmentier: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: The mass function of star-cluster systems (theory).

Dipl.-Phys. Marcel Pawlowski: Theoretical research on the formation of tidal-dwarf galaxies.

Dipl.-Phys. Jan Pflamm-Altenburg: Theoretical and computational stellar dynamics: the dissolution of massive star-cluster cores, the distribution of massive stars.

Dipl.-Phys. Michael Sokaliwska: Space-time metric and the Kepler problem (co-supervision with Prof. H.-J. Fahr)

Cand.-Phys. Christine Schulz: The implications of the local IGIMF theory on the radial metallicity gradient in the Milky Way and other galaxies (theory)

Dipl.-Phys. Ingo Thies: Theoretical planet formation, stellar dynamics.

Dr. Yu Xin: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: Stellar population synthesis.



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Above: The Group (6th November, 2009). From left to right:

Pavel Kroupa, Ingo Thies, Claudia Bruens, Garry Angus (short-term visitor), Andreas Kuepper, Marcel Pawlowski, Benoit Famey, Lucia Klarmann, Holger Baumgardt, Iskren Georgiev, Seungkyung Oh, Soroush Nasoudi-Shoar, Michael Brockamp, Paulina Assmann (2-month visitor), Michael Sokaliwska, Yu Xin, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Joerg Dabringhausen, Genevieve Parmentier, Michael Marks, Ylva Schuberth (associated), Christine Schulz, Sambaran Banerjee

Absent: Thomas Maschberger, Gisela Mainz

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Above: The Group (23rd October, 2008). From left to right:

Iskren Georgiev, Yu Xin, Marcel Pawlowski, Ulf Loeckmann, Michael Guenther (top), Seungkyung Oh (below), Thomas Maschberger (mostly at IoA, Cambridge, nowadays), Genevieve Parmentier, Manuel Metz, Pavel Kroupa, Ylva Schuberth, Sarah Aretz, Michael Sokaliwska, Ingo Thies, Claudia Bruens, Michael Marks, Andreas Kuepper, Thibaut Decressin, Holger Baumgardt, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Sambaran Banerjee

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Above: The Group (24th October, 2007). From left to right:

Pavel, Jaroslav Haas, Genevieve Parmentier (AvH Fellow), Joerg Dabringhausen, Ladislav Subr (AvH Fellow), Claudia Bruens, Seungkyung Oh, Thomas Maschberger, Holger Baumgardt (Heisenberg Fellow), Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Manuel Metz, Ulf Loeckmann, Andreas Kuepper, Michael Marks, Ingo Misgeld (PhD student of Michael Hilker), Ingo Thies

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Above: The Group (27th October, 2006). From left to right:

Pavel, Ladislav Subr (AvH Fellow), Manuel Metz, Caudia Bruens, Ulf Loeckmann, Joerg Dabringhausen, Ingo Thies, Ylva Schuberth (student of Michael Hilker), Andreas Kuepper, Thomas Maschberger, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Holger Baumgardt, Jaroslava Schovancova (Erasmus student from Charles University, Prague)

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Above: The Group (16th September, 2005). From left to right:

Ingo Thies, Claudia Bruens, Thomas Maschberger, Mike Fellhauer, Ylva Schuberth (student of Michael Hilker), Carsten Weidner, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Holger Baumgardt, Manuel Metz, Pavel

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No Photo: The Group (October, 2004):

Holger Baumgardt, Claudia Bruens, Pavel Kroupa, Mamuel Metz, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Ingo Thies, Carsten Weidner
(Ingo Thies, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg and Carsten Weidner came with me to Bonn from Kiel University early 2004).

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Ex-members:

Dipl.-Phys. Sarah Aretz: Proper motion measurements using scanners (co-supervision with PI Dr. Michael Geffert); teaching at a local high school since January 2009

Dr. Thibaut Decressin: Evolution of rotating massive stars; ambundance anomalies in globular clusters (theory, now in Norbert Langer's group).

Dr. Antonino Del Popolo: Cosmology, density structure of dark-matter halos (June-August 2008; since then permanent staff at the University of Bergamo, Italy).

Dipl.-Phys. Michael Guenther: Proper motion measurements using scanners (co-supervision with PI Dr. Michael Geffert); teaching at a local high school since January 2009

Dr. Michael Fellhauer (Mike): Ex-PhD student. Computational galactic dynamics: the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies (since 1.10.2005 at the IoA, Cambridge; since June in Concepcion, Chile, as professor).

Dipl.-Phys. Jaroslav Haas: The stellar IMF and relaxation processes in the central stellar disk around the MW super-massive black hole (theory). Co-supervision with Dr. Ladislav Subr (June 2007-June 2008; in Prague since then).

Dipl.-Phys. Hosein Haghi: Long-term guest from Tehran, Iran, Jan.2008 - June 2008. Alternative theories of gravity. The Pal14 project.

pre-Cand.-Phys. Manuel Hahn: Milky Way satellite galaxies (past Bachelor-Arbeits student).

Dr. Ulf Loeckmann: Numerical dynamics within the vicinity of a super-massive black hole (co-supervision with PI Holger Baumgardt; PhD in the Summer of 2009).

Dr. Manuel Metz: Theoretical research on the cosmological sub-structure problem (received PhD in August 2008; since Feb. 2009 at DLR in Bonn).

Dipl.-Phys. Jaroslava Schovancova: Erasmus student from Charles University, Prague (2007): Galactic-centre dynamics (theory, under supervision from Dr. Ladislav Subr).

pre-Cand.-Phys. Fabian Schneider: Black hole dynamics (past Bachelor-Arbeits student).

Dr. Ladislav Subr: Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow (Jan.2007-Jan.2008; in Prague since then): Runaway-merging in very-young embedded star cluster; the dynamics of stellar systems near massive black holes (theory).

Dr. Carsten Weidner: Theoretical research on the stellar initial mass function, galactic populations (PhD late Fall of 2005; since 1.02.2006 at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, since 1.04.2008 in St. Andrews, Scotland).




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Past PhD students:

Mike Fellhauer, PhD February 2001, University of Heidelberg, "Could merged massive stellar clusters build up a dwarf galaxy?"

Jorge Penarrubia, PhD March 2003, University of Heidelberg "Satellite dynamics in spiral galaxies with dark matter haloes"

Carsten Weidner, PhD January 2006, University of Bonn, "The initial mass function of stars"

Manuel Metz, PhD 2008, Univesity of Bonn, "Satellite galaxies in the Local Group: CDM subhalos or tidal dwarf galaxies?"

Ulf Loeckmann, PhD March 2009, University of Bonn, "Stellar dynamics in the vicinity of supermassive black holes"


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