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Dr. Rob Piontek
An der Sternwarte 16
D-14482 Potsdam
Tel.: +49 331 7499 523
Fax: +49 331 7499 429
Room: SH210
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Scientific interests:
- Turbulence in the ISM - What causes it? How important is turbulence in the overall picture of the star formation process? Does turbulence in the ISM ultimately determine the stellar initial mass function (IMF)?
- MHD simultaions - How important are magnetic fields in determining the dynamics of the ISM? Can magnetic instabilities such as the magnetorotational instability play an important role in the context of the ISM?
- The multi-phase ISM - Does the ISM exist in two distinct phases (this is the classical view - a warm phase and a cold phase in thermal equilibrium)? How do turbulence and thermodynamics interact to structure the temperatures and densities of the ISM?