Research Interests

theoretical astrophysics and numerical hydrodynamics

Research Groups

• Applied and Computational Mathematics

Current and Recent PhD Students

Otonyo Mangete
Richard Archibald

Biographical Statement

1983 - 1988 Ruhr-University Bochum, Physics
1988 - 1991 Technical Univ. Munich, PhD Astrophysics
1991 - 1992 Max-Planck Institut fuer Astrophysik, Munich
1992 - 1993 University of Arizona, Tucson
1993 - 1997 Max-Planck Institut fuer Astrophysik, Munich
1997 - 1998 University of Cambridge
1998 - now University of Edinburgh

Education

Professional Certificate in University Teaching
The Higher Education Academy (2002)

Dr. rer nat.
Technical University Munich (1991)

Selected Publications

Metal Enrichment of the Intra-Cluster Medium by Thermally and Cosmic-Ray Galactic Winds (2009)
Kapferer W., Kronberger T., Breitschwerdt D.,..., Mair M., Ruffert M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Polytropic neutron star - black hole merger simulations with a Paczynski-Wiita potential (2009)
Ruffert M., Janka H.-Th.
Astronomy and Astrophysics

r-Process Nucleosynthesis in Hot Accretion Disk Flows from Black Hole -Neutron Star Mergers (2008)
Surman R., McLaughlin G.C., Ruffert M., Janka H.-Th., Hix W.R.
Astrophysical Journal vol: 697,
Page: 117-120

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