This is the academic website of Tobias W. A. Müller. I was a Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung research fellow in the Computational Physics group of Wilhelm Kley at the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Tübingen.

During my Ph.D. I addressed several topics on planets in binary star systems and in transitional disks. This was done using hydrodynamical simulations with the FARGO code. I implemented several new features into the FARGO code, including radiative cooling, radiative diffusion, stellar irradiation and the treatment of particles. For visualisations purposes I wrote the FARGO Viewer, an open OpenGL Viewer for simulations done with FARGO.

In addition I addressed the question of habitable zones in multiple star systems in cooperation with Nader Haghighipour. We developed an interactive website for the calculation of habitable zones in multiple star systems.

Forschungsvorhaben
Description of my research project (Extract from the annual report 2009/2010 of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)

Publications

  • Jerome A. Orosz, William F. Welsh, Nader Haghighipour, Billy Quarles, Donald R. Short, Sean M. Mills, Suman Satyal, Guillermo Torres, Eric Agol, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Daniel Jontof-Hutter, Gur Windmiller, Tobias W. A. Müller, Tobias C. Hinse, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford, Tsevi Mazeh, Jack J. Lissauer
    Discovery of a Third Transiting Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by The Astrophysical Journal
  • Veselin B. Kostov, Jerome A. Orosz, William F. Welsh, Laurance R. Doyle, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Nader Haghighipour, Billy Quarles, Donald R. Short, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford, Joao Gregorio, Tobias C. Hinse, Howard Isaacson, Jon M. Jenkins, Eric L. N. Jensen, Ilya Kull, David W. Latham, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Tsevi Mazeh, Tobias W. A.Muller, Joshua Pepper, Samuel N. Quinn, Darin Ragozzine, Avi Shporer, Jason H. Steffen, Guillermo Torres, Gur Windmiller, William J. Borucki
    Kepler-1647b: the largest and longest-period Kepler transiting circumbinary planet
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by The Astrophysical Journal
  • W. F. Welsh, J. A. Orosz, D. R. Short, N. Haghighipour, L. A. Buchhave, L. R. Doyle, D. C. Fabrycky, T. C. Hinse, S. Kane, V. Kostov, T. Mazeh, S. M. Mills, T. W. A. Müller, B. Quarles, S. N. Quinn, D. Ragozzine, A. Shporer, J. H. Steffen, L. Tal-Or, G. Torres, G. Windmiller, W. J. Borucki
    Kepler 453 b — The 10th Kepler Transiting Circumbinary Planet
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by The Astrophysical Journal
  • T. W. A. Müller
    Planets in Binary Star Systems and in Transitional Disks
    UB Tübingen, Ph.D. thesis
  • T. W. A. Müller, N. Haghighipour
    Calculating the Habitable Zone of Multiple Star Systems
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by The Astrophysical Journal
  • T. W. A. Müller, W. Kley
    Modelling accretion in transitional disks
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • W. Kley, T. W. A. Müller, S. M. Kolb, P. Benitez-Llambay, F. Masset
    Low-mass planets in nearly inviscid disks: Numerical treatment
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • T. W. A. Müller, W. Kley, F. Meru
    Treating gravity in thin disk simulations
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • T. W. A. Müller, W. Kley:
    Circumstellar disks in binary star systems. Models for γ Cephei and α Centauri
    DOI, arXiv, ADS; Published by Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • T. W. A. Müller:
    Self-gravitating accretion disks
    PDF, Diploma thesis

Conferences and Presentations

Poster


Projects and Media

Websites

Videos

Gamma Cephei
Gamma Cephei
Fragmentation of a self-gravitating disk
Fragmentation of a self-gravitating disk

Teaching

  • SS 13: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs II
  • WS 12/13: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs I
  • SS 12: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs II
  • WS 11/12: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs I
  • SS 11: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs II
  • WS 10/11: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs I
  • SS 10: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs II
  • WS 09/10: Exercise course for Physik Integrierter Kurs I
  • WS 08/09: Exercise course for Mathematik III für Physik
  • SS 08: Exercise course for Mathematik II für Physiker
  • WS 07/08: Mathematical prep course for students of physics

Contact

You can contact me by email (Tobias_Mueller@twam.info) or snail-mail:
Tobias Müller
Weißdornweg 5
72119 Ammerbuch
Germany