IKBFU Researchers Model Accretion

Students and young astrophysicists have successfully created a numerical model of a planet-disc accretion process. This simulation shows a star and a planet orbiting it gradually accumulating matter from an initially homogeneous gas and dust disc.The project was supervised by Professor Artem Astashenk, PhD in physics and mathematics.

The team referenced the study by Diego J. Munoz (Cornell University) et al., which looked into the idealised problem of two-dimensional planet-disc interaction with the moving-mesh code AREPO (full paper available here). IKBFU researchers used similar tools to achieve the dynamic picture of matter accretion in the particular conditions.

This project is merely the first step in the ongoing efforts of our scientists in the field of astrophysical processes modelling. The research is carried out by a team of both experienced scientists and "Institute of High Technology" students. In the future, the team plans to model various other astrophysical phenomena, including modified gravity theories.