Dr Sami Dib

Visiting Researcher

s.dib@ null imperial.ac.uk

Fax: +44 (0)20 759 47772
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Imperial College London, Astrophysics, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK

MY Research

I use theory and numerical simulations to study questions related to the processes of star

formation in molecular clouds and the origin of turbulent motions in interstellar gas. Some

problems I have worked on so far include:

 

  • Supernova driven turbulence
  • Signatures of the scales of energy injection in the interstellar medium
  • The origin of the dense molecular cloud cores mass function
  • The origin of the initial stellar mass function and it potential universality
  • Instabilities in interstellar gas
  • Distances to nearby molecular clouds

 

MY Publications                                                      

They can be accessed via the SAO/NASA's ADS

Teaching                                                                                                      

2001-2002: CCD Photometry, at the MPIA, Heidelberg. You can access the tutorial I prepared

                  on the subject here.

2011-2012: tutorials for 3rd and 4th year Physics students (preparation

                  of comprehensive exams) 

2012-2013: tutorials for 2nd year Physics students (Quantum mechanics, Statistics)

 

WHAT's New ?

Aug  2012: Paper on "The role of Shear in Star Formation" accepted in the Astrophysical Journal.

Mar  2012: Paper on "Dynamical friction in an isentropic gas" accepted in Astrophysics &

                 Space Science

Dec  2011: Paper on "Distances to dense cores that contain very low luminosity objects" appeared

                 in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Oct  2011: Awarded a Santander Mobility Award.

Sep 2011: Astronomy Without A Telescope: Star Formation Laws. An article about our recent work

                on the star formation laws in galaxies by Steve Nerlich.

Aug 2011: Paper on "Feedback-regulated Star Formation: Implications for the Kennicutt-Schmidt

                Law" appeared in ApJ Letters.

 

WhereABOUTS

 

12 Mar 30 Apr 2013: visiting the Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy, Heidelberg

 

    11   Mar 2013: seminar at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg

06-07  Mar 2013: visiting the University Observatory Hamburg

25-27  Feb 2013: visiting the Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University

18-22  Feb 2013: Magellanic Cloud Star Formation, Lorentz Center, Leiden

11-15  Feb 2013: visiting the Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Barcelona

31 Jul-03 Aug 2012: Galactic Scale Star Formation: Observations meet Theory", Heidelberg

01-06  Jul  2012: EPoS 2012 meeting, Ringberg.

27-29  Jun 2012: visiting the Argelander Institut fuer Astronomie, U. of Bonn

18-22  Jun 2012: Labyrinth of star formation conference, Crete

     07  Jun 2012: seminar at the Astrophysics Group, U. of Bristol (AG)

27-29  Mar 2012: NAM 2012 meeting, Manchester

     01  Feb 2012: seminar at Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL)

     11  Jan 2012: seminar at Astrophysics and Space Research Group, U. of Birmingham (ASR)