My work
I am a postdoc working at the Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA) at Monash university in Melbourne Australia. My research focuses upon physical processes affecting gas giant planet formation and migration. I perform numerical models using smoothed particle hydrodynamics to examine these effects.
Whilst at MoCA I have added a gas-solids drag routine into our hydrodynamics code. This has resulted in a recent paper examining the accumulation of solids within circumstellar discs perturbed by a giant protoplanet. I am hoping to consider planetesimal growth, as well as working towards realistic grain opacities based upon the processes of growth and grinding.
I have also been working on a paper looking at the hydrodynamic stability of a rapidly accreting protoplanetary atmosphere.
Contact Details
| e-mail address | benjamin.ayliffe(@)monash.edu |
| Address: | Monash Centre for Astrophysics c/o School of Mathematical Sciences Building 28 Monash University Victoria, 3800 Australia |
| Telephone No. | +61 3 99055666 |