Publications

Submitted journal publications
  1. NICIL: A stand alone library to self-consistently calculate non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic coefficients in molecular clouds
    J. Wurster
    Submitted to PASA.
Refereed journal publications
  1. Does non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics solve the magnetic braking catastrophe?
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price and M. Bate
    MNRAS, 457:1037-1061, March 2016.
  2. Ambipolar diffusion in smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price and B. Ayliffe
    MNRAS, 444:1104-1112, October 2014.
  3. AGN Feedback models: Correlations with star formation and observational implications of time evolution.
    R. J. Thacker, C. MacMackin, J. Wurster, and A. Hobbs
    MNRAS, 443:1125-1141, September 2014.
  4. Cloud angular momentum and effective viscosity in global SPH simulations with feedback.
    D. J. Williamson, R. J.Thacker, J. Wurster, and B. K. Gibson
    MNRAS, 442:3674-3685, August 2014.
  5. A comparative study of AGN feedback algorithms.
    J. Wurster and R. J. Thacker
    MNRAS, 431:2513-2534, May 2013.
  6. Accretion disc particle accretion in major merger simulations.
    J. Wurster and R. J. Thacker
    MNRAS, 431:539-553, May 2013.
  7. Magnetically-regulated fragmentation induced by nonlinear flows and ambipolar diffusion.
    S. Basu, G. E. Ciolek, W. B. Dapp, and J. Wurster
    New A, 14:483-495, July 2009.
  8. Nonlinear evolution of gravitational fragmentation regulated by magnetic fields and ambipolar diffusion.
    S. Basu, G. E. Ciolek, and J. Wurster
    New A, 14:221-237, April 2009.

Conferences
  1. Disc Formation using Non-Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics [contributed talk]
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price and M. Bate
    Presented at Protoplanetary Disk Dynamics and Planet Formation (Yokohama, Japan)
    June 2015.
  2. Bring back the disc! [contributed poster]
    J. Wurster, D. J. Price and M. Bate
    Presented at Disc dynamics & Planet formation (Larnaka, Cyprus)
    June 2015.
  3. When Ideal Gas is Not Enough: Collapsing a Cloud to form a Proto-star. [contributed talk]
    J. Wurster and D. J. Price
    Presented at Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (Canberra, Australia)
    February 2015.
  4. Influence of real vs numerical bulge mass on star formation rates during major mergers. [contributed poster]
    J. Wurster and R. J. Thacker
    Presented at AGN vs Star Formation: The Fate of the Gas in Galaxies (Durham, England)
    July 2014.
  5. AGN feedback: A comparative study. [contributed talk]
    J. Wurster
    Presented at Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (Sydney, Australia)
    February 2014.
  6. A comparative study of AGN feedback implementations. [contributed poster]
    J. Wurster and R. J. Thacker
    Presented at Turbulence in Cosmic Structure Formation (Tempe, Arizona, United States)
    March 2012.

PhD Thesis
  1. Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei: A Study of its Impact and Numerical Implementations.
    J. Wurster
    October 2013.

Master's Thesis
  1. Defining Gravitational Singularities in General Relativity.
    J. Wurster
    October 2008.