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Christoph Schäfer is a German astrophysicist at the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and its Computational Physics department. His work focuses on numerical particle methods, particularly Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to model planetary formation, collisions, and protoplanetary disc dynamics.
- University of Tübingen, Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Physics
- Expert in SPH simulations, high-performance computing, and planet formation
- Developed the
miluphandmiluphcudaSPH codes
Dr. Schäfer's research spans impact physics, binary star systems, and dust dynamics. His work has been applied to missions like DART and includes modeling Mercury's formation, circumbinary disc interactions, and collisional dust production. He teaches computational astrophysics, numerical methods, and advanced astronomy courses, with a strong emphasis on hands-on programming exercises.
His lab (Numerical Particle Methods Group) develops GPU-optimized simulation tools, and he has contributed to comparative studies of disc-planet interactions and small body dynamics in the solar system. He maintains an ORCID profile and is recognized in the astronomical community via the asteroid (5364) Christophschafer, discovered in 1980.
Contact: ch.schaefer@uni-tuebingen.de (professional) or cm.schaefer@gmail.com (private).
