Videos

Excerpt of several science-videos

This is an excerpt of videos created in cooperation with various scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)

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Zooms into the Milky Way to the position of the stellar black hole &ldquo;Gaia BH1&rdquo;, currently the black hole closest to Earth.<br /><em>Video:&nbsp; T. Müller</em>

Zoom to the black hole Gaia BH1

Zooms into the Milky Way to the position of the stellar black hole “Gaia BH1”, currently the black hole closest to Earth.
Video:  T. Müller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3X0cIbaNM
<em>Video: T. Müller, M. Ata</em>

Predicted Future Fate of COSMOS Galaxy Protoclusters over 11 Gyrs with Constrained Simulations

Video: T. Müller, M. Ata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcFw_zGyBhY
This animation shows the California Molecular Cloud in a 3D reconstruction with 160,000 stars as extinction probes with precise distance estimates. The distance measurement is based on the Gaia EDR3 star catalog.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, S. Rezaei Khoshbakht</em>

California-Nebula in 3D

This animation shows the California Molecular Cloud in a 3D reconstruction with 160,000 stars as extinction probes with precise distance estimates. The distance measurement is based on the Gaia EDR3 star catalog.
Video: T. Müller, S. Rezaei Khoshbakht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZJNEf5roe8
This animation shows the Orion A molecular cloud in a 3D reconstruction with 60,000 stars as extinction probes with precise distance estimates. The distance measurement is based on the Gaia EDR3 star catalog.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, S. Rezaei Khoshbakht</em>

Orion A-Nebula in 3D

This animation shows the Orion A molecular cloud in a 3D reconstruction with 60,000 stars as extinction probes with precise distance estimates. The distance measurement is based on the Gaia EDR3 star catalog.
Video: T. Müller, S. Rezaei Khoshbakht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4paK6XCbXs
This collection shows the major stages of planet formation, from small-scale dust growth and destruction by various particle collisions,&nbsp;<br />to large scale simulations of dust and gas which show areas of dust concentration in the protoplanetary disk for particles of a few millimeters. In these areas, the dust can continue to grow and collapse into km-sized planetesimals which is shown in the second simulation. The final zoom shows the system PDC 70c which shows for the first time a young planet in a gas and dust disk.&nbsp;<br /><em>Video: T. Henning, M. Flock, T. Müller<br />Music: K. Jäger</em>

Planet Formation

This collection shows the major stages of planet formation, from small-scale dust growth and destruction by various particle collisions, 
to large scale simulations of dust and gas which show areas of dust concentration in the protoplanetary disk for particles of a few millimeters. In these areas, the dust can continue to grow and collapse into km-sized planetesimals which is shown in the second simulation. The final zoom shows the system PDC 70c which shows for the first time a young planet in a gas and dust disk. 
Video: T. Henning, M. Flock, T. Müller
Music: K. Jäger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbM2BwgncSw
First detailed measurements of atmospheric conditions on the nightside of a tide-bound hot Jupiter and change in the physical state of water as it moves between the hemispheres of exoplanet WASP-121 b.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, T. Mikal-Evans</em>

Temperature map of the hot Jupiter WASP-121 b

First detailed measurements of atmospheric conditions on the nightside of a tide-bound hot Jupiter and change in the physical state of water as it moves between the hemispheres of exoplanet WASP-121 b.
Video: T. Müller, T. Mikal-Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOb_M_ZlsY
Location of globular clusters, stellar streams, and galaxy mergers as extracted from GAIA EDR3 data.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, K. Malhan<br />Music: A. MakeMusic (pixabay)</em>

The origin of the globular clusters, stellar streams and satellite galaxies of our Milky Way

Location of globular clusters, stellar streams, and galaxy mergers as extracted from GAIA EDR3 data.
Video: T. Müller, K. Malhan
Music: A. MakeMusic (pixabay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS5kMkT8mdE
Distribution of atomic hydrogen, with the measured velocities represented by different colours.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, J. Syed</em>

“Maggie” filament

Distribution of atomic hydrogen, with the measured velocities represented by different colours.
Video: T. Müller, J. Syed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLX7HNclaFA
Light rays follow the curved space-time and thus create a distorted image of an accretion disk.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, M. Pössel</em>

Raytracing of a Black Hole and its Shadow

Light rays follow the curved space-time and thus create a distorted image of an accretion disk.
Video: T. Müller, M. Pössel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd4m217y6j0
The video illustrates the collapse of a 1 M<sub>☉</sub> molecular cloud core as it transitions through the first and second collapse stages, which lead to the birth of a star.<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, A. Bhandare</em>

Collapse of a 1 M molecular cloud core

The video illustrates the collapse of a 1 M molecular cloud core as it transitions through the first and second collapse stages, which lead to the birth of a star.
Video: T. Müller, A. Bhandare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhkjP74RayI
A new nanocalorimetry technique for characterizing the energetics of surface reactions at low temperatures.<br /><em>Video: T.Müller, S. A. Krasnokutski</em>

One helium droplet at a time

A new nanocalorimetry technique for characterizing the energetics of surface reactions at low temperatures.
Video: T.Müller, S. A. Krasnokutski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe7l5OQ4KKQ
3D tomographic reconstruction of Lyman-alpha absorption (blue) at z=2.05-2.55 within the COSMOS field, using background galaxies and quasars observed with the Keck-I telescope. ...<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, K.G. Lee</em>

Tomographic Map of z=2.05-2.55 Lyman-alpha Forest Absorption

3D tomographic reconstruction of Lyman-alpha absorption (blue) at z=2.05-2.55 within the COSMOS field, using background galaxies and quasars observed with the Keck-I telescope. ...
Video: T. Müller, K.G. Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtXi7P4u4g
The formation of an elliptical galaxy in prolate rotation. The mechanism shown here was proposed by Athanasia Tsatsi and her colleagues in order to explain the recent discoveries of galaxies of this kind with the CALIFA survey....<br /><em>Video: J. Chang, T. Müller</em>

How to make a cosmic spindle

The formation of an elliptical galaxy in prolate rotation. The mechanism shown here was proposed by Athanasia Tsatsi and her colleagues in order to explain the recent discoveries of galaxies of this kind with the CALIFA survey....
Video: J. Chang, T. Müller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Iml_QHe-0
Reconstruction of the distribution of gas around low-redshift, Milky-Way-sized galaxies. The reconstruction is based on a new photoionization modeling method for CGM absorption lines surveys<br /><em>Video: T. Müller, J. Stern</em>

Hierarchical Circumgalactic Medium of ~L* Galaxies at Low Redshift

Reconstruction of the distribution of gas around low-redshift, Milky-Way-sized galaxies. The reconstruction is based on a new photoionization modeling method for CGM absorption lines surveys
Video: T. Müller, J. Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVxeE4L3tzM
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