Evolution of the mineralogical and chemical
composition of pre-planetary disks
The project aims at developing comprehensive models based
on numerical simulations for the early mineralogical and
chemical evolution of the material in pre-planetary
disks.This includes, on the one hand, modeling of the disk
structure and evolution, and of processes of matter
transport within the disk, and, on the other hand, the
modeling of the chemical and physical alteration processes
to which the pristine interstellar matter is subjected
until its incorporation into large bodies of a planetary
system. The required input data for the mineralogical
processes, e. g., annealing, evaporation, and growth
processes, will be retrieved by mineralogical experiments
in A1. The results will allow to predict the composition of
the precursor material from which planetesimals and later
planets are formed and to compare this with the
observational material from bodies in our Solar System, e.
g., cometary and meteoritic material, and with observations
of protoplanetary accretion disks.
Principle Investigators
Prof. Dr. Werner Tscharnuter
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Gail
Prof. Dr. Thomas Henning
