Hanno Rein

Current institution:: Institute for Advanced Study
School of Natural Sciences
1 Einstein Drive
Princeton
New Jersey, 08540
United States of America
Telephone:: (+1) 609-616-2213
E-mail:: rein (-at-) ias.edu
Links to scientific publications:: NASA ADS; arXiv.org

Academic Life

Research interests:: Planet formation, stochastic processes, planet migration, celestial mechanics, Saturn's rings, N-body codes, hydrodynamics, code development, high performance computing.
Collaborators (past and present, in alphabetical order):: Eugene Chiang, Eric Ford, Willy Kley, Eiichiro Kokubo, Marc Kuchner, Henrik Latter, Zoe Leinhardt, Geoffroy Lesur, Shang-Fei Liu, Wladimir Lyra, Leonidas Moustakas, Gordon Ogilvie, Margaret Pan, John Papaloizou, Scott Tremaine, Dimitri Veras.
Outreach:: Exoplanet App for iPhone/iPad
Web-based Exoplanet Catalogue
Successful grants: Exoplanet Smartphone App (2012); Funded by: The Royal Astronomical Society, London; Principal investigator: Hanno Rein; Propellers, Frogs, and Random Walks (2012); Funded by: NASA, ROSES-11, Outer Planers Research Program; Principal investigator: Eugene Chiang; Collaborators: Hanno Rein, Matthew Tiscareno, Margaret Pan
Service to the community: Referee for various Journals, including MNRAS, A&A.; Referee for NASA Postdoctoral Program.

Short Academic Curriculum Vitae

Member at the Institute for Advanced Study: 2010 - current, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, US
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy: 2007 - 2010, University of Cambridge, DAMTP, England; Thesis: The effects of stochastic forces on the evolution of planetary systems and Saturn's rings; Supervisor: Professor John C. B. Papaloizou
MASt, Master of Advanced Study, Part III of the Mathemtical Tripos: 2006 - 2007, University of Cambridge, DAMTP, England; With distinction; Exams: General Relativity, String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Advanced Quantum Field Theory, Black Holes; Essay: Finite time singularities (with Stephen J. Cowley)
Undegratuate studies in both Mathematics and Physics: 2003 - 2006, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Refereed Publications

Traditional formation scenarios fail to explain 4:3 mean motion resonances: Hanno Rein, Matthew Payne, Dimitri Veras, Eric Ford; Submitted to MNRAS – arXiv preprint
The gravitational instability of a stream of co-orbital particles: Henrik Latter, Hanno Rein, Gordon Ogilvie; Accepted by MNRAS – arXiv preprint
REBOUND: An open-source multi-purpose N-body code for collisional dynamics: Hanno Rein, Shangfei Liu; A&A 537, A128 (2012) – arXiv preprint – source code on GitHub – YouTube video
Planet-disk interaction in highly inclined systems: Hanno Rein; Accepted by MNRAS – arXiv preprint
Symplectic integrators for the shearing sheet: Hanno Rein, Scott Tremaine; MNRAS Volume 415, Issue 4, 3168-3176 (2011) – arXiv preprint – simple C implementation of the SEI integrator
Stochastic orbital migration of small bodies in Saturn's rings: Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou; Cover image in December 2010 – A&A 524, A11 (2010) – arXiv preprint – movies
Migration of a moonlet in a ring of solid particles: Theory and application to Saturn's propellers: Aurelien Crida, John C. B. Papaloizou, Hanno Rein, Sebastien Charnoz, Julien Salmon; The Astronomical Journal 140 (2010) 944-953 – arXiv preprint
The Validity of the Super-Particle Approximation during Planetesimal Formation: Hanno Rein, Geoffroy Lesur, Zoe M. Leinhardt; A&A 511, A69 (2010) – arXiv preprint
The Dynamical Origin of the Multi-Planetary System HD45364: Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou, Wilhelm Kley; Highlighted paper in A&A 510 A4 (2010) – arXiv preprint
Mean Motion Resonances of High Order in Extrasolar Planetary Systems: Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou; EAS Publications Series 42, 299-302 (2010) – arXiv preprint
On the evolution of mean motion resonances through stochastic forcing: Fast and slow libration modes and the origin of HD128311: Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou; A&A 497, 595-609 (2009) – arXiv preprint
Formation of multi-planetary systems in turbulent disks: Hanno Rein, John C. B. Papaloizou; AIP CP 1158, 55-58 – arXiv preprint

Scientific Talks

Gloucester County College (Sewell, NJ): April 2012 - The formation of multi-planetary systems; Slides (PDF, 11 MB)
Northwestern University (Chicago): March 2012 - 1. Multi-planetary systems, 2. Saturn's Rings, 3.The collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
Center for Planetary Science (Kobe, Japan): March 2012 - The collisional N-body code REBOUND and three applications to Saturn's Rings; Slides (PDF, 4 MB)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan): March 2012 - 1. Multi-planetary systems, 2. Saturn's Rings, 3.The collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Tokyo, Japan), Informal discussion: March 2012 - The collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 1 MB)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Tokyo, Japan): March 2012 - Formation of resonant Multi-planetary systems; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
CEA Saclay (Paris, France): January 2012 - 1. Multi-planetary systems, 2. Saturn's Rings, 3. The collisional N-body code REBOUND
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD): January 2012 - 1. Multi-planetary systems, 2. Saturn's Rings, 3. The collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 11 MB)
McGill University (Montreal, Canada): November 2011 - Multi-planetary systems, Saturn's Rings and the collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
University of Rochester (New York): November 2011 - Multi-planetary systems, Saturn's Rings and the collisional N-body code REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 12.8 MB)
Franklin Institute, Rittenhouse Astronomical Society (Philadelphia): November 2011 - Dynamics of extra-solar planets; Slides (PDF, 8.6 MB)
University of Florida (Gainesville): October 2011 - Multi-planetary systems, moonlets in Saturn's Rings and REBOUND; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI, Baltimore): September 2011 - Dynamical evolution of multi-planetary systems and moonlets in Saturn's Rings; Slides (PDF, 15 MB)
ISIMA Seminars, KIAA (Beijing, China): July 2011 - Migration of moonlets in Saturn's Rings + Bonus: symplectic integrators; Slides (PDF, 5 MB)
ISIMA Conference, KIAA (Beijing, China): July 2011 - Exoplanets, migration, turbulence, resonances and inclined orbits; Slides (PDF, 8 MB)
American Museum of Natural History (New York): October 2010 - The effects of stochastic forces on planetary systems and Saturn's rings; Slides (PDF, 13 MB)
MPIA (Heidelberg, Germany): September 2010 - The effects of stochastic forces on planetary systems and Saturn's rings; Slides (PDF, 12 MB)
Evolving Theory for Planet Formation (Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan): June 2010 - Stochastic migration in Saturn's rings; Slides (PDF, 9 MB)
Informal Astrophysical Seminar (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton): January 2010 - Multi-planetary systems, turbulence and Saturn's Rings
Astrophysical Lunch Seminar (Cambridge, England): January 2010 - Multi-planetary systems, turbulence and Saturn's Rings
Dynamics of Discs and Planets: Isaac Newton Institute (Cambridge, England): September 2009 - On the Validity of the Super-Particle Approximation of Planetesimals in Simulations of Gravitational Collapse; PDF slides and video
DAMTP Fluids Seminar (Cambridge England): May 2009 - From Dust to Planets
Exoplanets and Disks: Their Formation and Diversity (Keauhou, Hawaii): March 2009 - On the Formation of Multi-planetary Systems in Turbulent Disks; Slides (PDF, 4MB)
Planet Formation and Evolution: The Solar System and Extrasolar Planets (Tuebingen, Germany): March 2009 - On the Formation of Multi-planetary Systems in Turbulent Disks; Slides (PDF, 4MB)
Astrophysical Lunch Seminar (Cambridge, England): October 2008 - Turbulence and Mean Motion Resonances
5th Part III Return Conference (Cambridge, England): April 2008 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Conferences, Workshops and Schools Attended

Extreme Solar Systems 2 (EES 2): September 2011, Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming; Workshop Website
International Summer Institute for Modeling in Astrophysics (ISIMA) 2011: June-August 2011 - KIAA, Beijing, China; Workshop Website
Baroclinic Instability and Protoplanetary Accretion Disks: June 2011 - Ringberg Castle, Germany; Conference Website
Evolving Theory for Planet Formation: June 2010 - Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan; Conference Website
Outer Solar System (DDP3): November 2009 - Edinburgh, Scotland; Conference Website
Planetesimal Formation (DDP2): October 2009 - Cambridge, United Kingdom; Conference Website
Dynamics of Discs and Planets (DDP1): August 2009 - Cambridge, United Kingdom; Conference Website
PiTP 2009: Computational Astrophysics: July 2009 - Institute for Advanced Study - Princeton, NJ; Conference Website - Conference Poster
Exoplanets and Disks: Their Formation and Diversity: March 2009 - Keauhou, Hawaii; Conference Website - Conference Poster
Planet Formation and Evolution: The Solar System and Extrasolar Planets: March 2009 - Tuebingen, Germany; Conference Website - Conference Poster
Exo-solar super Earths: detection, atmospheres and internal structures (One Day Meeting): January 2009 - London, United Kingdom; Conference Website
Extrasolar Planets in Multi-Body Systems: Theory and Observations: August 2008 - Torun, Poland; Conference Website - Conference Poster
Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics: The Origin of Stars, Planets and Galaxies: July 2008 - Ascona, Switzerland; Conference Website
Origin and Evolution of Planets: June 2008 - Ascona, Switzerland; Conference Website
5th Part III Return Conference: April 2008 - Cambridge, United Kingdom; Conference Website - Conference Poster

Last updated on 2 May 2012.