Dr Zoe Leinhardt

Summary

I am a computational astrophysicist. My research interests focus on the formation and evolution of planets and small bodies, such as asteroids and comets through the use of numerical simulations. There is more information on my group's research page.

Biography

I am an STFC Advanced Fellow in the Astrophysics Group in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. Please see my CV on my group webpage for more details.

Teaching

I currently teach the undergraduate Planets module of Astronomy I. 

Keywords

• planetary astrophysics
• solar system evolution
• collisional physics
• numerical methods

Memberships

Organisations

School of Physics

Physics staff

• Physics academic staff

Research areas

• Astrophysics and Particle Physics
• Theoretical Physics

Research groups

• Astrophysics

Research interests

• Planet Formation and Collisional Evolution
• Astro Theory and Particle Phenomenology

Recent publications

• Lines, S, Leinhardt, ZM, Paardekooper, S, Baruteau, C & Thebault, P 2014, ‘FORMING CIRCUMBINARY PLANETS: N-BODY SIMULATIONS OF KEPLER-34’. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol 782.
• Dobinson, J, Leinhardt, ZM, Dodson-Robinson, SE & Teanby, NA 2013, ‘HIDING IN THE SHADOWS: SEARCHING FOR PLANETS IN PRE-TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSITIONAL DISKS’. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol 777.
• Paardekooper, S-J, Leinhardt, ZM, Thebault, P & Baruteau, C 2012, ‘How Not to Build Tatooine: The Difficulty of In Situ Formation of Circumbinary Planets Kepler 16b, Kepler 34b, and Kepler 35b’. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol 754., pp. L16
• Leinhardt, ZM, Ogilvie, G, Latter, H & Kokubo, E 2012, ‘Tidal disruption of satellites and formation of narrow rings’. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 424., pp. 1419-1413
• Leinhardt, Z & Stewart, ST 2012, ‘Collisions Between Gravity-Dominated Bodies: 1. Outcome Regimes and Scaling Laws’. The Astrophysical Journal, vol 745.
• Leinhardt, Z, Marcus, RA & Stewart, ST 2010, ‘The Formation of the Collisional Family Around the Dwarf Planet Haumea’. The Astrophysical Journal, vol 714.
• Leinhardt, Z & Stewart, ST 2009, ‘Full numerical simulations of catastrophic small body collisions’. Icarus, vol 199., pp. 542?559
• Stewart, ST & Leinhardt, Z 2009, ‘Velocity-Dependent Catastrophic Disruption Criteria for Planetesimals’. The Astrophysical Journal, vol 691.

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system