Heller, R.: Tidal heating in the early Earth-Moon system under a faint, young sun. General Meeting of the SPP 1833 “Building a Habitable Earth”, Göttingen (2018)
Heller, R.: Aufbruch zu den Sternen: Mit Breakthrough Starshot zu alpha Centauri und seinen Planeten. Öffentlicher Vortrag in der Reihe "Faszinierendes Weltall", Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen e.V., Göttingen, Germany (2017)
Heller, R.; Winkler, M.: Extreme Viscoelastic Heating of Earth-like Planets in the Habitable Zones Around Low-Mass Stars. Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Astrobiologische Gesellschaft, Potsdam, Germany (2017)
Heller, R.: Die Suche nach Leben außerhalb der Erde. Public talk ("Astronomievortrag") at the Michael Adrian Observatory in Trebur, Trebur, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.: Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, and the PLATO Space Mission. Scientists in the Classroom, Nauset Regional High School in Cape Cod (MA), USA (2016)
Heller, R.; Barnes, R.: Benefits and Perils of Tidal Heating to Planetary Habitability. Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Splinter Session "Formation, Evolution and Astrobiology of Extrasolar Planets", Bochum, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.; Pudritz, R.; Barnes, R.: Large, Water-Rich Moons around Giant Exoplanets - Implications for Life Beyond Earth. Astrobiology, Life in the Context of Cosmic Evolution, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.; Duda, J.-P.; Winkler, M.; Reitner, J.; Gizon, L.: Habitability of the Early Earth: A Faint Young Sun and Strong Tidal Heating due to a Closer Moon. ESRP Meeting, Jena, Germany (2022)
Heller, R.: Deceleration of High-Velocity Interstellar Photon Sails into Bound Orbits at α Centauri Using Photogravitational Assists. Astrobiology Science Conference, Mesa, Arizona, USA (2017)
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
Application deadline 1 October 2024. PhD projects in planetary science, solar and stellar physics, solar magnetism, heliophysics, helioseismology, asteroseismology, ...