My PhD thesis
Thesis manuscript as PDF at the Goettingen university's library SUB
Summary at ADS
Link towards Goettingen at ADS
Refereed Journals
First-author papers
Spectral
and Photometric Evolution of Young Stellar Populations: the Impact of Gaseous emission at Various Metallicities
P. Anders and U. Fritze - v. Alvensleben
data-files
A&A, 401, 1063 (2003)
Star Cluster Formation and Evolution in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 1569
P. Anders, R. de Grijs, U. Fritze--v. Alvensleben, N. Bissantz
data-file
MNRAS, 347, 17 (2004)
Analysing observed star cluster SEDs with evolutionary synthesis models: Systematic uncertainties
P. Anders, N. Bissantz, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
MNRAS, 347, 196 (2004)
Accurate photometry of extended spherically symmetric sources
P. Anders, M. Gieles, R. de Grijs
data-file
A&A, 451, 375 (2006)
The Young Star Cluster System in the Antennae: Evidence for a Turnover in the luminosity function
P. Anders, N. Bissantz, L. Boysen, R. de Grijs, U. Fritze -- v. Alvensleben
MNRAS, 377, 91 (2007)
How well do STARLAB and NBODY4 compare? I. Simple models
P. Anders, H. Baumgardt, N. Bissantz, S.F. Portegies Zwart
data-file
MNRAS, 395, 2304 (2009)
The photometric evolution of dissolving star clusters. II. Realistic models. Colours and M/L ratios
P. Anders, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, H. Baumgardt
data-file
A&A, 502, 817 (2009)
Co-author papers
Stellar
populations and star cluster formation in interacting galaxies with the Advanced Camera for Surveys
R. de Grijs, J.T. Lee, M. Clemencia Mora Herrera, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, P. Anders
New Astron., 8, 155 (2003)
Star
cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies - I. Systematic uncertainties
R. de Grijs, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, P. Anders, J.S. Gallagher, N. Bastian, V.A. Taylor, R.A. Windhorst
MNRAS, 342, 259 (2003)
Star
cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies - II. Initial conditions
R. de Grijs, P. Anders, N. Bastian, R. Lynds, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, E.J. O'Neil
MNRAS, 343, 1285 (2003)
CIRPASS near-infrared integral-field spectroscopy of massive star clusters in the starburst galaxy NGC 1140
R. de Grijs, L.J. Smith, A. Bunker, R.G. Sharp, J.S. Gallagher, P. Anders, A. Lancon, R.W. O'Connell, I.R. Parry
MNRAS, 352, 263 (2004)
Systematic uncertainties in the analysis of star cluster parameters based on broad-band imaging observations
R. de Grijs, P. Anders, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, N. Bastian, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, G. Parmentier, M.E. Sharina, S. Yi
MNRAS, 359, 874 (2005)
How well do we know the age and mass distributions of the star cluster system in the Large Magellanic Cloud?
R. de Grijs, P. Anders
MNRAS, 366, 295 (2006)
The photometric evolution of dissolving star clusters. I. First predictions
H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, P.Anders, R. de Grijs
A&A, 452, 131 (2006)
Star Clusters in the Nearby Late-Type Galaxy NGC 1311
P.B. Eskridge, R. de Grijs, P. Anders, R.A. Windhorst, V.A. Mager, R.A. Jansen
AJ, 135, 120 (2008)
A peculiar object in M51: fuzzy star cluster or a background galaxy?
R.A. Scheepmaker, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, S.S. Larsen, P. Anders
A&A, 477, 117 (2008)
Young globular clusters in an old S0: clues to the formation history of NGC 4570
R. Kotulla, U. Fritze, P. Anders
MNRAS, 387, 1149 (2008)
Dynamical mass of a star cluster in M83: a test of fibre-fed multi-object spectroscopy
S.L. Moll, R. de Grijs, P. Anders, P.A. Crowther, S.S. Larsen, L.J. Smith, S.F. Portegies Zwart
A&A, 490, 125 (2008)
GALEV evolutionary synthesis models - I. Code, input physics and web interface
R. Kotulla, U. Fritze, P. Weilbacher, P. Anders
MNRAS, 396, 462 (2009)
The spatial distribution of star and cluster formation in M 51
R.A. Scheepmaker, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, P. Anders, S.S. Larsen
A&A, 494, 81 (2009)
Accepted papers, ASTRO-PH versions
Conference Proceedings
Analysing Multi-Color
Observations of Young Star Clusters in Mergers
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'New Horizons in Globular Cluster
Astronomy', Padova 2002 (poster)
Evolutionary Synthesis
Modelling of Young Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'The Evolution of Galaxies, III.
From Simple Approaches to Self-Consistent Models', Kiel 2002 (poster)
Astrophys.Space Sci. 284 (2003) 937-940
New Evolutionary
Synthesis Tool for Modelling Young Star Clusters in Merging Galaxies
P. Anders, R. de Grijs, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben
ESO Astrophysics Symposia 'Extragalactic Globular Cluster
Systems', Garching 2002 (poster)
Multi-color observations
of Young Star Clusters
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
6', Sydney 2003 (poster)
From Young to Old: Spectral Models for Star Cluster Systems
U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, P. Anders, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
6', Sydney 2003
Star Clusters and
ASTROVIRTEL
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
8', Sydney 2003 (talk)
Young star clusters:
Progenitors of globular clusters!?
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
11', Sydney 2003 (talk)
The Initial Mass Function of Star Cluster Systems
U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs, P. Anders
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
11', Sydney 2003
Young star clusters:
Metallicity tracers in external galaxies
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion
21', Sydney 2003 (talk)
Young star clusters:
Clues to galaxy formation and evolution
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Symposium 217', Sydney 2003 (poster)
Young Star
Clusters: Lighthouses in the dark
P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Symposium 221', Sydney 2003 (poster)
Mass Functions of Young Star Cluster Systems
U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, P. Anders, R. de Grijs
Conference Proceedings 'IAU General Assembly, Symposium 221', Sydney 2003
Nearby star cluster formation: Probes of cosmological galaxy evolution
P. Anders, R. de Grijs, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben
Conference Proceedings 'Rencontres de Moriond, XXVth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting', La Thuile (I) 2005
Measuring sizes and compactnesses of young star clusters
P. Anders, M. Gieles, R. de Grijs, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben
Conference Proceedings 'Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies', Cambridge (UK) 2005
Star Cluster Analyses from Multi-Band Photometry: the Key Advantage of SALT's U-band Sensitivity
U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, P. Papaderos, P. Anders, T. Lilly, B. Cunow, J. Gallagher
Contributed Talk, 7 pages, IAU Symp. 232, ``The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes'', eds. P. Whitelock, B. Leibundgut, M. Dennefeld, CUP
N-body simulations of star clusters
P. Anders, H.J.G.L.M. Lamers, H. Baumgardt
Contributed Talk, 2 pages, IAU Symp. 246, ``Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems'', eds. E. Vesperini, M. Giersz, A. Sills, Capri (I) 2007
How Efficient is Rotational Mixing in Massive Stars ?
I. Brott, I. Hunter, P. Anders, N. Langer
Poster, 3 pages, ``First Stars III'', Santa Fe (USA) 2007
The young star cluster system of the Antennae galaxies
P. Anders, U. Fritze, R. de Grijs
Contributed Talk, 4 pages, ``Young Massive Star Clusters - Initial Conditions and Environments'', eds. E. Perez, R. de Grijs, R. Gonzalez Delgado, Granada (E) 2007
Detecting metal-rich intermediate-age Globular Clusters in NGC 4570 using K-band photometry
R. Kotulla, U. Fritze, P. Anders
Poster, 5 pages, ``Young Massive Star Clusters - Initial Conditions and Environments'', eds. E. Perez, R. de Grijs, R. Gonzalez Delgado, Granada (E) 2007
Research visits
- IoA, Cambridge (UK), March-June 2002
- IoA, Cambridge (UK), March 2003
- University of Utrecht (NL), April 2003
- University of Sheffield (UK), March 2004
- INAOE, Puebla (MEX), June/July 2004; Guillermo Haro workshop on "Violent Star Formation and the Legacy Tool"
- 3x 1 week ISSI, Bern (CH), November 2004, April/November 2005
- University of Sheffield (UK), November 2006
- 3x 1 week ISSI, Bern (CH), November 2006, April/Dezember 2007
- 1 week IAG, Göttingen (D), February 2007
- The NEON 3D Spectra School, Potsdam (D), May 2008
- 2 weeks University of Florida (USA), January 2009
- 1 month KITP, Santa Barbara (USA), February 2009; workshop ``Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters''
- 1 week Northwestern University, Evanston (USA), January 2010
Research talks
Conferences & workshops
- IAU General Assembly 2003, Sydney (AUS), 3 talks (JD8, JD11, JD21)
- INAOE, Puebla (MEX), July 2004; in the framework of the Guillermo Haro workshop on "Violent Star Formation and the Legacy Tool"
- Rencontres de Moriond, XXVth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting, La Thuile (I), March 2005
- Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters, Lunteren (NL), June 2006
- Fine-Tuning Stellar Population Models, Leiden (NL), June 2006 (short presentation)
- The dynamics of star clusters and star cluster systems (MODEST-7d), Sheffield (UK), November 2006
- NAC 2007, Veldhoven (NL), May 2007
- Young massive star clusters, Granada (E), September 2007
- MODEST-8 meeting, Bad Honnef (D), December 2007
- From Taurus to the Antennae, Sheffield (UK), August 2008
- JENAM 2009, Hatfield (UK), 2 talks
- IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), August 2009
- AAS Winter Meeting, Washington D.C. (USA), January 2010
Other
- Göttingen (D), regular seminar talks, twice per year, since 2002
- Cambridge (UK), seminar, May 2002
- Garching (D), ASTROVIRTEL meeting, September 2002
- Cambridge (UK), seminar, March 2003
- University of Sheffield (UK), seminar, March 2004
- University of Bonn (D), seminar, February 2005
- University of Prague (CZ), seminar, February 2005
- University of Florida (USA), seminar, January 2009
- Northwestern University, Evanston (USA), seminar, January 2010
Teaching experiences
- 2000: Teaching training course (Loughborough University, UK)
- 2000/01: Tutorials accompanying the lectures "Introduction to computational physics" and "Physics I" (Loughborough University, UK)
- 2001: Assistant supervisor of physics lab classes (Loughborough University, UK)
- 2005: Co-preparing and co-lecturing "Interacting galaxies" with U. Fritze - v. Alvensleben (Universität Göttingen, Germany)
- 2009: Lecturer for the ``Utrecht Summer School in Astrophysics: Life and Death of Stars''
- 2005 - 2009: partial supervision of a number of Master and PhD students, both in Göttingen and in Utrecht
Press releases
Supernova blast bonanza in nearby galaxy, heic0402 / STScI-2004-06; ESA, NASA, P. Anders, R. de Grijs and U.
Fritze-v. Alvensleben (2 February 2004)