Recent publications

Selected publications

First author publications of members of our group

„Improving Monte Carlo radiative transfer in the regime of high optical depths: The minimum scattering order“,
Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
A. Krieger, S. Wolf

„Improving Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations: A shift of framework“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 680, A67 (2024)
A. Krieger, S. Wolf

„Limitations of the modified blackbody fit method for determining molecular cloud properties“,
Astronomical Notes (2024)
N. Zielinski, S. Wolf

„How much large dust could be present in hot exozodiacal dust systems?“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 678, A121 (2023)
T. A. Stuber, F. Kirchschlager, T.D. Pearce, S. Ertel, A.V. Krivov, S. Wolf

„Impact of hot exozodical dust on the polarimetric analysis of close-in exoplanets“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 677, A187 (2023)
K. Ollmann, S. Wolf, M. Lietzow, T. A. Stuber

„The potential of VLTI observations for the study of circumstellar disk variability“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 677, A126 (2023)
A. Bensberg, J. Kobus, S. Wolf

„Scattering asymmetry in in-situ Mie polarimetry diagnostic of nano dust clouds“,
New Journal of Physics, Volume 23, Issue 3 (2023)
J. Kobus, A. Petersen, F. Kirchschlager, N. Rehbehn, F. Greiner, S. Wolf

„On the origin of the de-polarization in CB54“,
Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 344, Issue 5 (2023)
N. Zielinski, S. Wolf, K. Pattle

„Scattered polarized radiation of extrasolar circumplanetary rings“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 671, A113 (2023)
M. Lietzow, S. Wolf

„Using debris disk observations to infer substellar companions orbiting within or outside a parent planetesimal belt“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 669, A3 (2023)
T. A. Stuber, T. Löhne, S. Wolf

„Time-dependent Monte Carlo continuum radiative transfer“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume  668, A120 (2022)
A. Bensberg, S. Wolf

„Polarimetric investigation of selected cloud compositions in exoplanetary atmospheres“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 663, A55 (2022)
M. Lietzow, S. Wolf

„Radiative transfer simulations for in-situ particle size diagnostic in reactive, particle growing plasmas“,
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Volume 55, 35 (2022)
J. Kobus, A. Petersen, F. Greiner, S. Wolf

„Feasibility of detecting and characterizing embedded low-mass giant planets in gaps in the VIS/NIR wavelength range“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 662, A99 (2022)
A. Krieger, S. Wolf

„The impact of the presence of water ice on the analysis of debris disk observations“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 658, A121 (2022)
T. A. Stuber, S. Wolf

„Magnetic field structure of OMC-3 in the far infrared revealed by SOFIA/HAWC+“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 659, A22 (2022)
N. Zielinski, S. Wolf

„Self-scattering on large, porous grains in protoplanetary disks with dust settling“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 648, A87 (2021)
R. Brunngräber, S. Wolf

„Three-dimensional continuum radiative transfer of polarized radiation in exoplanetary atmospheres“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 645, A146 (2021)
M. Lietzow, S. Wolf, R. Brunngräber

„Constraining the magnetic field properties of Bok globule B335 using SOFIA/HAWC+“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 645, A125 (2021)
N. Zielinski, S. Wolf, R. Brunngräber

„The scattering order problem in Monte Carlo radiative transfer“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 645, A143 (2021)
A. Krieger, S. Wolf

„First L band detection of hot exozodiacal dust with VLTI/MATISSE“,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 499, Issue 1: 47-52 (2020)
F. Kirchschlager, S. Ertel, S. Wolf, A. Matter, A. V. Krivov

„Selected aspects of the analysis of molecular line observation of edge-on circumbinary disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 642, A127 (2020)
R. Avramenko, S. Wolf, T. F. Illenseer, S. Rehberg

„Interferometric study on the temporal variability of the brightness distributions of protoplanetary disks„,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 642, A104 (2020)
J. Kobus, S. Wolf, T. Ratzka, R. Brunngräber

„Self-scattering in protoplanetary disks with dust settling“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 640, A122 (2020)
R. Brunngräber and S. Wolf

„Unbiased Monte Carlo continuum radiative transfer in optically thick regions“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 635, A148 (2020)
A. Krieger and S. Wolf

„Characterization of mid-infrared polarization due to scattering in protoplanetary disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 634, A129 (2020)
S. Heese, S. Wolf and R. Brauer

„Constraining the detectability of water ice in debris disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 629, A141 (2019)
M. Kim, S. Wolf, A. Potapov, H. Mutschke and C. Jäger

„Polarization reversal of scattered thermal dust emission in protoplanetary disks at (sub-)mm wavelengths“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 627, L10 (2019)
R. Brunngräber and S. Wolf

„The potential of combining MATISSE and ALMA observations: Constraining the structure of the innermost region in protoplanetary discs“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 622, A147 (2019)
J. Kobus, S. Wolf, and R. Brunngräber

„Impact of planetesimal eccentricities and material strength on the appearance of eccentric debris disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 618, A38 (2018)
M. Kim, S. Wolf, T. Löhne, F. Kirchschlager, and A. V. Krivov

„Constraints on observing brightness asymmetries in protoplanetary disks at solar system scale“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 611, A90 (2018)
R. Brunngräber and S. Wolf

„Modelling of mid-infrared interferometric signature of hot exozodiacal dust emission „,
MNRAS, Volume 473: 2633-2638. (2018)
F. Kirchschlager, S. Wolf, R. Brunngräber, A. Matter, A. V. Krivov, A. Labdon

„3D radiative transfer of intrinsically polarized dust emission based on aligned aspherical grains“,
MNRAS, Volume 469: 2869-2878. (2017)
G. H.-M. Bertrang and S. Wolf

„Magnetic fields in circumstellar disks: The potential of Zeeman observations“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 607, A104 (2017)
R. Brauer, S. Wolf and M. Flock

„Spread of the dust temperature distribution in circumstellar disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 604, A5 (2017)
S. Heese, S. Wolf, A. Dutrey, and S. Guilloteau

„In-situ analysis of optically thick nanoparticle clouds“,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 173106 (2017)
F. Kirchschlager, S. Wolf, F. Greiner, S. Groth, A. Labdon

„Magnetic fields in molecular clouds: Limitations of the analysis of Zeeman observations“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 601, A90 (2017)
R. Brauer, S. Wolf, S. Reissl, F. Ober

„Observability of characteristic binary-induced structures in circumbinary disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 604, A38 (2017)
R. Avramenko, S. Wolf, T. F. Illenseer

„Constraints on the structure of hot exozodiacal dust belts“,
MNRAS, 467, 1614 (2017)
F. Kirchschlager, S. Wolf, A. V. Krivov, H. Mutschke, R. Brunngräber

„The influence of dust grain porosity on the analysis of debris disc observations“,
MNRAS, Volume 464: 4383-4389. (2017)
R. Brunngräber, S. Wolf, F. Kirchschlager and S. Ertel

„Magnetic fields in protoplanetary disks: from MHD simulations to ALMA observations“,
MNRASL, Volume 464: L61-L64. (2017)
G. H.-M. Bertrang, M. Flock, S. Wolf

„Gaps, rings, and non-axisymmetric structures in protoplanetary disks: Emission from large grains“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 590, A17 (2016)
J. P. Ruge, M. Flock, S. Wolf, N. Dzyurkevich, S. Fromang, Th. Henning, H. Klahr and H. Meheut

„The circumstellar disk of FS Tau B – A self-consistent model based on observations in the mid-infrared with NACO“,
MNRAS, Volume 462: 858-866. (2016)
F. Kirchschlager, S. Wolf, D. Madlener

„Radiative transfer with POLARIS: I. Analysis of magnetic fields through synthetic dust continuum polarization measurements“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 593, A87 (2016)
S. Reissl, S. Wolf and R. Brauer

„On the origins of polarization holes in Bok globules“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 588, A129 (2016)
R. Brauer, S. Wolf and S. Reissl

„Understanding discs in binary YSOs: detailed modelling of VV CrA“,
MNRAS, Volume 458: 2476-2491. (2016)
P. Scicluna, S. Wolf, T. Ratzka, G. Costigan, R. Launhardt, C. Leinert, F. Ober, C.F. Manara, L. Testi

„DR Tauri: Temporal variability of the brightness distribution in the potential planet-forming region“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 585, A100 (2016)
R. Brunngräber, S. Wolf, Th. Ratzka and F. Ober

„Impact of an inhomogeneous density distribution on selected observational characteristics of circumstellar disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 585, A34 (2016)
R. Brauer and S. Wolf

„Tracing planet-induced structures in circumstellar disks using molecular lines“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 579, A105 (2015)
F. Ober, S. Wolf, A. L. Uribe, H. H. Klahr

„Structures in circumbinary disks: Prospects for observability“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 579, A110 (2015)
J.P. Ruge, S. Wolf, T. Demidova and V. Grinin

„Planet-induced disk structures: A comparison between (sub)mm and infrared radiation“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 572, L2 (2014)
Ruge, S. Wolf, A.L. Uribe, and H.H. Klahr

„Effect of dust grain porosity on the appearance of protoplanetary disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 568, A103 (2014)
F. Kirchschlager and S. Wolf

„Tracing the ISM magnetic field morphology: the potential of multi-wavelength polarization measurements“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 566, A65 (2014)
S. Reissl, S. Wolf, D. Seifried

„Large-scale magnetic fields in Bok globules“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, A&A 565, A94 (2014)
G. Bertrang, S. Wolf, H.S. Das

„Radiative transfer modeling of three T Tauri stars: selecting candidates for studying circumstellar disk evolution“,
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13, 841 (2013)
Y. Liu, H. Wang, S. Wolf, D. Madlener

„Vertical settling and radial segregation of large dust grains in the circumstellar disk of the Butterfly Star“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 553, A69 (2013)
C. Gräfe, S. Wolf, S. Guilloteau, A. Dutrey, K.R. Stapelfeldt et al.

„Mid-infrared observations of the circumstellar disks around PDS 66 and CRBR 2422.8-3423“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 552, A88 (2013)
C. Gräfe and S. Wolf

„Porous dust grains in debris disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 552, A54 (2013)
F. Kirchschlager and S. Wolf

„Tracing large-scale structures in circumstellar discs with ALMA“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 549, A97 (2013)
J.P. Ruge, S. Wolf, A.L. Uribe, and H.H. Klahr

„A comparison of approaches in fitting continuum SEDs“,
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13, 420 (2012)
Y. Liu, D. Madlener, S. Wolf, and H. Wang

„DoAr 33: a good candidate for revealing dust growth and settling in protoplanetary disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 546, A7 (2012)
Y. Liu, D. Madlener, S. Wolf, H. Wang, and J.P. Ruge

„Observing planet-disk interaction in debris disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 544, A61 (2012)
S. Ertel, S. Wolf, and J. Rodmann

„The circumstellar disk of HH 30. Searching for signs of disk evolution with multi-wavelength modeling“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 543, A81 (2012)
D. Madlener, S. Wolf, A. Dutrey, and S. Guilloteau

„A peculiar class of debris disks from Herschel/DUNES – A steep fall off in the far infrared“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 541, A148 (2012)
S. Ertel, S. Wolf, J.P. Marshall, C. Eiroa, J.-C. Augereau et al.

„Circumstellar disks and planets. Science cases for next-generation optical/infrared long-baseline interferometers“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 20, 52 (2012)
S. Wolf, F. Malbet, R. Alexander, J.-P. Berger, M. Creech-Eakman, G. Duchene, A. Dutrey, C. Mordasini, E. Pantin, F. Pont, J.-U. Pott, E. Tatulli, and L. Testi

„Mid-infrared observations of the transitional disks around DH Tauri, DM Tauri, and GM Aurigae“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 533, A89 (2011)
C. Gräfe, S. Wolf, V. Roccatagliata, J. Sauter, and S. Ertel

„Multi-wavelength modeling of the spatially resolved debris disk of HD 107146“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 533, A132 (2011)
S. Ertel, S. Wolf, S. Metchev, G. Schneider, J. Carpenter et al.

„Observing dust settling and coagulation in circumstellar discs. Selected constraints from high-resolution imaging“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 527, A27 (2011)
J. Sauter and S. Wolf

„Spatially resolved detection of crystallized water ice in a T Tauri object“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 517, A87 (2010)
A.A. Schegerer and S. Wolf

„The circumstellar disc in the Bok globule CB 26. Multi-wavelength observations and modelling of the dust disc and envelope“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 505, 1167-1182 (2009)
J. Sauter, S. Wolf, R. Launhardt, D.L. Padgett, K.R. Stapelfeldt et al.

„Tracing the potential planet-forming regions around seven pre-main-sequence stars“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 502, 367-383 (2009)
A.A. Schegerer, S. Wolf, C.A. Hummel, S.P. Quanz, and A. Richichi

nar.porto2

Circumstellar Disks and Planets at Very High Angular Resolution
New Astronomy Reviews 52, 2008,
Eds. S. Wolf, P. Garcia

eas.lyon2

Perspectives in Radiative Transfer and Interferometry
EAS Publications Series 28, 2008,
Eds. S. Wolf, F. Allard, Ph. Stee

„Signatures of planets and of their formation in circumstellar disks“,
Physica Scripta (Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences), 130, 14025 (2008)
S. Wolf

„The T Tauri star RY Tauri as a case study of the inner regions of circumstellar dust disks“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 478, 779 (2008)
A.A. Schegerer, S. Wolf, Th. Ratzka, and Ch. Leinert

„Submillimeter structure of the disk of the Butterfly Star“,
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 674, L101 (2008)
S. Wolf, A.A. Schegerer, H. Beuther, D.L. Padgett, and K.R. Stapelfeldt

„Detecting protoplanets with ALMA“,
Astrophysics and Space Science, 313, 109 (2008)
S. Wolf

„Signatures of planets in protoplanetary and debris disks“,
Planetary Space Science, 55, 569 (2007)
S. Wolf, A. Moro-Martín, G. D’Angelo

„On the diversity of giant planets–Simulating the evolution of solids in protoplanetary disks“,
Planetary Space Science, 55, 536 (2007)
K. Kornet, S. Wolf, M. Różyczka

„Infrared to submillimeter observations in the field of planet formation studies“,
Advances in Space Research, 40, 625 (2007)
S. Wolf

„Formation of giant planets around stars with various masses“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 458, 661 (2006)
K. Kornet, S. Wolf, M. Różyczka

„Analysis of the dust evolution in the circumstellar disks of T Tauri stars“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 456, 535 (2006)
A. Schegerer, S. Wolf, N. V. Voshchinnikov, F. Przygodda, J. E. Kessler-Silacci

„Radial distribution of planets. Predictions based on the core-accretion gas-capture planet-formation model“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 454, 989 (2006)
K. Kornet, S. Wolf

„Debris disk radiative transfer simulation tool (DDS)“,
Computer Physics Communications, 171, 208 (2005)
S. Wolf, L. A. Hillenbrand

„On the Observability of Giant Protoplanets in Circumstellar Disks“,
The Astrophysical Journal, 619, 2 (2005)
S. Wolf, G. D’Angelo

„Mie scattering by ensembles of particles with very large size parameters“,
Computer Physics Communications, 162, 113 (2004)
S. Wolf, N.V. Voshchinnikov

„Evolution of Magnetic fields in Bok Globules?“,
Astrophysics and Space Science, 292, 239 (2004)
S. Wolf, T. Henning

„Model Spectral Energy Distributions of Circumstellar Debris Disks. I. Analytic Disk Density Distributions“,
The Astrophysical Journal, 596, 603 (2003)
S. Wolf, L.A. Hillenbrand

„Magnetic Field Evolution in Bok Globules“,
The Astrophysical Journal, 592, 233 (2003)
S. Wolf, R. Launhardt, T. Henning

„The Circumstellar Disk of the Butterfly Star in Taurus“,
The Astrophysical Journal, 588, 373 (2003)
S. Wolf, L. D. Padgett, K. R. Stapelfeldt

„MC3D–3D continuum radiative transfer, Version 2“,
Computer Physics Communications, 150, 99 (2003)
S. Wolf

„Efficient Radiative Transfer in Dust Grain Mixtures“,
The Astrophysical Journal, 582, 859 (2003)
S. Wolf

„Large-Scale Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks: On the Observability of Possible Early Stages of Planet Formation“,
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 578, L79 (2003)
S. Wolf, H. Klahr

„Multiple scattering of polarized radiation by non-spherical grains: First results“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 385, 365 (2002)
S. Wolf, N. V. Voshchinnikov, Th. Henning

„Detecting Planets in Protoplanetary Disks: A Prospective Study“,
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 566, L97 (2002)
S. Wolf, F. Gueth, Th. Henning, W. Kley

„Inverse raytracing based on Monte-Carlo radiative transfer simulations“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 379, 690 (2001)
S. Wolf

„Accelerated self-consistent radiative transfer based on the Monte Carlo method“,
Computer Physics Communications, 132, 166 (2001)
S. Wolf, Th. Henning

„Multidimensional self-consistent radiative transfer simulations based on the Monte-Carlo method“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 349, 839 (1999)
S. Wolf, Th. Henning, B. Stecklum

„AGN polarization models“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 341, 675 (1999)
S. Wolf, Th. Henning

„Radiative transfer in the clumpy environment of young stellar objects“,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 340, 103 (1998)
S. Wolf, O. Fischer, W. Pfau