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Research

My main research interest lies in the formation, evolution and interiors of gas giants in- and outside our solar system. If that sounds interesting, check out the publications I've been a part of.

Journal Publications

• On the Diversity in Mass and Orbital Radius of Giant Planets Formed via Disk Instabilty; S. Müller, R. Helled and L. Mayer;
  published in The Astrophysical Journal (SAO/NASA ADS)
• The Formation of Jupiter's Diluted Core by a Giant Impact; Shang-Fei Liu, Yasunori Hori, S. Müller et al.;
  published in Nature (Nature / SAO/NASA ADS / Press release)
• The Challenge of Forming a Fuzzy Core in Jupiter; S. Müller, R. Helled and A. Cumming;
  published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Theoretical versus observational uncertainties: composition of giant exoplanets; S. Müller, M. Ben-Yami and R. Helled;
  published in The Astrophysical Journal (SAO/NASA ADS / Press release)
• Synthetic evolution tracks of giant planets; S. Müller and R. Helled; published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Towards a new era in giant exoplanet characterisation; S. Müller and R. Helled; published in A&A (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Warm giant exoplanet characterisation; S. Müller and R. Helled; published in Front. Astron. Space Sci. (SAO/NASA ADS)
• WASP-193b: An extremely low-density super-Neptune; K. Barkaoui et al.; accepted for publication in Nature Astronomy (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Exploring the hypothesis of an inverted Z gradient inside Jupiter; S. Howard et al.; published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (SAO/NASA ADS)
• The mass-radius relation of exoplanets, revisited; S. Müller et al.; accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Uranus' Complex Internal Structure; B. Neuenschwander, S. Müller and R. Helled; accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics (SAO/NASA ADS)
• TOI-4201: An Early M Dwarf Hosting a Massive Transiting Jupiter Stretching Theories of Core Accretion; M. Delamer et al.; published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Searching for Giant Exoplanets around M-dwarf Stars (GEMS) I: Survey Motivation; S. Kanodia et al.; published in The Astronomical Journal (SAO/NASA ADS)
• Can Jupiter's atmospheric metallicity be different from the deep interior?; S. Müller and R. Helled; accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (SAO/NASA ADS)

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