PAPERS
Selected papers and other publications with D. Folini as author or co-author


  • 3D simulations of RS Oph: from accretion to nova blast
    Rolf Walder, Doris Folini, and Steven N. Shore.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, in press, 2008.
    pdf-file (1 MB)

  • Aspects of Turbulence in Astrophysics
    Rolf Walder, Doris Folini, and Jean Favre.
    ERCOFTAC-bulletin, 70, 2006.
    Invited contribution to the special issue on compressible turbulence of the European Research Community of Flows, Turbulence, and Combustion (ERCOFTAC).
    pdf-file (1 MB)
    gzipped ps-file (1.5 MB)

  • Supersonic turbulence in shock-bound interaction zones I: symmetric settings
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, 459, 1-19, 2006.
    pdf-file (2.6 MB)
    gzipped ps-file (2.7 MB)

  • Structuring and support by Alfvèn waves around prestellar cores
    Doris Folini, Jean Heyvaerts and Rolf Walder
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, 414, 559-572, 2004.
    pdf-file (1.36MB)
    gzipped ps-file (1.36MB)

  • 3D-hydrodynamics of colliding winds in massive binaries
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    In K.A. van der Hucht, A. Herrero & C. Esteban (eds.),
    A Massive Star Odyssey, from Main Sequence to Supernova
    To appear in: IAU Symp. No. 212 (San Francisco: ASP), 2002, 7 pages.
    Available also in a 680KB gzipped Postscript file
    or in 1.1MB pdf-file.

  • A new method for 3D radiative transfer with adaptive grids
    Doris Folini, Rolf Walder, Michael Psarros, and Alexandere Desboeufs
    Proceedings of the Workshop
    Stellar Atmosphere Modeling
    To appear in: PASP conference series, 4 pages.
    Available also in a 68KB gzipped Postscript file
    or in 100KB pdf-file.

  • Theoretical predictions for the cold part of the colliding wind interaction zone
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    Proceedings of the Workshop
    Interacting Winds from Massive Stars,
    PASP conference series, 260, 605-614 (2002).
    Available also in a 545KB gzipped Postscript file
    or in 334KB pdf-file.

  • Theoretical consideration of colliding clumped winds
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    Proceedings of the Workshop
    Interacting Winds from Massive Stars,
    PASP conference series, 260, 595-603 (2002).
    Available also in a 288KB gzipped Postscript file
    or in 286KB pdf-file.

  • 3D hydrodynamical simulations of colliding wind binaries: theory confronts observations
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    Astrophysics and Space Scienc 274, 189--194, 2000 (Moscow conference on progress in cosmic gas-dynamics).
    Available as a 251KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • On the stability of colliding flows: radiative shocks, thin shells, and supersonic turbulence
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    Astrophysics and Space Scienc 274, 343--352, 2000 (Moscow conference on progress in cosmic gas-dynamics).
    Available as a 509KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • A-MAZE: A code package to compute 3D magnetic flows, 3D NLTE radiative transfer, and synthetic spectra
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    In: Thermal and Ionization Aspects of Flows from Hot Stars: Observations and Theory, ASP Conference Series 204,
    eds. H.J.G.L.M. Lamers and A. Sapar, 281-284, 2000.

    Available as a 47KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • Theory of thermal and ionization effects in colliding winds of WR+O binaries
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    Invited review.
    In: Thermal and Ionization Aspects of Flows from Hot Stars: Observations and Theory, ASP Conference Series 204,
    eds. H.J.G.L.M. Lamers and A. Sapar, 267-278, 2000.

    Available as a 63KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • Complex wind dynamics and ionization structure in symbiotic binaries
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    Invited review.
    In: Thermal and Ionization Aspects of Flows from Hot Stars: Observations and Theory, ASP Conference Series 204,
    eds. H.J.G.L.M. Lamers and A. Sapar, 331-342, 2000.

    Available as a 2.3MB gzipped Postscript file.

  • A wind accretion wake in RW Hydrae?
    Thomas Dumm, Doris Folini, Harry Nussbaumer, Hansruedi Schild, Werner Schmutz and Rolf Walder
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, 354, 1014--1020, 2000.
    Available as a 228KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • Colliding winds in WR binaries:
    further developments within a complicated story

    Rolf Walder, Doris Folini, and Simin Motamen
    in K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger, P.R.J. Enenens (eds), Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 193 (San Francisco: ASP), pages 298-305 (1999).
    Available as a 1.22MB gzipped Postscript file.

  • 3D non-LTE radiative transfer:
    a new code and its application to gamma Velorum

    Doris Folini, Rolf Walder, and Simin Motamen
    in K.A. van der Hucht, G. Koenigsberger, P.R.J. Enenens (eds), Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars and Starburst Galaxies, Proc. IAU Symposium No. 193 (San Francisco: ASP), pages 352-353 (1999).
    Available as a 100KB gzipped Postscript file.

  • ISO observations of CH Cyg
    Hansruedi Schild, Thomas Dumm, Doris Folini, Harry Nussbaumer, and Werner Schmutz
    in P. Cox, M. F. Kessler (eds), The Universe as Seen by ISO, ESA-SP 427, pages 397+ (1999).

  • Computational approaches to multidimensional radiative transfer
    and the physics of radiative colliding flows

    Doris Folini
    PhD thesis, ETH Zurich, No. 12606 (1998)
    Available as a 3.3MB gzipped Postscript file

  • 3D radiative transfer under conditions of non local thermodynamic equilibrium: A contribution to the numerical solution
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    in Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications
    Editors: M.Fey and R.Jeltsch,
    pages 305--314 (1999)

    Available as a 95KB gzipped Postscript file

  • Radiative Shocks, Supersonic Turbulence and Structure Formation in Space
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    in Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications
    Editors: M.Fey and R.Jeltsch,
    pages 973--982 (1999)

    Available as a 2.7MB gzipped Postscript file

  • Knots, filaments, and turbulence in radiative shocks
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    A&A, 330:L21-L24 (1998)
    Available as a 47KB gzipped Postscript file (text only)
    plus a 1.8MB gzipped Postscript file (figures only)

  • Visualization of Astrophysical Data with AVS/Express
    Jean M. Favre and Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    CRAY User Conference, Stuttgart (1998)
    Available as a 65KB gzipped Postscript file

  • The formation of knots and filaments in shocks
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Hypersonic Radiative Outflows out of Thermal Equilibrium, Astrophysics and Space Science, pages 215--224 (1998)
    Available as a 76KB gzipped Postscript file

  • Radiative cooling instability in 1D colliding flows
    Rolf Walder and Doris Folini
    A&A, 315:265-283 (1996)
    Available as a 378KB gzipped Postscript file

  • Structure and Stability of Radiative Shock Waves
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    in Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications
    Editors: J.Glimm, M.J.Graham, J.W. Grove and B.J. Plohr,
    pages 313--319 (1996)


  • Instablities of colliding flows and the consequences for planetray nebulae
    Doris Folini and Rolf Walder
    in Asymetric Planetary Nebulae
    Editors: A.Harpaz and N.Soker
    pages 253--257 (1994)

    Available as 3.9MB scanned pdf-file