Ph.D. Leiden,
1972; Astrophysics
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Vincent Icke is head of the Theory Group at Leiden Observatory. At present, his main interests are the formation of structure in the Universe, and high energy hydrodynamics. Together with Van de Weygaert, he pioneered the application of Voronoi tessellations in cosmology. At present, his interest concerns the development of realistic three-dimensional hydrodynamics codes to cosmic structure formation, because the currently fashionable "SPH-type" models do not do justice to the hydro. Icke is extending his well-established models for the formation of bipolar nebulae (which are formed when stars such as our Sun blow up) to flow regimes where the gas temperature is small.
Icke is actively engaged in education, especially innovative forms. Together with Jan van Ruitenbeek he has designed a freshman lecture series intended for the whole School of Natural Sciences. He is a board member of the national science museum NEMO in Amsterdam. The third printing of his book The Force of Symmetry, describing for a wide audience the current developments in theoretical particle physics, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1999. He writes a monthly science column for the national newspaper NRC Handelsblad, and has participated in many productions disseminating science on radio and television.
More details about the above can be found on my home page. The publications I like best are:
V. Icke, Voids and Filaments, 1984 Monthly Notices Roy.Astron.Soc. 206, 1P
V. Icke & R. van de Weygaert, Fragmenting the Universe. I. Statistics of Two-Dimensional Voronoi Foams, 1987 Astron. Astrophys. 184, 16
V. Icke, Blowing Bubbles, 1988 Astron. Astrophys. 202, 177
V. Icke, Photon Surfing near Compact Accreting Objects, 1989 Astron. Astrophys. 216, 294
V. Icke & J. Gerritsen, Star formation in N-body simulations. II. Feedback from supernovae and stellar winds, 1999 Astron. Astrophys., in the press
Keywords: Cosmology - Hydrodynamics - Astrophysics