Professor Dr. Bastian Gundlach

Professor Dr. Bastian Gundlach

Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, room Raum 111a
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-33406

  • Publications

    • Bürger, J.; Hayne, P. O.; Gundlach, B.; Läuter, M.; Kramer, T.; Blum, J. . ‘A Microphysical Thermal Model for the Lunar Regolith: Investigating the Latitudinal Dependence of Regolith Properties.’ Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, No. 3: e2023JE008152. doi: 10.1029/2023JE008152.
    • Güttler, C.; Rose, M.; Sierks, H.; Macher, W.; Zivithal, S.; Blum, J.; Laddha, S.; Gundlach, B.; Kargl, G. . ‘Simulation and experiment of gas diffusion in a granular bed.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524, No. 4: 6114–6123. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad2229.

    • Feller, C.; Pommerol, A.; Lethuillier, A.; Hänni, N.; Schürch, S.; Bühr, C.; Gundlach, B.; Haenni, B.; Jäggi, N.; Kaminek, M. . ‘Spectrophotometric properties of CoPhyLab’s dust mixtures.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 528, No. 1: 61–81. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad3890.
    • Kreuzig, C.;Bischoff, D.; Molinski, N. S.; Brecher, J. N.; Kovalev, A.; Meier, G.; Oesert, J.; Gorb, S. N.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Micrometre-sized ice particles for planetary science experiments – CoPhyLab cryogenic granular sample production and storage.’ Royal Astronomical Society techniques and instruments 2, No. 1: 1–19. doi: 10.1093/rasti/rzad049.
    • Güttler, C.; Rose, M.; Sierks, H.; Macher, W.; Zivithal, S.; Blum, J.; Laddha, S.; Gundlach, B.; Kargl, G. . ‘Simulation and experiment of gas diffusion in a granular bed .’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524, No. 4: 6114–6123. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad2229.
    • Bischoff, D.; Schuckart, C.; Attree, N.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘A quantitative description of comet 67P’s dust and gas production remains enigmatic.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 523, No. 4: 5171–5186. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad1766.
    • Laddha, S.; Macher, M.; Kargl, G.; Zivithal, G.; Blum, J.; Gundlach, G.; Güttler, C.; Sierks, H.; Rose M. . ‘Validation of gas flow experiments for porous media by means of computer simulations.’ Measurement Science and Technology 34, No. 4: 34 045012. doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/acb373.

    • Bürger, J.; Glißmann, T.; Lethuillier, A.; Bischoff, D.; Gundlach, B.; Mutschke, H.; Höfer, S.; Wolf, S.; Blum, J. . ‘Sub-mm/mm optical properties of real protoplanetary matter derived from Rosetta/MIRO observations of comet 67P.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 519, No. 1: 641–665. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3420.
    • Blum, J.; Bischoff, D.; Gundlach, B. . ‘Formation of Comets .’ universe 8, No. 7: 381. doi: 10.3390/universe8070381.
    • Lethuillier, A.; Feller, C.; Kaufmann, E.; Becerra, P.; Hänni, N.; Diethelm, R.; Kreuzig, C.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Pommerol, A.; Kargl, G.; Kührt, E.; Capelo, H.; Haack, D.; Zhang, X.; Knollenberg, J.; Molinski, N. S.; Gilke, T.; Sierks, H.; Tiefenbacher, P.; Güttler, C.; Otto, K. A.; Bischoff, D.; Schweighart, M.; Hagermann, A.; Jäggi, N. . ‘Cometary dust analogues for physics experiments.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 515, No. 3: 3420–3438. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1734.
    • Lethuillier, A.; Feller, C.; Kaufmann, E.; Becerra, P.; Hänni, N.; Diethelm, R.; Kreuzig, C.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Pommerol, A.; Kargl, G.; Laddha, S.; Denisova, K.; Kührt, E.; Capelo, H. L.; Haack, D.; Zhang, X.; Knollenberg, J.; Molinski, N. S.; Gilke, T.; Sierks, H.; Tiefenbacher, P.; Güttler, C.; Otto, K. A.; Bischoff, D.; Schweighart, M.; Hagermann, A.; Jäggi, N. . ‘Cometary dust analogues for physics experiments.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 515, No. 3: 3420–3438. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1734.
    • Malamud, U.; Landeck, W.; Bischoff, D.; Kreuzig, C.; Perets, H. B.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Are there any pristine comets? Constraints from pebble structure.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514, No. 3: 3366–3394. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1535.

    • Kreuzig, C. ; Kargl, G. ; Pommerol, A. ; Knollenberg, J.; Lethuillier, A. ; Molinski, N. S. ; Gilke, T. ; Bischoff, D. ; Feller, C. ; Kührt, E. ; Sierks, H. ; Hänni, N. ; Capelo, H. ; Güttler, C. ; Haack, D. ; Otto, K. ; Kaufmann, E. ; Schweighart, M. ; Macher, W. ; Tiefenbacher, P. ; Gundlach, B. ; Blum, J. . ‘The CoPhyLab comet-simulation chamber.’ Review of Scientific Instruments 92, No. 11: 115102. doi: 10.1063/5.0057030.
    • Haack, D.; Kreuzig, C.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Otto, K. . ‘Sublimation of organic-rich comet analog materials and their relevance in fracture formation.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 653: A153. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142069.
    • Haack, D. ; Lethuillier, A. ; Kreuzig, C. ; Feller, C. ; Gundlach, B. ; Pommerol, A. ; Blum, J. ; Otto, K. A. . ‘Sublimation of ice-dust mixtures in cooled vacuum environments to reproduce cometary morphologies.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 649, No. 35. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140435 .
    • Schweighart, M.; Macher, W. ; Kargl, G. ; Gundlach, B. ; Capelo, H.L. . ‘Viscous and Knudsen gas flow through dry porous cometary analogue material.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504, No. 4: 5513–5527. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab934.
    • Bischoff D; Gundlach B; Blum J. . ‘A method to distinguish between micro-and macro-granular surfaces of small Solar system bodies.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508, No. 4: 4705–4721. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2803.
    • Kost, P.-M.; Linke, S.; Gundlach, B.; Lethuillier, A.; Baasch, J.; Stoll, E.; Blum, J. . ‘Thermal properties of lunar regolith simulant melting specimen.’ Acta Astronautica 187: 429–437. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.06.037.

    • O’Rourke, L.; Heinisch, P.; Blum, J.; Fornasier, S.; Filacchione, G.; Van Hoang, H; Ciarniello, M.; Raponi, A.; Gundlach, B.; Blasco, R.; Grieger, B.; Glassmeier, K.-H.; Küppers, M.; Rotundi, A.; Groussin, O.; Bockelée-Morvan, D.; Auster, H.-U.; Oklay, N.; Paar, G.; Perucha, M.; Kovacs, G.; Jorda, L.; Vincent, J.-B.; Capaccioni, F.; Biver, N.; Parker, J.; Tubiana, C.; Sierks, H. . ‘The Philae lander reveals low-strength primitive ice inside cometary boulders.’ Nature 586: 697–701. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2834-3.
    • Haack, D.; Otto, K. A.; Gundlach, B.; Kreuzig, C.; Bischoff, D.; Kührt, E., Blum, J. . ‘Tensile strength of dust-ice mixtures and their relevance as cometary analog material.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 642: A218. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202037763 .
    • Bischoff, D.; Kreuzig, C.; Haack, D.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Sticky or not sticky? Measurements of the tensile strength of microgranular organic materials.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 497, No. 3: 2517–2528. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa2126.
    • Gundlach, B.; Fulle, M.; Blum, J.;. . ‘On the activity of comets: understanding the gas and dust emission from comet 67/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s south-pole region during perihelion.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 493, No. 3: 3690–3715. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa449.

    • Thomas, N.; Ulamec, S.; Kührt, E.; Ciarletti, V.; Gundlach, B.; Yoldi, Z.; Schwehm, G.; Snodgrass, C.; Green, S. F. . ‘Towards New Comet Missions.’ Space Science Reviews 215: 47. doi: 10.1007/s11214-019-0611-0.
    • Hu, X.; Gundlach, B.; von Borstel, I.; Blum, J.; Shi, X. . ‘Effect of radiative heat transfer in porous comet nuclei: case study of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 630: A5. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834631 .
    • Heinisch, P.; Auster, H.-U.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Güttler, C.; Tubiana, C.; Sierks, H.; Hilchenbach, M.; Biele, J.; Richter, J.; Glassmeier, K.H. . ‘Compressive strength of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko derived from Philae surface contacts.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 630: A2. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833889 .
    • Lopez-Arreguin, A.J.R.; Gundlach, B.; Stoll, E. . ‘Do lunar rover wheels sink equally on Earth and Moon?’ Results in Physics 15: 102617. doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2019.102617.
    • Pommerol, A.; Jost, B.; Poch, O.; Yoldi, Z.; Brouet, Y.; Gracia-Berna, A.; Cerubini, R.; Galli, A; Wurz, P.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Carrasco, N.; Szopa, C.; Thomas, N. . ‘Experimenting with Mixtures of Water Ice and Dust as Analogues for Icy Planetary Material. Recipes from the Ice Laboratory at the University of Bern.’ Space Science Reviews 215: 37. doi: 10.1007/s11214-019-0603-0.
    • Ellerbroek, L. E.; Gundlach, B.; Landeck, A.; Dominik, C.; Blum, J.; Merouane, S.; Hilchenbach, M.; John, H.; van Veen, H. A. . ‘The footprint of cometary dust analogues – II. Morphology as a tracer of tensile strength and application to dust collection by the Rosetta spacecraft.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 486, No. 3: 3755–3765. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz1101.

    • Wada, K.; Grott, M.; Michel, P.; Walsh, K. J.; Barucci, A., M.; Blum, J.; Ernst, C. M.; Grundmann, J. T.; Gundlach, B.; Hagermann, A.;Hamm, M.; Jutzi, M.; Kim, M. J.; Kührt, E.; Le Corre, L.; Libourel, G.; Lichtenheldt, R.; Maturilli, A. Messenger, S. R., Michikami, T., Miyamoto, H., Mottola, S., Nakamura, A. M., Müller, T., Nittler, L. R., Ogawa, K., Okada, T., Palomba, E., Sakatani, N., Schröder, S., Senshu, H., Takir, D., Zolensky, M. E. . ‘Asteroid Ryugu before the Hayabusa2 encounter.’ Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 5: 82. doi: 10.1186/s40645-018-0237-y.
    • Bischoff, D.; Gundlach, B.; Neuhaus, M.; Blum, J. . ‘Experiments on cometary activity: ejection of dust aggregates from an evaporating water-ice surface.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 483, No. 1: 1202–1210. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty3182.
    • Fulle, M.; Blum, J.; Rotundi, A.; Gundlach, B.; Güttler, C.; Zakharov, V. . ‘How comets work: non-isothermal pebbles.’ Astrophysical Journal Letters 879, No. 1. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab2898.
    • Häßner, D.; Mutschke, H.; Blum, J.; Zeller, T.; Gundlach, B. . ‘Laboratory measurements of the sub-millimetre opacity of amorphous and micro-particulate H2O ices for temperatures above 80 K.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 481, No. 4: 5022–5033. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty2664.
    • Gundlach, B.; Ratte, J.; Blum, J.; Oesert, J.; Gorb, S. . ‘Sintering and sublimation of micrometre-sized water-ice particles: the formation of surface crusts on icy Solar System bodies.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 479, No. 4: 5272–5287. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty1839.
    • Gundlach, B.; Schmidt, K. P.; Kreuzig, C.; Bischoff, D.; Rezaei, F.; Kothe, S.; Blum, J.; Grzesik, B.; Stoll, E. . ‘The tensile strength of ice and dust aggregates and its dependence on particle properties.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 479, No. 1: 1273–1277. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty1550.

    • Blum, J.; Gundlach, B.; Krause, M.; Fulle, M.; Johansen, A.; Agarwal, J.; von Borstel, I.; Shi, X.; Hu, X.; Bentley, M. S.; Capaccioni, F.; Colangeli, L.; Della Corte, V.; Fougere, N.; Green, S. F.; Ivanovski, S.; Mannel, T.; Merouane, S.; Migliorini, A.; Rotundi, A.; Schmied, R.; Snodgrass, C. . ‘Evidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 469, No. 2: S755–S773. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2741.
    • Gärtner, S.; Gundlach, B.; Headen, T. F.; Ratte, J.; Oesert, J.; Gorb, S. N.; Youngs, T. G. A.; Bowron, D. T.; Blum, J.; Fraser, H. J. . ‘Micrometer-sized Water Ice Particles for Planetary Science Experiments: Influence of Surface Structure on Collisional Properties.’ Astrophysical Journal 848, No. 2. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8c7f.
    • Hu, X.; Shi, X.; Sierks, H.; Fulle, M.; Blum, J.; Keller, H. U.; Kührt, E.; Davidsson, B.; Güttler, C.; Gundlach, B.; Pajola, M.; Bodewits, D.; Vincent, J.-B.; Oklay, N.; Massironi, M.; Fornasier, S.; Tubiana, C.; Groussin, O.; Boudreault, S.; Höfner, S.; Mottola, S.; Barbieri, C.; Lamy, P. L.; Rodrigo, R.; Koschny, D.; Rickman, H.; A’Hearn, M.; Agarwal, J.; Barucci, M. A.; Bertaux, J.-L.; Bertini, I.; Cremonese, G.; Da Deppo, V.; Debei, S.; De Cecco, M.; Deller, J.; El-Maarry, M. R.; Gicquel, A.; Gutierrez-Marques, P.; Gutiérrez, P. J.; Hofmann, M.; Hviid, S. F.; Ip, W.-H.; Jorda, L.; Knollenberg, J.; Kovacs, G.; Kramm, J.-R.; Küppers, M.; Lara, L. M.; Lazzarin, M.; Lopez-Moreno, J. J.; Marzari, F.; Naletto, G.; Thomas, N. . ‘Seasonal erosion and restoration of the dust cover on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as observed by OSIRIS onboard Rosetta.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 604: A114. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629910.
    • Hu, X.; Shi, X.; Sierks, H.; Blum, J.; Oberst, J.; Fulle, M.; Kührt, E.; Güttler, C.; Gundlach, B.; Keller, H. U.; Mottola, S.; Pajola, M.; Barbieri, C.; Lamy, P. L.; Rodrigo, R.; Koschny, D.; Rickman, H.; Agarwal, J.; A’Hearn, M. F.; Barucci, M. A.; Bertaux, J.-L.; Bertini, I.; Boudreault, S.; Büttner, I.; Cremonese, G.; Da Deppo, V.; Davidsson, B.; Debei, S.; De Cecco, M.; Deller, J.; Fornasier, S.; Groussin, O.; Gutiérrez, P. J.; Gutiérrez-Marqués, P.; Hall, I.; Hofmann, M.; Hviid, S. F.; Ip, W.-H.; Jorda, L.; Knollenberg, J.; Kovacs, G.; Kramm, J. R.; Küppers, M.; Lara, L. M.; Lazzarin, M.; López-Moreno, J. J.; Marzari, F.; Naletto, G.; Oklay, N.; Richards, M. L.; Ripken, J.; Thomas, N.; Tubiana, C.; Vincent, J.-B. . ‘Thermal modelling of water activity on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with global dust mantle and plural dust-to-ice ratio.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 469, No. 2: S295–S311. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1607.
    • Ellerbroek, L. E.; Gundlach, B.; Landeck, A.; Dominik, C.; Blum, J.; Merouane, S.; Hilchenbach, M.; Bentley, M. S.; Mannel, T.; John, H.; van Veen, H. A. . ‘The footprint of cometary dust analogues - I. Laboratory experiments of low-velocity impacts and comparison with Rosetta data.’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 469, No. 2: S204–S216. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1257.

    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Why are Jupiter-family comets active and asteroids in cometary-like orbits inactive?’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 589: A111. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527260 .
    • Lorek, S.; Gundlach, B.; Lacerda, P.; Blum, J. . ‘Comet formation in collapsing pebble clouds.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 587: A128. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526565 .
    • Jost, B.; Pommerol, A.; Poch, O.; Gundlach, B.; Leboeuf, M.; Dadras, M.; Blum, J.; Thomas, N. . ‘Experimental characterization of the opposition surge in fine-grained water–ice and high albedo ice analogs.’ Icarus 264: 109–131. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.020.

    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Keller, H. U.; Skorov, Y. V. . ‘What drives the dust activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko?’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 583: A12. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201525828 .
    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Regolith grain size and cohesive strength of near-Earth Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA.’ Icarus 257: 126–129. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.032.
    • Gudipati, M. S.; Blum, J.; Charnley, S. B.; Chiavassa, T.; Cordiner, M. A.; Danger, G.; Duvernay, F.; Gundlach, B.; Hartogh, P.; Marboeuf, U.; Mousis, O.; Mrad, N. A.; Simonia, I.; Simonia, T.; Theule, P.; Yang, R. . ‘Laboratory Studies Towards Understanding Comets.’ Space Science Reviews 197: 101–105. doi: 10.1007/s11214-015-0192-5.
    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘The stickiness of micrometer-sized water-ice particles.’ Astrophysical Journal 798, No. 1. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/798/1/34.

    • Blum, J.; Beitz, E.; Bukhari, M.; Gundlach, B.; Hageman, J.-H.; Heißelmann, D.; Kothe, S.; Schräpler, R.; von Borstel, I.; Weidling, R. . ‘Laboratory Drop Towers for the Experimental Simulation of Dust-aggregate Collisions in the Early Solar System.’ Journal of Visualized Experiments 88: 51541. doi: 10.3791/51541.
    • Blum, J.; Gundlach, B.; Mühle, S.; Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M. . ‘Comets formed in solar-nebula instabilities! - An experimental and modeling attempt to relate the activity of comets to their formation process.’ Icarus 235: 156–169. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.016.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Ali-Lagoa, V.; Lionni, L; Delbo, M.; Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Licandro, J. . ‘Thermophysical properties of near-Earth asteroid (341843) 2008 EV5 from WISE data.’ Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A45. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201322215 .
    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘A New Method to Determine the Grain Size of Planetary Regolith.’ Icarus 223, No. 1: 479–492. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.039.
    • Jost, B.; Gundlach, B.; Pommerol, A.; Oesert, J.; Gorb, S. N.; Blum, J.; Thomas, N. . ‘Micrometer-Sized Ice Particles for Planetary-Science Experiments - II. Bidirectional Reflectance.’ Icarus 225, No. 1: 352–366. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.04.007.
    Other Scientific Publications
    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J.; Skorov, Y. V.; Keller, H. U. . A Note on the survival of the sungrazing Comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) within the Roche Limit.. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1203.1808.

    • Gundlach, B.; Blum, J. . ‘Outgassing of Icy Bodies in the Solar System - II. Heat Transport in Dry, Porous Surface Dust Layers.’ Icarus 219, No. 2: 618–629. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.013.

    • Gundlach, B.; Skorov, Y. V.; Blum, J. . ‘Outgassing of Icy Bodies in the Solar System - I. The Sublimation of Hexagonal Water Ice through Dust Layers.’ Icarus 213, No. 2: 710–719. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.022.
    • Gundlach, B.; Kilias, S.; Beitz, E.; Blum, J. . ‘Micrometer-Sized Ice Particles for Planetary-Science Experiments - I. Preparation, Critical Rolling Friction Force, and Specific Surface Energy.’ Icarus 214, No. 2: 717–723. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.005.