Astrophysics Seminars

ABSTRACT: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) has long been considered as the most promising mechanism for transporting angular momentum in accretion disks. In protoplanetary disks (PPDs), however...

ABSTRACT: We consider the Roche accretion in an Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspiral (EMRI) binary system formed by a star orbiting a massive black hole. The ultimate goal is to constrain the mass and spin of the black hole and confirm general relativity...

ABSTRACT: Recent surveys have established increasingly precise correlations between star formation rates (SFRs) and the gas, stellar, and dark matter contents of galaxies. Outer galactic disks are dominated by atomic gas and have steep Kennicutt...

ABSTRACT: DDTs are observed in terrestrial combustion flows, and are inferred to occur in supernova explosions of type Ia. The physical mechanism responsible for DDT, in both chemical and nuclear combustion, is a long standing open question. We...