by Michael Hammer | Nov 15, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Turbulence plays a key role in determining what types of planets can form in a disk. We are finally on the verge of measuring this property for the first time using CO spectral lines, but it will only work if we factor in how quickly CO can be depleted.
by Suk Sien Tie | Jan 30, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries
Materials carousel round and round black holes in the form of accretion disks, which evidence suggests to be larger than theoretical estimate. (Image credit: Double Negative visual effects company)
by Suk Sien Tie | Nov 30, 2016 | Daily Paper Summaries
Constraining the role of magnetic field in X-ray emission of AGNs.
(Image credit: NASA/Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital)
by Meredith Rawls | Mar 20, 2015 | Daily Paper Summaries
You can’t model RW Aurigae as a single star with a disk of material around it, because there is a second star. And you can’t model it as a regular old binary system either, because there are interactions between the stars and the asymmetric disk. The authors of today’s paper create a comprehensive hydrodynamic model that considers many different observations of RW Aurigae.
by Anna Rosen | Dec 5, 2012 | Daily Paper Summaries
In this article, the authors study the effects of an optically thick disk around a forming massive protostar and examine how treating the gas opacity in the innermost dust-free region correctly affects the overall formation of massive stars.