Linear stability analysis of nonaxisymmetric instabilities in self-gravitating polytropic disks

xvii, 371 p. : col. ill. === An important problem in astrophysics involves understanding the formation of planetary systems. When a star-forming cloud collapses under gravity its rotation causes it to flatten into a disk. Only a small percentage of the matter near the rotation axis falls inward to c...

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Main Author: Hadley, Kathryn Z., 1955-
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11253