4 papers
astro-ph2002
On the Minimum Energy Configuration of a Rotating Barotropic Fluid
Ramesh Narayan, James E. Pringle
In a recent paper (astro-ph/0207561, posted on July 25, 2002), Fromang & Balbus state that ``a uniformly rotating barotropic fluid in an external potential attains a true energy mi…
astro-ph2001
Testing the Unified Model with an Infrared Selected Sample of Seyferts
H. R. Schmitt, J. S. Ulvestad, R. R. J. Antonucci +3
We present a series of statistical tests using homogeneous data and measurements for a sample of Seyfert galaxies. These galaxies were selected from mostly isotropic properties, th…
astro-ph2001
Eccentric extrasolar planets from resonant Saturn mass companions
Philip J. Armitage, Mario Livio, S. H. Lubow +1
Withdrawn in current form.
astro-ph1996
Proceedings of IAU 163: Radiation-Driven Warping: The Origin of Warps and Precession in Accretion Disks
Philip R. Maloney, Mitchell C. Begelman
A geometrically thin, optically thick, warped accretion disk with a central source of luminosity is subject to non-axisymmetric forces due to radiation pressure; the resulting torq…