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Self-gravitating accretion discs
G. Lodato
I review recent progresses in the dynamics and the evolution of self-gravitating accretion discs. Accretion discs are a fundamental component of several astrophysical systems on ve…
The response of self-graviting protostellar discs to slow reduction in cooling timescale: the fragmentation boundary revisited
C. Clarke, E. Harper-Clark, G. Lodato
A number of previous studies of the fragmentation of self-gravitating protostellar discs have modeled radiative cooling with a cooling timescale (t_{cool}) parameterised as a simpl…
Planetesimal formation via fragmentation in self-gravitating protoplanetary discs
W. K. M. Rice, G. Lodato, J. E. Pringle +2
An unsolved issue in the standard core accretion model for gaseous planet formation is how kilometre-sized planetesimals form from, initially, micron-sized dust grains. Solid growt…
The evolution of misaligned accretion discs and spinning black holes
G. Lodato, J. E. Pringle
In this paper we consider the process of alignment of a spinning black hole and a surrounding misaligned accretion disc. We use a simplified set of equations, that describe the evo…