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Gravitational Instabilities, Chondrule Formation, and the FU Orionis Phenomenon
Aaron C. Boley, Richard H. Durisen
Using analytic arguments and numerical simulations, we examine whether chondrule formation and the FU Orionis phenomenon can be caused by the burst-like onset of gravitational inst…
The Three-Dimensional Behavior of Spiral Shocks in Protoplanetary Disks
Aaron C. Boley
In this dissertation, I describe theoretical and numerical studies that address the three-dimensional behavior of spiral shocks in protoplanetary disks and the controversial topic…
3D Radiative Hydrodynamics for Disk Stability Simulations: A Proposed Testing Standard and New Results
Aaron C. Boley, Richard H. Durisen, Aake Nordlund +1
Recent three-dimensional radiative hydrodynamics simulations of protoplanetary disks report disparate disk behaviors, and these differences involve the importance of convection to…
The Internal Energy for Molecular Hydrogen in Gravitationally Unstable Protoplanetary Disks
Aaron C. Boley, Thomas W. Hartquist, Richard H. Durisen +1
The gas equation of state may be one of the critical factors for the disk instability theory of gas giant planet formation. This letter addresses the treatment of H in hydrodyn…
Hydraulic/Shock-Jumps in Protoplanetary Disks
A. C. Boley, R. H. Durisen
In this paper, we describe the nonlinear outcome of spiral shocks in protoplanetary disks. Spiral shocks, for most protoplanetary disk conditions, create a loss of vertical force b…
The Effects of Metallicity and Grain Size on Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks
Kai Cai, Richard H. Durisen, Scott Michael +4
Observational studies show that the probability of finding gas giant planets around a star increases with the star's metallicity. Our latest simulations of disks undergoing gravita…