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In modeling a relativistic disk around a compact object, the self-gravity of the disk is often neglected while it needs to be incorporated for more accurate descriptions in several circumstances. Extending the Komatsu-Eriguchi-Hachisu…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-29 Yoonsoo Kim , Jinho Kim , Hee Il Kim , Hyung Mok Lee

We study the self-consistent, linear response of a galactic disc to vertical perturbations as induced say by a tidal interaction. We calculate the self-gravitational potential corresponding to a non-axisymmetric, self-consistent density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kanak Saha , Chanda J. Jog

It is shown that pure exponential discs in spiral galaxies are capable of supporting slowly varying discrete global lopsided modes, which can explain the observed features of lopsidedness in the stellar discs. Using linearized fluid…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Saha , F. Combes , C. Jog

We present the exact solutions for the collapse of a spherically-symmetric, cold (i.e., pressureless) cloud under its own self-gravity, valid for arbitrary initial density profiles and not restricted to the realm of self-similarity. These…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-08 Eric R. Coughlin

Standard accretion disc model relies upon several assumptions, the most important of which is geometrical thinness. Whenever this condition is violated, new physical effects become important such as radial energy advection and mass loss…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-28 Pavel Abolmasov , Anna Chashkina

We investigate the crucial role of self-gravity in the formation of warps in debris disks, focusing on the HD 110058 system as an example. Using advanced, GPU-accelerated $N$-body simulations, we model the gravitational dynamics of a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-17 Gang Zhao , Su Wang , Jiangpei Dou

We add the effect of turbulent viscosity via the \alpha-prescription to models of the self-consistent formation and evolution of protostellar discs. Our models are non-axisymmetric and carried out using the thin-disc approximation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. I. Vorobyov , Shantanu Basu

We review recent progress in 2D gravity coupled to $d<1$ conformal matter, based on a representation of discrete gravity in terms of random matrices. We discuss the saddle point approximation for these models, including a class of related…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 P. Di Francesco , P. Ginsparg , J. Zinn-Justin

We propose a computation of curvature of arbitrary two-dimensional surfaces of three-dimensional objects, which is a contribution to discrete gravity with potential applications in network geometry. We begin by linking each point of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-07 Ali H. Chamseddine , Ola Malaeb , Sara Najem

Horseshoe-shaped brightness asymmetries of several transitional discs are thought to be caused by large-scale vortices. Anticyclonic vortices are efficiently collect dust particles, therefore they can play a major role in planet formation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 Zs. Regaly , E. Vorobyov

We present a modal analysis of instabilities of counter-rotating, self-gravitating collisionless stellar discs, using the recently introduced modified WKB formulation of spiral density waves for collisionless systems (Gulati \& Saini). The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Mamta Gulati , Tarun Deep Saini

We study the three-dimensional evolution of a viscous protoplanetary disc which accretes gas material from a second protoplanetary disc during a close encounter in an embedded star cluster. The aim is to investigate the capability of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 M. Xiang-Gruess , P. Kroupa

We consider the thin-film equation with linear mobility and a stabilizing second-order porous-medium type term modeling gravity. The model admits self-similar solutions, and our goal is to analyze their stability. We reformulate the problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Manuel V. Gnann , Slim Ibrahim

The secular thickening of a self-gravitating stellar galactic disc is investigated using the dressed collisionless Fokker-Planck equation and the inhomogeneous multicomponent Balescu-Lenard equation. The thick WKB limits for the diffusion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-24 Jean-Baptiste Fouvry , Christophe Pichon , Pierre-Henri Chavanis , Laura Monk

In a recent series of papers, the authors introduced a new Relativistic Newtonian Dynamics (RND) and tested its validity by the accurate prediction of the gravitational time dilation, the anomalous precession of Mercury, the periastron…

General Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Y. Friedman , J. M. Steiner

Here we study possible improvements of the existing constraints on the upper bound of graviton mass by the analysis of the stellar orbits around the SMBH at the GC in the framework of Yukawa gravity. A motivation for this study is a recent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-22 Predrag Jovanović , Vesna Borka Jovanović , Duško Borka , Alexander F. Zakharov

Recent observations show that planet formation is already underway in young systems, when the protostar is still embedded into the molecular cloud and the accretion disc is massive. In such environments, the role of self gravity (SG) and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 Cristiano Longarini , Giuseppe Lodato , Giuseppe Bertin , Philip J. Armitage

(abridged) Vortices are believed to play a role in the formation of km-sized planetesimals. However, vortex dynamics is commonly studied in non-self-gravitating discs. The main goal here is to examine the effects of disc self-gravity on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. R. Mamatsashvili , W. K. M. Rice

We use a suite of SPH simulations to investigate the susceptibility of protoplanetary discs to the effects of self-gravity as a function of star-disc properties. We also include passive irradiation from the host star using different models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Thomas J. Haworth , James Cadman , Farzana Meru , Cassandra Hall , Emma Albertini , Duncan Forgan , Ken Rice , James E. Owen

Duschl et al. (2000) have shown that the standard model for geometrically thin accretion disks ($\alpha$-disks) leads to inconsistency if self-gravity play a role. This problem arise from parametrization of viscosity in terms of local sound…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 S. Abbassi , J. Ghanbari