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Career
- 2005- : Professor of Mathematical Physics, Universityof Cambridge
- 1988-2005: Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Queen Mary, University of London
Research
John Papaloizou is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics . He works in the Astrophysical fluid dynamics research group. His current research interests are in the dynamics of astrophysical disks, planet formation and the early evolution of planetary systems.
Selected Publications
Publications
Vortices and the saturation of the vertical shear instability in protoplanetary discs
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2018)
474,
3110
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx3031)
Local models of astrophysical discs
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2017)
472,
1432
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2038)
In situ accretion of gaseous envelopes on to planetary cores embedded in evolving protoplanetary discs
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2017)
470,
3206
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1297)
Dynamical tides in exoplanetary systems containing hot Jupiters: Confronting theory and observations
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2017)
470,
2054
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx1234)
Torsional Alfven resonances as an efficient damping mechanism for non-radial oscillations in red giant stars
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2017)
467,
3212
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx281)
The Evolution of a Supermassive Retrograde Binary Embedded in an Accretion Disk
– Baltic Astronomy
(2017)
24,
166
(doi: 10.1515/astro-2017-0216)
The Evolution of a Supermassive Retrograde Binary Embedded in an Accretion Disk
– Open Astronomy
(2017)
24,
166
(doi: 10.1515/astro-2017-0216)
On the energy dissipation rate at the inner edge of circumbinary discs
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2016)
464,
2429
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2485)
On the formation of a quasi-stationary twisted disc after a tidal disruption event
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2016)
463,
2242
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2130)
On the orbital evolution of a pair of giant planets in mean motion resonance
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2016)
461,
4406
(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw1577)
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