Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-08-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
PhD thesis. 172pg (single space 10pt) incl 56 numbered figures
Scientific paper
In my thesis I present a study of the dynamics and observational characteristics of massive circumstellar disks in two dimensions ($r$, $\phi$) using two complimentary hydrodynamic codes: a `Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic' (SPH) code and a `Piecewise Parabolic Method' (PPM) code. I also study the detection limits available to radial velocity searches for low mass companions to main sequence stars. The thesis is organized as a series of published or submitted papers, connected by introductory and concluding material and is archived `for posterity'. I recommend that readers of this abstract obtain the published versions of each of these papers. I first outline the progress which has been made in the modeling of the structure and origins of the solar system, then in chapter 2 (ApJ 502,p342) I proceed with numerical simulations of circumstellar disks using both hydrodynamic codes assuming a `locally isothermal' equation of state. In chapter 4 (ApJ submitted) I relax the locally isothermal evolution assumption and instead include simple heating and cooling prescriptions for the system. In chapter 6 (ApJ 500,p940) I examine the limits which may be placed upon the detection of planets, brown dwarfs and low mass stellar companions using radial velocity measurements. In chapter 7, I outline several problems which may be profitably addressed by building on this work.
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