The flow resulting from a strong ultrarelativistic shock moving through a stellar envelope with a polytrope-like density profile has been studied analytically and numerically at early times while the...
Self-similar solutions for relativistic shocks emerging from stars with polytropic envelopes (2005)
We consider a strong ultrarelativistic shock moving through a star whose envelope has a polytrope-like density profile. When the shock is close to the star's outer boundary, its behavior follows the...
Shaping the Kuiper belt size spectrum by shattering large but strengthless bodies (2004)
The observed size distribution of Kuiper belt objects (KBOs)--small icy and rocky solar system bodies orbiting beyond Neptune--is well described by a power law at large KBO sizes. However, recent...
A generalization of the Lagrangian points: studies of resonance for highly eccentric orbits (2003)
We develop a framework based on energy kicks for the evolution of high-eccentricity long-period orbits with Jacobi constant close to 3 in the restricted circular planar three-body problem where the...
Michael E. Brown, Margaret Pan
We present a robust method for measuring the effective plane of the Kuiper belt. The derived plane has an inclination with respect to the ecliptic of 1.86 and an ascending node of 81.6, with a 1...
Torres, Guillermo, Boden, Andrew F., Latham, David W., Pan, Margaret, Stefanik, Robert P.
We report spectroscopic and interferometric observations of the moderately metal-poor double-lined binary system HD 195987, with an orbital period of 57.3 days. By combining our radial-velocity and...