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On the formation of a quasi-stationary twisted disc after a tidal disruption event
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-08-24)
We investigate misaligned accretion discs formed after tidal disruption events that occur when a star encounters a supermassive black hole. We employ the linear theory of warped accretion discs to find the shape of a disc ...
Elastohydrodynamic synchronization of adjacent beating flagella
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review Fluids, 2016-11-01)
It is now well established that nearby beating pairs of eukaryotic flagella or cilia typically synchronize in phase. A substantial body of evidence supports the hypothesis that hydrodynamic coupling between the active ...
On the energy dissipation rate at the inner edge of circumbinary discs
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-10-03)
We study, by means of numerical simulations and analysis, the details of the accretion process from a disc on to a binary system. We show that energy is dissipated at the edge of a circumbinary disc and this is associated ...
Source modelling at the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy
(Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsDarwin College, 2016-11-08)
The age of gravitational-wave astronomy has begun. Gravitational waves are propagating spacetime perturbations ($\textit{“ripples in the fabric of space-time”}$) predicted by Einstein’s theory of General Relativity. These ...
Filter-feeding, near-field flows, and the morphologies of colonial choanoflagellates
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2016-11-01)
Efficient uptake of prey and nutrients from the environment is an important component in the fitness of all microorganisms, and its dependence on size may reveal clues to the origins of evolutionary transitions to ...
Observational constraints on new exact inflationary scalar-field solutions
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review D, 2016-10-15)
An algorithm is used to generate new solutions of the scalar-field equations in homogeneous and isotropic universes. Solutions can be found for pure scalar fields with various potentials in the absence and presence of ...
Applications of Numerical Relativity Beyond Astrophysics
(Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsEmmanuel College, 2017)
Numerical relativity has proven to be a successful and robust tool for non-perturbative studies of gravitational phenomena in the highly dynamical and/or non-linear regime. Perhaps the most prominent achievement in the ...
Excited and exotic charmonium, $\textit{D}$$_{s}$ and $\textit{D}$ meson spectra for two light quark masses from lattice QCD
(SpringerJournal of High Energy Physics, 2016-12-19)
We present highly-excited charmonium, $\textit{D}$$_{s}$ and $\textit{D}$ meson spectra from dynamical lattice QCD calculations with light quarks corresponding to $\textit{M}$$_{π}$ ∼ 240 MeV and compare these to previous ...
Zonal flow evolution and overstability in accretion discs
(Oxford University PressMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-04-01)
This work presents a linear analytical calculation on the stability and evolution of a compressible, viscous self-gravitating (SG) Keplerian disc with both horizontal thermal diffusion and a constant cooling time-scale ...
Helical propulsion in shear-thinning fluids
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017-02-01)
Swimming micro-organisms often have to propel themselves in complex non-Newtonian fluids. We carry out experiments with self-propelling helical swimmers driven by an externally rotating magnetic field in shear-thinning ...