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Research Interests
Professor Lithwick works on a variety of topics in theoretical and computational astrophysics. He is especially interested in planet formation, including both the early and late stages of this process, and planetary dynamics. For the early stages, he is interested in the dynamics of the gas disk that surrounds a newly-formed star, and for the late stages he is interested in how planetesimals accumulate into planets, and what sets the architecture of the resulting planetary system. Other topics he works on include the formation of cosmological dark matter haloes, MHD turbulence, and gamma-ray bursts.
Education/Academic qualification
Physics, PhD, California Institute of Technology
… → 2002
Physics, MSc, University of Toronto
… → 1995
Engineering Science, BASc, University of Toronto
… → 1994
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Accurate TTV characterization of Kepler planetary systems, and the implications for their dynamics and formation
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9/1/15 → 8/31/17
Project: Research project
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Deciphering Kepler's Planetary Systems
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1/1/14 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
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Research Output
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Convection with misaligned gravity and rotation: Simulations and rotating mixing length theory
Currie, L. K., Barker, A. J., Lithwick, Y. & Browning, M. K., Feb 6 2020, In: Unknown Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inner Boundary Condition in Quasi-Lagrangian Simulations of Accretion Disks
Dempsey, A. M., Muoz, D. & Lithwick, Y., Apr 1 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 892, 2, L29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-lived eccentric modes in Circumbinary disks
Muñoz, D. J. & Lithwick, Y., Aug 18 2020, In: Unknown Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pileups and Migration Rates for Planets in Low-mass Disks
Dempsey, A. M., Lee, W. K. & Lithwick, Y., Mar 10 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 891, 2, 108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
Eccentric Modes in Disks with Pressure and Self-gravity
Lee, W. K., Dempsey, A. M. & Lithwick, Y., 2019, In: Astrophysical Journal. 872, 2, 184.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations