Presentations

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Astrophysical Mechanisms for Pulsar Spindown, Utah State University (2011)

Pulsars are astrophysical sources of pulsed electromagnetic radiation. The pulses have a variety of shapes...

 

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Derivation of the Binary Mass Function (2012)

The observational quantity f(m), the binary mass function, is derived.

 

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Binary Tidal Disruption Radius (2010)

An expression for the tidal disruption radius of a binary system is calculated.

 

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Derivation of Initial Velocities for a Two-Body Orbit in the Barycenter Frame (2010)

The readily available information for two body orbits generally refers to the one dimensional, reduced...

 

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Instantaneous Velocities of a Two Body Orbit (2010)

This short note will derive expressions for the instantaneous velocity of the components in a...

 

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Relations Relevant to the One Body Reduction of the Gravitational Two Body Problem (2010)

The one body reduction of the two body problem is outlined along with several important...