Presentations
Astrophysical Mechanisms for Pulsar Spindown, Utah State University (2011)
Pulsars are astrophysical sources of pulsed electromagnetic radiation. The pulses have a variety of shapes...
Notes
Derivation of the Binary Mass Function (2012)
The observational quantity f(m), the binary mass function, is derived.
Binary Tidal Disruption Radius (2010)
An expression for the tidal disruption radius of a binary system is calculated.
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...
Instantaneous Velocities of a Two Body Orbit (2010)
This short note will derive expressions for the instantaneous velocity of the components in a...
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...