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Andrew Youdin

Associate Professor, Planetary Sciences | Professor, Astronomy | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Astronomer, Steward Observatory | Associate Professor, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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Research

Grants(6)

Alien Earths: Which Nearby Planetary Systems Are Likely to Host Habitable Planets and Life?
Active·2021·$44.1K / $4.4M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
exoplanets, habitable, planetary systems, life, astrobiology
Dynamical Instabilities In The Aid of Planet Formation In Circumstellar Disks
Active·2021·$436.2K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
planet formation, circumstellar disks, dynamical instabilities, aid of planet, dynamical systems
Origin of the Giant Planet Dichotomy: Multi-scale Modeling of Planetary Envelope Accretion
Active·2019·$0 / $505.7K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
planet formation, accretion, planetary dynamics, giant planets, multiscale modeling
Hydrodynamic Processes in Planet-Forming Accretion Disks
2017·$255.8K / $300.9K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
planetary formation, hydrodynamics, accretion disks, planet formation, astrophysics
Collaborative Proposal: Pebbles and Gas -The Supply Chain for Compact Planetary Systems
2016·$203K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
space exploration, planetary systems, supply chain, collaborative research, compact systems

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Publications(108)

Recent

Rapid Protoplanet Formation in Vortices: Three-dimensional Local Simulations with Self-gravity

2024

protoplanet formation, vortex dynamics

A Solution for the Density Dichotomy Problem of Kuiper Belt Objects with Multispecies Streaming Instability and Pebble Accretion

2024

kuiper belt objects, multispecies streaming instability, pebble accretion, density dichotomy problem, astrophysics

Sufficient Criterion for the Rossby Wave Instability: A Hierarchical Approach

2024

rossby waves, instability, criterion

Dust Dynamics in Hall-effected Protoplanetary Disks. I. Background Drift Hall Instability

2024

protoplanetary disks, dust dynamics, hall effect, drift instability, dust dynamics

Rossby wave instability in weakly ionized protoplanetary disks. I. azimuthal or vertical B-fields

2024

protoplanetary disks, instability, magnetohydrodynamics, plasma physics

Magnetically Driven Turbulence in the Inner Regions of Protoplanetary Disks

2024

protoplanetary disks, turbulence, magnetic fields, planet formation

Turbulence May Make it Difficult for Planetesimals to Form

2024

turbulence, formation, turbulence, astrophysics

Streaming Instability and Turbulence: Conditions for Planetesimal Formation

2024

planetesimal formation, streaming instability, turbulence, physical processes, astrophysics

"Halfway to Rayleigh" and other Insights to the Rossby Wave Instability

2024

oceanography, atmospheric science, fluid dynamics, climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics

A Thermodynamic Criterion for the Formation of Circumplanetary Disks

2024

thermodynamics, formation, planetary systems, astrophysics

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Andrew Youdin

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Daniel Apai

Ilaria Pascucci

Kaitlin Kratter

Grants(6)

Alien Earths: Which Nearby Planetary Systems Are Likely to Host Habitable Planets and Life?

Dynamical Instabilities In The Aid of Planet Formation In Circumstellar Disks

Origin of the Giant Planet Dichotomy: Multi-scale Modeling of Planetary Envelope Accretion

Hydrodynamic Processes in Planet-Forming Accretion Disks

Collaborative Proposal: Pebbles and Gas -The Supply Chain for Compact Planetary Systems

Publications(108)

Rapid Protoplanet Formation in Vortices: Three-dimensional Local Simulations with Self-gravity

A Solution for the Density Dichotomy Problem of Kuiper Belt Objects with Multispecies Streaming Instability and Pebble Accretion

Sufficient Criterion for the Rossby Wave Instability: A Hierarchical Approach

Dust Dynamics in Hall-effected Protoplanetary Disks. I. Background Drift Hall Instability

Rossby wave instability in weakly ionized protoplanetary disks. I. azimuthal or vertical B-fields

Magnetically Driven Turbulence in the Inner Regions of Protoplanetary Disks

Turbulence May Make it Difficult for Planetesimals to Form

Streaming Instability and Turbulence: Conditions for Planetesimal Formation

"Halfway to Rayleigh" and other Insights to the Rossby Wave Instability

A Thermodynamic Criterion for the Formation of Circumplanetary Disks