Kevin H. Prendergast papers, 1954-1990

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Series II: Astronomy


Subseries II.1: Cosmology



Box 3 Equations about cosmology, 166 pages


Subseries II.2: Dynamics of Galaxies: General


Box 3 Galactic Dynamics


Box 3 Gravitational slab problem


Box 3 One-dimensional self-gravitating gas


Box 3 Time dependent one-dimensional stellar system


Box 3 Self consistent galaxy models (axisymmetric)



Box 4 Instability of rings (of mass)


Box 4 Computer simulation of galactic evolution


Box 4 Stochastic star formation in disk galaxies (mathematical description of a game theory)


Box 4 Stellar dynamics with star formation


Box 4 "Oseen" approximation based on streamlines, etc.


Box 4 Theoretical studies of M101


Subseries II.3: Dynamics of Galaxies: Spiral Galaxies



Box 5 Linear spiral structure


Box 5 Stability of spiral arm shocks


Box 5 Thin gas disk: asymptotic theory of spiral arms (warped disk as finite system of coupled rings)


Box 5 Spiral Arm Problems: Linblad Resonance


Subseries II.4: Dynamics of Galaxies: Barred Spiral Galaxies


Box 5 Barred Spirals, [1974?]


Box 5 Barred Spirals



Box 6 Barred spiral galaxies (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII), (1960s, 1970s)


Box 6 Barred spiral galaxies—some plots & shock waves in barred spiral galaxies


Box 6 Barred spirals Roche modes


Box 6 Gradient wind approximation


Box 6 Potential of oblate spheroid


Box 6 Symmetry properties



Box 7 Theoretical studies of gas flow in barred spiral galaxies


Box 7 Barred spiral shocks


Box 7 Barred spiral galaxies: material for a talk based on a paper on "Theoretical studies of gas flows in barred spiral galaxies" by K. Prendergast


Box 7 Barred spiral galaxies [talk], Yale, 1978


Box 7 Talk given by Kevin Prendergast on barred spiral galaxies, 1982


Subseries II.5: Dynamics of Galaxies: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies (and Elliptical Galaxies)


Box 7 Dwarf elliptical galaxies--analytical approximation (two-fluid with gravity)



Box 8 Two-fluid spherical models


Box 8 Analytic approximation, two-fluid with gravity


Box 8 Modeling the formation of elliptical and dwarf galaxies using a spheroidal two-fluid system with self-gravity


Box 8 Numerical Simulations of the Formation of Dwarf Ellipticals (I,II, III, IV, V)


Box 8 Marseille collaboration papers (published)



Box 9 Marseille



Box 10 Marseille



Box 11 Marseille



Box 12 Marseille



Box 13 Marseille



Box 14 Marseille numerical simulation results and some theoretical analysis of those models



Box 15 Marseille numerical simulations



Box 16 Marseille numerical simulations



Box 17 Marseille numerical simulations



Box 18 Marseille numerical simulation results performed at Marseille Observatory, France (collaborators Lia Athanassoula et al.), 1988


Box 18 Numerical models (including programs) and results for one-dimensional two-fluid (Cartesian grid) and Marseille models


Box 18 Dwarf galaxies formation models (Marseille 1994) and other numerical modeling results (including programs)



Box 19 Various numerical simulation results of the Marseille collaboration [mostly in the form of diagrams]


Box 19 Marseille Observatory simulation results used for Columbia Astrofest talk, 1996


Box 19 Dwarf elliptical galaxy formation, talk given at Columbia, 1990


Subseries II.6: Dynamics of Galaxies: Star-Gas Interactions in Galaxies


Box 19 Two-fluid (stars and gas) linear stability analysis, 1980


Box 19 Two-fluid hydrodynamic model, 1978


Box 19 3-fluid model (gas, high mass star, low mass star)



Box 20 Two-fluid star-gas model [talk], Charlottesville, Virginia



Box 19 Talk given at European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany


Subseries II.7: Star Clusters



Box 20 Escape of stars from clusters: statistical mechanical approach, 1980s


Subseries II.8: Accretion Disks


Box 20 X-ray generation in accretion disk in binary systems, gas streams in close binary systems


Box 20 Binary Stellar Systems


Subseries II.9: Asteroid



Box 21 Asteroid, 1950s


Box 21 Rotating asteroid, 1950s


Box 21 Rotating asteroid (I, II, III, IV, V), 1950


Subseries II.10: Few- and N-body Problems, and Celestial Mechanics



Box 22 Statistics of the gravitational three- and four-body problems


Box 22 Statistics of three-body problem



Box 23 N-body problem, 1970


Box 23 Large N problems (N-particle systems)


Box 23 N-Body, NYU, 1980


Box 23 Celestial mechanics I


Box 23 Celestial mechanics II


Subseries II.11: Hydrodynamics, Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, and Gas-Kinetic Theory



Box 24 A series of analytic studies (notebooks I-VI) on hydrodynamics, as moment equations of the Boltzmann equation


Box 24 Singularities of one dimensional hydrodynamic system using pseudo Liouville equation


Box 24 Gravity in the BGK scheme for hydrodynamics


Box 24 Solution of the Krook equation at shock


Box 24 Collisional hydrodynamic scheme (CHS)—theoretical derivation of the method



Box 25 Radial flow


Box 25 Wave-driven winds—several manuscripts


Box 25 Breaking waves, 1984


Box 25 Nonlinear convection, [1980s?]


Box 25 Nonlinear convection—rational approximation, [1981?]


Box 25 Turbulence sphere, 1970s



Box 26 Angular momentum (of turbulent fluid)


Box 26 Hydrodynamics—variational principle


Box 26 Burger's equation


Box 26 Burger's equation—singularities (inviscid)


Box 26 Burger's equation—two-dimensional inviscid



Box 27 Burger's equation with viscosity and potential


Box 27 Burger's equation (two-dimensional inviscid)—singularities (talk given at Columbia)


Box 27 Gas Kinetic Theory in General (including Radiative Transfer)


Box 27 Hydrodynamics in General


Subseries II.12: Magnetohydrodynamics


Box 27 Hydromagnetic similarity solutions I, 1975


Box 27 Hydromagnetic similarity solutions II


Box 27 Axisymmetric time-dependent self-similar force-free fields


Box 27 Force-free fields (axisymmetric)