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Disk Stability

Disk Stability is a theoretical construct in galactic dynamics that characterizes the resistance of a galactic disk to gravitational perturbations, distinguishing it from other stability analyses by specifically addressing the interplay between rotational support, velocity dispersion, and self-gravity in thin, rotating stellar systems.

395

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39.3K

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672

Authors

349

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2017–2026

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395

A powerful local shear instability in weakly magnetized disks. I - Linear analysis. II - Nonlinear evolution

Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1991 · 4.5K citations

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On the gravitational stability of a disk of stars

Alar Toomre · The Astrophysical Journal · 1964 · 3.3K citations

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The formation of galactic discs

H. J. Mo, Shude Mao, S. D. M. White · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1998 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Formation and rotation of disc galaxies with haloes

S. Michael Fall, G. Efstathiou · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1980 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Nonlinear Outcome of Gravitational Instability in Cooling, Gaseous Disks

The Astrophysical Journal · 2001 · 1K citations · Full text

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Authors

672

  1. JA
    J. A. Sellwood

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    8 publications · 782 citations

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  2. EG
    Evgeny Griv

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    7 publications · 164 citations

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  3. AB
    Alessandro B. Romeo

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

    6 publications · 448 citations

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  4. AD
    Avishai Dekel

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. PS
    Patricio S. Letelier

    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

    6 publications · 173 citations

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Institutions

349

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    32 publications

    3.8K citations

  3. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    782 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    833 citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

    Boulder, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    749 citations

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Venues

  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 134 publications · 21.7K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    89 publications · 9.4K citations

    40

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    20 publications · 1K citations

    15

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    6 publications · 427 citations

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