Lunar-forming impacts: High-resolution SPH and AMR-CTH simulations

A hierarchical O(N log N) force-calculation algorithm

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Numerical Analysis, Numerical Computation, Engineering +8

The Evolution of Viscous Discs and the Origin of the Nebular Variables

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Photometry, Angular Momentum Excess, Engineering +14

The Formation of Planetesimals

Peter Goldreich, William R. Ward · The Astrophysical Journal · 1973 · 1K citations

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R. M. Canup, Erik Asphaug · Nature · 2001 · 1K citations

Geophysics, Giant Impact, Earth-moon System +8

CTH: A three-dimensional shock wave physics code

J.M. McGlaun, S. L. Thompson, M.G. Elrick · International Journal of Impact Engineering · 1990 · 807 citations

Engineering, Physics, Fluid Mechanics +3