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Philip Armitage is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on astrophysical processes governing planet formation, protoplanetary disk dynamics, and accretion disk physics. Key areas include gravitational instability, streaming instability, turbulence effects on planetesimal formation, and the role of magnetic fields in disk evolution. He has contributed to understanding circumplanetary disk formation, tidal interactions in binary systems, and the interplay between disk turbulence and particle dynamics.
His work spans theoretical and computational astrophysics, with a focus on simulating protoplanetary environments using advanced numerical techniques. Recent studies explore the rarity of circumplanetary disks at large orbital radii, thermodynamic criteria for disk stability, and the impact of radiation hydrodynamics on disk structure. He also investigates disk-planet interactions in binary star systems and the dynamics of tidal disruption events around black holes.
Armitage's research integrates deep learning for analyzing particle clustering in turbulent disks and applies Bayesian methods to predict planetary system stability. His publications highlight the importance of turbulence suppression in collisional processes and the universality of initial planetesimal size distributions.
Grants & Collaborations: His work is supported by grants focusing on computational astrophysics and observational data analysis. Collaborations span international teams working on ALMA observations of protoplanetary disks and simulations of extreme mass ratio binaries.
