John Papaloizou

Infobox Scientist


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name = John Papaloizou
birth_date = 1947
residence = United Kingdom
nationality = UK
field = Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics
work_institutions = University of Cambridge
alma_mater = Queen Mary, University of London
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John Christopher Baillie Papaloizou (born 1947) is a British theoretical physicist. Papaloizou is a professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge. He works on the theory of accretion disks, with particular application to the formation of planets. He received his D.Phil. in 1972 from the University of Sussex under the supervision of Roger J. Tayler. The title of his thesis is "The Vibrational Instability in Massive Stars".

He discovered the Papaloizou-Pringle instability together with Jim E. Pringle in 1984 [Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 208, June 15, 1984, p. 721-750] . Papaloizou also made major contributions in various areas such as the radial-orbit instability, toroidal modes in stars and different instabilities in accretion disks.

The asteroid 17063 Papaloizou is named after John Papaloizou [ [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=17063 JPL Small-Body Database Browser ] ] .

External links

* [http://damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/afdnld/ Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics and Non-linear Patterns - Group Home Page]

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