Dr. Joseph ("Joe") Barranco
SFSU
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Research Interests

  • Computational Astrophysical & Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
  • The Formation of Stars & Planets
  • Vortex Dynamics in Protoplanetary Disks
  • Transits of Giant Planets Around Other Sun-Like Stars
  • The Kuiper Belt

    • Publications

    Barranco, J.A. 2008, ``Three-Dimensional Simulations of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Settled Dust Layers in Protoplanetary Disks,'' Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal.

    Barranco, J.A. & Marcus, P.S. 2005, ``A 3D Spectral Anelastic Hydrodynamic Code for Shearing, Stratified Flows,'' The Journal of Computational Physics, 219:21-46.

    Barranco, J.A. & Marcus, P.S. 2005, ``Three-Dimensional Vortices in Stratified Protoplanetary Disks,'' The Astrophysical Journal, 623:1157-1170.

    Barranco, J.A., Marcus, P.S., & Umurhan, O.M. 2000, ``Scalings and Asymptotics of Coherent Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks,'' in Studying Turbulence Using Numerical Simulation Databases - VIII, Proceedings of the 2000 Summer Program, Stanford University/NASA-Ames Center for Turbulence Research, p.85-95.

    Barranco, J.A. & Marcus, P.S. 2000, ``Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks and the Formation of Planetesimals,'' in Studying Turbulence Using Numerical Simulation Databases - VIII, Proceedings of the 2000 Summer Program, Stanford University/NASA-Ames Center for Turbulence Research, p.97-108.

    Barranco, J.A. & Goodman, A.A. 1998, ``Coherent Dense Cores. I. NH_3 Observations,'' The Astrophysical Journal, 504:207-222.

    Goodman, A.A., Barranco, J.A., Wilner, D.J., & Heyer, M.H. 1998, ``Coherence in Dense Cores. II. The Transition to Coherence,'' The Astrophysical Journal, 504:223-246.