Publications

  1. Lesur, G., Ercolano, B., Flock, M., Lin, M.-K., Yang, C.-C., Barranco, J.A, Benitez-Llambay, P., Goodman, J., Johansen, A., Klahr, H., Laibe, G., Lyra, W., Marcus, P., Nelson, R., Squire, J., Simon, J., Turner, N., Umurhan, O., Youdin, A., 2022, "Hydro-, Magnetohydro-, and Dust-Gas Dynamics of Protoplanetary Disks," to be published in ``Protostars & Planets VII."
  2. Barranco, J.A., Pei, S., Marcus, P.S., 2018, “Zombie Vortex Instability. III. Persistence with Nonuniform Stratification and Radiative Damping.” The Astrophysical Journal, 869. arXiv:1810.06588.
  3. Marcus, P.S., Pei, S., Jiang, C.H., Barranco, J.A., 2016, “Zombie Vortex Instability. II. Thresholds to Trigger Instability and the Properties of Zombie Turbulence in the Dead Zones of Protoplanetary Disks.” The Astrophysical Journal, 833:148–161. arXiv:1605.07635.
  4. Marcus, P.S., Pei, S., Jiang, C.H., Barranco, J.A., Hassanzadeh, P., Lecoanet, D., 2015, “Zombie Vortex Instability. I. A Purely Hydrodynamic Instability to Resurrect the Dead Zones of Protoplanetary Disks.” The Astrophysical Journal, 808:87–102. arXiv:1410.8143.
  5.  Penev, K., Barranco, J.A., Sasselov, D.D. 2011, “Three-dimensional Spectral Simulations of Anelastic Turbulent Convection.” The Astrophysical Journal, 734:118. arXiv:0810.5151.
  6. Lee, A.T., Chiang, E., Asay-Davis, X., Barranco, J.A., 2010, “Forming Planetesimals by Gravitational Instability: II. How Dust Settles to its Marginally Stable State.” The Astrophysical Journal, 725: 1938–1954. arXiv:1010.0250.
  7. Lee, A.T., Chiang, E., Asay-Davis, X., Barranco, J.A., 2010, “Forming Planetesimals by Gravitational Instability: I. The Role of the Richardson Number in Triggering the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability.” The Astrophysical Journal, 718: 1367–1377. arXiv:1010.0248.
  8. Penev, K., Barranco, J.A., Sasselov, D.D. 2009, “Direct Calculation of the Turbulent Dissipation Efficiency in Anelastic Convection.” The Astrophysical Journal, 705: 285–297. arXiv:0810.5370.
  9. Barranco, J.A. 2009, “Three-Dimensional Simulations of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in Settled Dust Layers in Protoplanetary Disks.” The Astrophysical Journal, 691: 907–921. arXiv:0711.4410.
  10. Hartman, J. D., Gaudi, B. S., Holman, M. J., McLeod, B. A., Stanek, K. Z., Barranco, J. A., Pinsonneault, M. H., Meibom, S., Kalirai, J. S., 2009, “Deep MMT Transit Survey of the Open Cluster M37. IV. Limit on the Fraction of Stars With Planets as Small as 0.3 RJ .” The Astrophysical Journal, 695:336–356. arXiv:0809.3807.
  11. Hartman, J.D., Gaudi, B.S., Pinsonneault, M.H., Stanek, K.Z., Holman, M.J., McLeod, B.A., Meibom, S., Barranco, J.A., Kalirai, J.S., 2009, “Deep MMT Transit Survey of the Open Cluster M37. III. Stellar Rotation at 550 Myr.” The Astrophysical Journal, 691: 342–364. arXiv:0803.1488.
  12. Hartman, J.D., Gaudi, B.S., Holman, M.J., McLeod, B.A., Stanek, K.Z., Barranco, J.A., Pinsonneault, M.H., Kalirai, J.S., 2008, “Deep MMT Transit Survey of the Open Cluster M37. II. Variable Stars.” The Astrophysical Journal, 675: 1254–1277. arXiv:0709.3484.
  13. Hartman, J.D., Gaudi, B.S., Holman, M.J., McLeod, B.A., Stanek, K.Z., Barranco, J.A., Pinsonneault, M.H., Meibom, S., Kalirai, J.S., 2008, “Deep MMT Transit Survey of the Open Cluster M37. I. Observations and Cluster Parameters.” The Astrophysical Journal, 675: 1233-1254. arXiv:0709.3063.
  14. Barranco, J.A. & Marcus, P.S. 2006 “A 3D Spectral Anelastic Hydrodynamic Code for Shearing, Stratified Flows,” Journal of Computational Physics, 219:21–46. arXiv:astro-ph/0509063
  15. Barranco, J.A. & Marcus, P.S. 2005, “Three-Dimensional Vortices in Stratified Protoplanetary Disks,” The Astrophysical Journal, 623:1157-1170. arXiv:astro-ph/0501267
  16. Barranco, J.A., 2004, "Theory and Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Vortices in Protoplanetary Disks", Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Barranco, J.A. & Goodman, A.A. 1998, “Coherent Dense Cores. I. NH3 Observations,” The Astrophysical Journal, 504:207-222.
  20. 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.
  21. Barranco, J.A. 1993, "Velocity Coherent Structure in the Dense Cores of Dark Molecular Clouds", B.A. Thesis, Harvard University