PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
DIRECTOR, ORIGINS INSTITUTE
McMASTER UNIVERSITY
1280 MAIN ST W, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, L8S 4M1
905.525.9140 x23180    pudritz@physics.mcmaster.ca
Publications
Here is a sample of recent refereed publications with my students, postdocs, and collaborators, covering several areas of research:

Star Formation

>  D.A. Tilley and R.E. Pudritz, 2007, The Formation of Star Clusters II. Three-Dimensional Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Molecular Clouds, MNRAS, 382, 73-94.

>  R.E. Pudritz, R. Ouyed, Ch., Fendt and A. Brandenburg, 2007, "Disk Winds, Jets, and Outflows: Theoretical and Computations Foundations", in Protostars and Planets, V.B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt and K. Keil (eds.) (University of Arizona Press, Tucson), p. 277-294.

>  D.F. Duffin and R.E. Pudritz, 2009, The Early History of Protostellar Disks, Outflows, and Binary Systems, Ap.J. Letters, 706, L46-L51.

>   N. Kevlahan and R.E. Pudritz, 2009, Shock Generated Vorticity in the Interstellar Medium and the Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function, Ap.J., 702, 39-49.

>  R. Banerjee, R.E. Pudritz, 2006, Outflows and Jets from Collapsing Magnetized Cloud Cores, Ap. J. 641, 949-960.

>  S. Matt and R.E. Pudritz, 2005, Accretion-Powered Stellar Winds as a Solution to the Stellar Angular Momentum Problem, Ap. J. 632, L135-L138.

Planet Formation

>  S. Matsumura, R.E. Pudritz, and E.W. Thommes, 2009, The Growth and Migration of Jovian Planets in Evolving Protostellar Disks with Dead Zones, Ap.J., 691, 1764-1779.

>  S. Matsumura and R.E. Pudritz, 2005, Dead Zones and the Origin of Planetary Masses, Ap.J. 618, L137-L140.

Astrobiology

>  P. Higgs and R.E. Pudritz, 2009, A Thermodynamic Basis for Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis and the Nature of the First Genetic Code, Astrobiology, 9, 483-490.


You may read and download my recent published and submiited papers and articles, even if you are not affiliated with an academic institution, by going to the astro-ph preprint server.

See all publications via NASA ADS.


Books

Most recent book
Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life, Cambridge University Press
Astrobiology Series

A complete book listing can be found here.

 
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