Kathryn Hadley

Office: Weniger 373

Email: kathryn,hadley@oregonstate.edu

Phone: 541 737-4312

 

Website: khadley.com

 

Recent Courses: PH 205 PH 206 PH 207

                              PH 211 PH 212 PH 213

 

Sample Syllabi: PH 205

                           PH 206

                           PH 207

                           PH 211

                           PH 212

                           PH 213

 

Education

Ph.D. in Physics (2011) University of Oregon, Eugene

 

Previous Employment

Faculty, Lane Community College

Visiting Professor, Whitman College

Adjunct Instructor, University of Oregon

 

Awards

Faculty Recognition Award, Lane Community College

Research Interests

 

My research interest is theoretical astrophysics, focusing on computational modeling of systems like protostellar disks. In the early stage of star formation, the system consists of a central object and a surrounding disk of material. Using fundamental conservation laws of physics solved on a grid, we can build and evolve systems numerically, analyzing the density wave structures that arise. We have shown that the geometry of the system gives rise to distinct modes of oscillation within the disk. Recent work including a resolved central object, as opposed to a point star, shows that modes can also arise in the star, affecting the evolution of the system. Other systems of interest include vortex instabilities, first stars, plasma shocks and strange quark stars.

 

Representative Publications

 

"Nonaxisymmetric instabilities of self-gravitating disks. I Toroids" Hadley, K. Z., Imamura, J. N., 2011, Ap&SS, 334, 1

 

"Nonaxisymmetric instabilities in self-gravitating disks. II. Linear and quasi-linear analyses" Hadley, K. Z., Fernandez, P., Imamura, J.N., Keever, E., Tumblin, R., & Dumas, W., 2014, Ap&SS, 353, 191

 

"Nonaxisymmetric instabilities in self-gravitating disks. III. Angular momentum transport" Hadley, K. Z., Imamura, J.N., Keever, E., Tumblin, R., & Dumas, W., 2015, Ap&SS, 359, 10

 

"Nonaxisymmetric instabilities and star-disk coupling. I Moderate mass disks" Hadley, K. Z., Imamura, J.N., Keever, E., Tumblin, R., & Dumas, W., Varga, A. 2019, Ap&SS, 364, 22