Patrick Godon's Research

• Accretion onto the surface of the white dwarf in Cataclysmic Variables systems.
• Instability in Self-Gravitating Disks.
• Simulations of vortices in the protostellar nebula.
• Planetary atmospheres.
• Non-linear hydrodynamic stability of Keplerian discs.
• Non-linear growth of non-axisymmetric hydrodynamic instabilities and transition to turbulence in accretion discs.
• Tidal effects and the propagation of waves in two-dimensional discs.
• Short period oscillations in Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) & related systems: Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) and Coherent Oscillations (DNOs) in accretion discs around non-magnetic white dwarfs.
• Accretion discs Boundary Layer in CVs, Symbiotic stars, FU Orionis systems and T Tauri stars.
• Advection of energy in optically thick accretion disc boundary layers.
• Viscous instability in one- and two-dimensional discs.
• Additional topics in ASTROPHYSICS and COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS.

• Paul E. Barrett, US Naval Observatory (Washington DC)
• Ivan Hubeny, University of Arizona
• Al Linnell, University of Washington (Seattle)
• Mario Livio, (STScI, Baltimore, MD)
• Steve Lubow, (STScI, Baltimore, MD)
• David L. Meier , (JPL) (Pasadena, CA)
• Oded Regev Technion (Haifa, Israel)
• Eric M. Schlegel, University of Texas (San Antonio)
• Giora Shaviv (Master and PhD supervisor), Technion (Haifa, Israel)
• Edward M. Sion, Villanova University (PA).
• Noam Soker, (Oranim University)
• Paula Szkody, University of Washington (Seattle)
• Caroline Terquem (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris).
• Raymond E. White III , (University of Alabama) .