Mark Dodici
dodici.bsky.social
Mark Dodici
@dodici.bsky.social
grad student @ Toronto studying how things move in the centers of galaxies ~ former astrobites writer ~ interests include sci-comm and coffee ~ mdodici.github.io
my first first-author paper is now published in ApJ :) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

we ask: if you throw two single bodies at each other, under some simple form of energy dissipation (mimicking dynamical friction from a cluster or a gas disk 👀), how often do you end up with a binary?
Studying Binary Formation under Dynamical Friction Using Hill's Problem - IOPscienceopens in new tab
Studying Binary Formation under Dynamical Friction Using Hill’s Problem, Mark Dodici, Scott Tremaine
iopscience.iop.org
September 11, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Mark Dodici
From @dodici.bsky.social: The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in these unique environments. 🔭🧪

astrobites.org/2024/01/24/q...
How bursts of X-rays from galactic centers could teach us about the stars that live there
The centers of galaxies are full of all sorts of fascinating phenomena. Learn about one of the newest — discovered only in the last five years — and how it can tell us about the stars that live in...
astrobites.org
January 24, 2024 at 11:17 PM
do you ever just see a twitter take so bad you overcome your executive dysfunction and actually finally use the invite code you've been sitting on for weeks!
October 2, 2023 at 3:01 AM