Speaker
Alessandro Romeo
(Chalmers University of Technology)
Description
Gravitational instabilities play a primary role in shaping the structure and powering the
star formation activity of disc galaxies. We review the effort made by theorists to
provide the astronomical community with reliable disc stability diagnostics. The most
well-known diagnostic is Toomre's Q parameter, but there are newer and more powerful
tools for detecting gravitational instabilities in galaxy discs. And a few of them are
almost as easy to use as Toomre's Q. In this talk, you will learn how to use such
diagnostics in a variety of applications.
Primary author
Alessandro Romeo
(Chalmers University of Technology)
