Protoplanetary disks
*The dynamics of the interfaces between MRI turbulent (active) and quiescent (dead) zones
*The dynamics of dead-zones and of dust: streaming and
double-diffusive instabilities
*Gravitational instability
The magnetorotational instability
*Saturation, intermittency, and channel flows
*Interplay between thermodynamics and turbulence in
protoplanetary and dwarf nova disks
Planetary rings
*The kinetic theory of dense granular gases
*The relationship between the
viscous overstability and subkilometre structure in Saturn's A
and B rings
*The relationship between the ballistic transport instability
and
100 km undulations in the
inner B-ring and plateaus in the C-ring
*Tidal disruption of satellites and the formation of the
Uranian epsilon ring
*Waves, instabililities, and shepherding in narrow rings
Other interests
*Solar differential rotation
*QPOs and the diskoseismology of black-hole accretion disks
*Dynamo theory
*Instabilities in hot accretion flows and the intra-cluster medium
*The MHD of exoplanetary atmospheres
*Nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation
Papers
1. H. N. Latter, S. A. Balbus, 2012.
The dynamics of inner dead-zone boundaries in protoplanetary
disks. MNRAS, submitted.
2. H. N. Latter, H. Rein, G. I. Ogilvie, 2012.
The gravitational instability of a stream of co-orbital
particles. MNRAS, submitted.
3. S. A. Balbus, H. N. Latter, N. O. Weiss, 2012.
Global model of differential rotation in the Sun. MNRAS, in press.
4. E. Jacquet, S. A. Balbus, H. N. Latter, 2011.
On linear dust-gas streaming instabilities in protoplanetary
discs. MNRAS, 415, 3591.
5. H. N. Latter & G. I. Ogilvie, 2010. Hydrodynamical simulations of viscous
overstability in Saturn's rings. Icarus, 210, 318.
6. S. A. Balbus & H. N. Latter, 2010.
The tachocline and differential rotation in the Sun. MNRAS, 407, 2565.
7. H. N. Latter, S. Fromang, O. Gressel, 2010. MRI channels flows in
vertically-stratified models
of accretion disks. MNRAS, 406, 848.
8. H. Latter & D. J. Ivers, 2010. Spherical single-roll dynamos at large
magnetic Reynolds numbers. Physics of Fluids, 22, 066601.
9. H. N. Latter, J. F. Bonart, S. A. Balbus, 2010. Resistive double-diffusive
instability in the dead-zones of protostellar disks. MNRAS, 405, 1831.
10. S. A. Balbus, J. Bonart, H. Latter, N. Weiss, 2009. On differential
rotation and convection in the Sun. MNRAS, 400, 176.
11. H. N. Latter & S. A. Balbus, 2009. Inertial waves near corotation in
3D hydrodynamical disks. MNRAS, 399, 1058.
12. H. N. Latter & G. I. Ogilvie, 2009. The viscous overstability,
nonlinear wavetrains, and fine-scale structure in dense planetary
rings. Icarus, 202, 565.
13. P. Lesaffre, S. Balbus & H. N. Latter, 2009. A comparison of local
simulations and reduced models of MRI-induced turbulence. MNRAS, 396, 779.
14. H. N. Latter, P. Lesaffre & S. A. Balbus, 2009. MRI channel flows and
their parasites. MNRAS, 394, 715.
15. H. N. Latter & G. I. Ogilvie, 2008. Dense planetary rings and the
viscous overstability. Icarus, 195, 725.
16. H. N. Latter & G. I. Ogilvie, 2006. Viscous overstability and
eccentricity evolution in three-dimensional gaseous disks. MNRAS,
372, 1829.
17. H. N. Latter & G. I. Ogilvie, 2006. The linear stability of dilute
particulate rings. Icarus, 184, 498.
18. H. Latter & D. Ivers, 2004. Kinematic roll dynamo computations
at large magnetic Reynolds numbers. ANZIAM J., 45(E), C905.
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