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Slide 1Unstructured grids for Astrophysics Gas dynamics and radiative transfer C.P. Dullemond Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Heidelberg, Germany Slide 2 Overview Radiative…

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Slide 1Exploring Brown Dwarf Origins Ray Jayawardhana (University of Michigan -> University of Toronto) Subhanjoy Mohanty, Gibor Basri, Beate Stelzer, David Ardila, Karl…

Slide 1Angular Momentum and the Formation of Stars and Black Holes Richard B. Larson Yale University Slide 2 Conclusions Compact objects such as stars and black holes generally…

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