Uma Gorti
Affiliation: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute
Email: Uma.Gorti-1@nasa.gov
Professional Biography
Dr. Gorti’s main expertise is in protoplanetary disk evolution theory, with a focus on the gas component. She is involved in developing theoretical models relevant to the observational data and interpreting observations from several spaces and ground-based facilities. Dr. Gorti has experience in many aspects of protoplanetary disk theory, heating and cooling processes, line and continuum radiative transfer, gas-dust dynamics, and computational modeling including hydrodynamics.
Selected Publications
Gorti, U., Hollenbach, D. & Dullemond, C.P. (2015). “The Impact of Dust Evolution and Photoevaporation on Disk Dispersal.” Astrophysical Journal, 804, 29.
Bergin, E.~A., and 13 colleagues 2013. “An old disk still capable of forming a planetary system.” Nature 493, 644-646.
Gorti, U., Hollenbach, D., Najita, J., Pascucci, I. 2011. “Emission Lines from the Gas Disk around TW Hydra and the Origin of the Inner Hole.” The Astrophysical Journal 735, 90.
Gorti, U., Dullemond, C.~P., Hollenbach, D. 2009. “Time Evolution of Viscous Circumstellar Disks due to Photoevaporation by Far-Ultraviolet, Extreme-Ultraviolet, and X-ray Radiation from the Central Star.” The Astrophysical Journal 705, 1237-1251
Gorti, U., Hollenbach, D. 2009.”Photoevaporation of Circumstellar Disks By Far-Ultraviolet, Extreme-Ultraviolet and X-Ray Radiation from the Central Star.” The Astrophysical Journal 690, 1539-1552.
Gorti, U., Hollenbach, D. 2008. “Line Emission from Gas in Optically Thick Dust Disks around Young Stars.”The Astrophysical Journal 683, 287-303.
Pascucci, I., and 19 colleagues 2006. “Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Upper Limits to the Gas Mass in Disks around Sun-like Stars.” The Astrophysical Journal 651, 1177-1193.
Gorti, U., Hollenbach, D. 2004. “Models of Chemistry, Thermal Balance, and Infrared Spectra from Intermediate-Aged Disks around G and K Stars.” The Astrophysical Journal 613, 424-447.