Chronology
- 1953-1956: (undergraduate students) Mach's Principle; Relativity; Quantum mechanics; Statistical mechanics
- 1957-1960: MHD X type neutral points, Radio astronomy ; Integrals of motion in stellar dynamics & mechanics, separable systems ; Accretion disks, energy principle in axial symmetry; Spiral structure, galaxies
- 1960s: Formation of the Galaxy, its chemical evolution (ELS); Violent relaxation, negative specific heat, gravothermal catastrophe; Io and radio emission of Jupiter; Black holes in Galactic Nuclei; Magnetic accretion disks; Quasars.
- 1970s: Quasar luminosity and density function, the C- method in statistics; Accretion disks around TTauri stars; Relativistic self gravitating Mestel disks; self similar evolution of globular cluster core collapse
- 1980s: Energy principles in fluid mechanics; Isocirculational systems and Kelvin's theorem; Magellanic Stream and local group dynamics; Dark matter: large scale streaming motions and the galaxy distribution
- 1990s: Dipole in extragalactic light; Relativistic exact solutions; Mach's principle in general relativity; Newtonian mechanics without absolute space; Exact self similar solution in MHD; Negative specific heat in astronomy physics and chemistry; Exact N body solution in classical and Quantum mechanics; Ghosty streams in the Milky Way
- 2000s: Separability of motion in electromagnetic fields; Exact optics without coma or spherical aberration; The relativistic rotating charged disk and sphere; MHD jets from accretion disks
His current research mainly focuses on astrophysical jets and general relativity.
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