PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES  [† =Student-led]

1. Massive debris disks may hinder secular stirring by planetary companions: An analytic proof of concept  [pdf]

Sefilian A. A., 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 140 (10pp)

2. Why dust pressure matters in debris discs [pdf] 

Lynch E. M., Lovell J. B. & Sefilian A. A., 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 529, L147 (5pp)

3. The effect of sculpting planets on the steepness of debris-disc inner edges [pdf]

Pearce  T. D., Krivov A. V., Sefilian A. A., et al., 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 3876 (24pp)

4. The influence of cold Jupiters in the formation of close-in planets. I. Planetesimal transport [pdf]

† Best M., Sefilian A. A. & Petrovich C., 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 960, 89 (16pp)

5. Self-gravity of debris discs can strongly change the outcomes of interactions with inclined planets [pdf]

Poblete P. P., Löhne T., Pearce T. D. & Sefilian A. A., 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526, 2017 (15 pp)

6. Formation of gaps in self-gravitating debris disks by secular resonance in a single-planet system. II. Toward a self-consistent model [pdf]

Sefilian A. A., Rafikov R. R. & Wyatt M. C., 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 954, 100 (31 pp)

7. The case of HD 106906 debris disc: A binary's revenge [pdf]

Farhat M., Sefilian A. A. & Touma J. R., 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 2067 (20 pp)

8. The vertical structure of debris discs and the impact of gas [pdf]

Olofsson J., Thébault P., Kral Q., et al. including Sefilian A. A., 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 713 (22 pp)

9. Formation of gaps in self-gravitating debris disks by secular resonance in a single-planet system. I. A simplified model [pdf]

Sefilian A. A., Rafikov R. R. & Wyatt M. C., 2021, The Astrophysical Journal, 910, 13 (22 pp)

10. Potential softening and eccentricity dynamics in razor-thin, nearly Keplerian discs [pdf]

Sefilian A. A. & Rafikov R. R., 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 4176 (20 pp)

11. Shepherding in a self-gravitating disk of trans-Neptunian objects [pdf]

Sefilian A. A. & Touma J. R., 2019, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 59 (16 pp)

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DISSERTATIONS 

1. Secular dynamics of self-gravitating debris discs  [pdf]

Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cambridge, Supervisor: Prof. Roman. R. Rafikov

2. From planetesimal discs in wide binaries to the outer-remnants of planet formation: variations on the dynamics of small bodies with big companions [pdf]

M.Sc. Thesis, American University of Beirut, Supervisor: Prof. Jihad R. Touma 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Influence of cold Jupiters in the formation of close-in planets [Link]

Best M., Sefilian A. A. & Petrovich C., 2023, AAS/Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #54, vol. 55, pp 103.06

2. Mind the gap: secular dynamics of self-gravitating debris disks  [Link]

Sefilian A. A., Rafikov R. R. & Wyatt M. C., 2021, AAS/Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #52, vol. 53, pp. 504.03

3. Potential softening and eccentricity dynamics in nearly Keplerian disks [Link]

Sefilian A. A. & Rafikov R. R., 2021, AAS/Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #52, vol. 53, pp. 107.04

4. Mind the gap: secular dynamics of self-gravitating debris disk [Link]

Sefilian A. A., Rafikov R. R. & Wyatt M. C., 2021, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #237, vol. 53, pp. 212.05D