On Kinetic Theory Viscosity in a Rotating Gas
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Clarke and Pringle (2004) derived a proper viscosity formula in a rotating gas by applying mean free path theory. We study their argument in detail and show that their result can be derived with a much simpler calculational procedure and physically clearer picture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0409143,
title = {On Kinetic Theory Viscosity in a Rotating Gas},
author = {Takuya Matsuda and Eiji Hayashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0409143},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 1 figure; Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 112, No. 2