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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.

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@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}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure; Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 112, No. 2