Stratified disks are locally stable
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Notwithstanding recent claims by Richard et al., there is no linear hydrodynamic instability of axisymmetrically stable disks in the local limit. We prove this by means of an exact stability analysis of an unbounded incompressible flow having constant stratification and constant shear.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0110229,
title = {Stratified disks are locally stable},
author = {Jeremy Goodman Steven A. Balbus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0110229},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, no figures. Uses aa.cls