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The equations that govern the weakly nonlinear near-resonant interaction of a parent magnetorotational instability with two linearly stable daughter modes in thin nonuniform magnetized Keplerian discs are derived. While the equations for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-08-28 Yuri Shtemler , Michael Mond , Edward Liverts

In this paper we revisit the problem of the tidal interaction occuring between a protostellar accretion disc and a secondary point mass following a parabolic trajectory. We model the disc response analytically and we compare our results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 John D. Larwood

The standard equilibrium for radiation-dominated accretion disks has long been known to be viscously, thermally, and convectively unstable, but the nonlinear development of these instabilities---hence the actual state of such disks---has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Eric Agol , Julian Krolik , Neal Turner , James Stone

The viscous evolution of a thin disc around a central object is considered. Such discs are described by self-similar solutions in which either all or none of the inflowing mass accretes. An approximate solution for the partial accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-22 K. Yavuz Ekşi

The arising of turbulence in gas-dynamic (non-magnetic) accretion disks is a major issue of modern astrophysics. Such accretion disks should be stable against the turbulence generation, in contradiction to observations. Searching for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-01 E. P. Kurbatov , D. V. Bisikalo , P. V. Kaygorodov

We investigate the structure and evolution of a geometrically thin viscous Keplerian circumbinary (CB) disk, using detailed models of their radiative/convective vertical structure. We use a simplified description for the evolution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Dubus , R. E. Taam , H. C. Spruit

Astrophysical discs which are sufficiently massive and cool are linearly unstable to the formation of axisymmetric structures. In practice, linearly stable discs of surface density slightly below the threshold needed for this instability…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Joshua J. Brown , Gordon I. Ogilvie

We study the stability of poloidal magnetic fields anchored in a thin accretion disc. The two-dimensional hydrodynamics in the disc plane is followed by a grid-based numerical simulation including the vertically integrated magnetic forces.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Stehle , H. C. Spruit

We study a model of weakly ionized, protostellar accretion discs that are threaded by a large-scale, ordered magnetic field and power a centrifugally driven wind. We consider the limiting case where the wind is the main repository of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Königl , R. Salmeron , M. Wardle

Thin, Keplerian accretion disks generically become gravitationally unstable at large radius. I investigate the nonlinear outcome of such instability in cool disks using razor-thin, local, numerical models. Cooling, characterized by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Charles F. Gammie

We carry out three-dimensional, high resolution (up to $1024^2\times 256$) hydrodynamic simulations of the evolution of vortices in vertically unstratified Keplerian disks using the shearing sheet approximation. The transient amplification…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Yue Shen , James M. Stone , Thomas A. Gardiner , ;

The perturbations of weakly-viscous, barotropic, non-self-gravitating, Newtonian rotating fluids are analyzed via a single partial differential equation. The results are then used to find an expression for the viscosity-induced normal-mode…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Manuel Ortega-Rodriguez , Robert V. Wagoner

We have performed 3-D numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jet experiments to study the instabilities associated with strongly toroidal magnetic fields and determine if such magnetic configurations in jets are as unstable as similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Thomsen , A. Nordlund

In this paper we studied the weakly nonlinear stage of stationary convective instability in a nonuniformly rotating layer of an electrically conductive fluid in an axial uniform magnetic field under the influence of: a) temperature…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 M. I. Kopp , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

Cold accretion disks such as those in star-forming systems, quiescent cataclysmic variables, and some active galactic nuclei, are expected to have neutral gas which does not couple well to magnetic fields. The turbulent viscosity in such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Niayesh Afshordi , Ramesh Narayan

Three-dimensional non-rotating odd viscous liquids give rise to Taylor columns and support {axisymmetric} inertial-like waves [\emph{J. Fluid Mech.}, vol. {973}, A30, (2023)]. When an odd viscous liquid is subjected to rigid-body rotation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-02 E. Kirkinis , M. Olvera de la Cruz

We study the equations obtained from linearizing the compressible Navier-Stokes equations around a steady-state profile with a heavier fluid lying above a lighter fluid along a planar interface, i.e. a Rayleigh-Taylor instability. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-25 Yan Guo , Ian Tice

We discuss the basic hydrodynamics that determines the density structure of the disks around hot stars. Observational evidence supports the idea that these disks are Keplerian (rotationally supported) gaseous disks. A popular scenario in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. C. Carciofi , J. E. Bjorkman

A self-consistent solution for a thin accretion disk with turbulent convection is presented. The disk viscosity and the convective flux are derived from a physical model for turbulence, and expressed in terms of the local physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Itzhak Goldman , Amri Wandel

Eccentric gaseous discs are unstable to a parametric instability involving the resonant interaction between inertial-gravity waves and the eccentric mode in the disc. We present 3D global hydrodynamical simulations of inviscid circumbinary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Arnaud Pierens , Colin P. McNally , Richard P. Nelson