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Axisymmetric magnetorotational instability (MRI) in viscous accretion disks is investigated by linear analysis and two-dimensional nonlinear simulations. The linear growth of the viscous MRI is characterized by the Reynolds number defined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Youhei Masada , Takayoshi Sano

We examine how perturbed shear flows evolve in two-dimensional, incompressible, inviscid hydrodynamical fluids, with the ultimate goal of understanding the dynamics of accretion disks. To linear order, vorticity waves are swung around by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yoram Lithwick

Many dynamical interactions can induce eccentricities in astrophysical accretion disks. Disk eccentricities in turn seed a variety of instabilities, even in ideal hydrodynamics. We use 3D nonlinear simulations and 2+1D linear calculations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-30 Janosz W. Dewberry , Henrik N. Latter , Gordon I. Ogilvie , Sebastien Fromang

Symmetric instability (SI) is a frontal instability arising from the interaction of rotation with lateral and vertical shear of a frontal jet and is a generalization of shear, centrifugal, and gravitational instabilities. While the onset of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Laur Ferris , Donglai Gong

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

(abridged) Aims: We present new results exhibiting a subcritical baroclinic instability (SBI) in local shearing box models. We describe the 2D and 3D behaviour of this instability using numerical simulations and we present a simple…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 G. Lesur , J. C. B. Papaloizou

Odd viscous liquids are endowed with an intrinsic mechanism that tends to restore a displaced particle back to its original position. Since the odd viscous stress does not dissipate energy, inertial oscillations and inertial-like waves can…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-20 E. Kirkinis , M. Olvera de la Cruz

Context. The formation of vortices in accretion disks is of high interest in various astrophysical contexts, in particular for planet formation or in the disks of compact objects. But despite numerous attempts it has thus far not been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 H. Meheut , F. Casse , P. Varniere , M. Tagger

Modeling the dynamics of colloidal rods remains a central challenge in soft-matter physics due to the anisotropic and long-ranged nature of their interactions. Hydrodynamic interactions in rods suspensions are often assumed to be screened…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-19 Lucas H. P. Cunha , Paul F. Salipante , Peter D. Olmsted , Steven D. Hudson

Turbulence driven by magnetorotational instability (MRI) crucially affects the evolution of solid bodies in protoplanetary disks. On the other hand, small dust particles stabilize MRI by capturing ionized gas particles needed for the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Satoshi Okuzumi , Shigenobu Hirose

We study the influence of the choice of transport coefficients (viscosity and resistivity) on MHD turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in accretion disks. We follow the methodology described in paper I: we adopt an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Fromang , J. Papaloizou , G. Lesur , T. Heinemann

Hydrodynamic, non-magnetic instabilities can provide turbulent stress in the regions of protoplanetary discs, where the MRI can not develop. The induced motions influence the grain growth, from which formation of planetesimals begins.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 M. G. Malygin , H. Klahr , D. Semenov , Th. Henning , C. P. Dullemond

The vertical shear instability (VSI) is a robust phenomenon in irradiated protoplanetary disks (PPDs). While there is extensive literature on the VSI in the hydrodynamic limit, PPDs are expected to be magnetized and their extremely low…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-27 Can Cui , Min-Kai Lin

The interaction between gas and dust in protoplanetary disks (PPDs) plays a crucial role in setting the stage of planet formation. In particular, the streaming instability (SI) is well recognized as the mechanism for planetesimal formation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Pinghui Huang , Xue-Ning Bai

Turbulent motion driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is believed to provide an anomalous viscosity strong enough to account for observed accretion rates in protostellar accretion disks. In the first of two papers, we perform…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Wayne O'Keeffe , Turlough P. Downes

Context: Subcritical transition to turbulence has been proposed as a source of turbulent viscosity required for the associated angular momentum transport for fast accretion in Keplerian disks. Previously cited laboratory experiments in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Ethan Schartman , Hantao Ji , Michael J. Burin , Jeremy Goodman

In accretion disks with large-scale ordered magnetic fields, the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is marginally suppressed, so other processes may drive angular momentum transport leading to accretion. Accretion could then be driven by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Megan D. Marshall , Mark J. Avara , Jonathan C. McKinney

We analytically study the dynamics of a solitonic vortex (SV) in a superfluid confined in a non-axisymmetric harmonic trap. The study provides a framework for analyzing the role of the trap anisotropy in the oscillation of SVs observed in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-04-10 J. M. Gomez Llorente , J. Plata

We calculate the viscoelasticity tensor for altermagnets and formulate the corresponding hydrodynamic equations. The anisotropy of altermagnetic Fermi surfaces allows for additional terms in the viscoelasticity tensor and is manifested in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-28 A. A. Herasymchuk , E. V. Gorbar , P. O. Sukhachov

We carry out a series of local, shearing box simulations of the outer regions of protoplanetary disks, where ambipolar diffusion is important due to low ionization levels, to better characterize the nature of turbulence and angular momentum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Daniel A. Gole , Jacob B. Simon
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