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We obtain the most general matrix criterion for stability and instability of multi-component solitary waves considering a system of $N$ incoherently coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations. Soliton stability is studied as a constrained…

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Disks of bodies orbiting a much more massive central object are extremely common in astrophysics. When the orbits comprising such disks are eccentric, we show they are susceptible to a new dynamical instability. Gravitational forces between…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 Ann-Marie Madigan , Michael McCourt

We explore the properties of cold gravitoturbulent accretion disks - non-fragmenting disks hovering on the verge of gravitational instability - using a realistic prescription for the effective viscosity caused by gravitational torques. This…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-02 Roman R. Rafikov

We review the difficulties of the classical fission and fragmentation hypotheses for the formation of binary and multiple stars. A crucial missing ingredient in previous theoretical studies is the inclusion of dynamically important levels…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniele Galli , Frank H. Shu , Gregory Laughlin , Susana Lizano

Many of the stars in the Galaxy were formed in binary systems. The widest of these can eventually become disrupted due to a combination of kicks from passing stars and the Galactic tidal field. If the Galactic disk were purely axisymmetric,…

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We introduce a new diagnostic for exploring the link between angular momentum and local gravitational instability in galaxy discs. Our diagnostic incorporates the latest developments in disc instability research, is fully consistent with…

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Warped accretion discs of low viscosity are prone to hydrodynamic instability due to parametric resonance of inertial waves as confirmed by local simulations. Global simulations of warped discs, using either smoothed particle hydrodynamics…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Hongping Deng , Gordon I. Ogilvie , Lucio Mayer

We present an instability occurring in the inner part of disks threaded by a moderately strong vertical (poloidal) magnetic field. Its mechanism is such that a spiral density wave in the disk, driven by magnetic stresses (rather than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Tagger , R. Pellat

We perform fully general relativistic simulations of rotating stellar core collapse in three spatial dimension. A parametric equation of state is adopted following Dimmelmeier et al. The early stage of the collapse is followed by an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masaru Shibata , Yu-ichirou Sekiguchi

We studied the dynamical influence of a dust component on the gaseous phase in central regions of galactic disks. Therefore, we performed two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations for flat multi-component disks embedded in a stellar and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ch. Theis , N. Orlova

The gravitational stability of a two-dimensional self-gravitating and differentially rotating gaseous disk in the context of post-Newtonian (hereafter PN) theory is studied. Using the perturbative method and applying the second iterated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-25 Ali Kazemi , Mahmood Roshan , Elham Nazari

We compiled a sample of $1155$ protoplanetary disks, combining data from ten surveys of star-forming regions. Based on the sample, we constructed a power-law approximation of the disk mass distribution: $dN/dM \propto M^{-\beta}$, $\beta =…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Sophia A. Drobchik , Sergey A. Khaibrakhmanov

Self-gravitating relativistic disks around black holes can form as transient structures in a number of astrophysical scenarios such as binary neutron star and black hole-neutron star coalescences, as well as the core-collapse of massive…

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Nonlinear numerical simulations are performed to investigate the density evolution in the dust layer of a protoplanetary disk due to the gravitational instability and dust settling toward the midplane. We assume the region where the radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Fumiharu Yamoto , Minoru Sekiya

We study the stability of general relativistic static thick disks, as an application we consider the thick disk generated by applying the ``displace, cut, fill and reflect" method, usually known as the image method, to the Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Maximiliano Ujevic , Patricio S. Letelier

We study the deflection by gravity of a circular elastic disk deposited on a rigid support. The axisymmetric deflection induces a compressive orthoradial stresses which leads to a wrinkling instability above a critical threshold of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-09-01 Gwenn Boedec , Julien Deschamps

The local stability of accretion disks with advection is studied together with the considerations of radial viscous force and thermal diffusion. For a geometrically thin, radiative cooling dominated disk, the thermal diffusion has nearly no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Xue-Bing Wu , Qi-Bin Li

We study local magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) instabilities of differential rotation in magnetised, stably-stratified regions of stars and planets using a Cartesian Boussinesq model. We consider arbitrary latitudes and general shears (with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-10 Robert W. Dymott , Adrian J. Barker , Chris A. Jones , Steven M. Tobias

We use high resolution numerical simulations to study whether gravitational instabilities within circumstellar discs can produce astrometrically detectable motion of the central star. For discs with masses of M_disc = 0.1 M_star, which are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. K. M. Rice , P. J. Armitage , M. R. Bate , I. A. Bonnell