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Stability of Viscous Accretion Tori

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Kleiber
Affiliation:
Universitätssternwarte GöttingenGeismarlandstr. 11 37083 Göttingen, Germany
W. Glatzel
Affiliation:
Universitätssternwarte GöttingenGeismarlandstr. 11 37083 Göttingen, Germany

Abstract

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With respect to the stability of accretion tori the linear stability of infinitely long cylinders is investigated taking into account the effect of viscosity. Critical Reynolds numbers as a function of the Mach number and the azimuthal wavenumber of the perturbation are calculated.

Type
Part 15. Poster Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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