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Vertical Shear Instability in the Solar Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

Min-Kai Lin  and
Andrew N. Youdin
Min-Kai Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: minkailin@email.arizona.edu, youdin@email.arizona.edu
Andrew N. Youdin
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: minkailin@email.arizona.edu, youdin@email.arizona.edu
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Abstract

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We quantify the thermodynamic requirement for the Vertical Shear Instability and evaluate its relevance to realistic protoplanetary disks as a potential route to hydrodynamic turbulence.

Keywords

accretionaccretion diskshydrodynamicsinstabilitiesmethods: analytical
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S314: Young Stars & Planets Near the Sun , November 2015 , pp. 195 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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