Vertical Shear Instability in the Solar Nebula

Min Kai Lin; Andrew N. Youdin

doi:10.1017/S174392131500589X

Vertical Shear Instability in the Solar Nebula

Min Kai Lin, Andrew N. Youdin

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	195-196
Number of pages	2
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131500589X
State	Published - 2015

Keywords

accretion
accretion disks
hydrodynamics
instabilities
methods: analytical

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Vertical Shear Instability in the Solar Nebula

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