Density-wave dispersion relation in a non-self-gravitating disk

ID: density-wave-dispersion-relation-in-a-non-self-gravitating-disk

Let be the barotropic closure of a razor-thin disk sound-speed squared and the radial epicyclic frequency, with for orbital shear parameter . For a radial axisymmetric normal mode in a uniform barotropic shearing sheet, let be velocity amplitudes and the surface-density amplitude. Linear momentum gives and ; mass conservation gives . Eliminating the amplitudes for proves the displayed dispersion relation. The rotational term is epicyclic restoration; the pressure term is acoustic restoration. Without a perturbed gravitational potential, no self-gravity term belongs in the formula.

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