Density-weighted viscosity of a disk

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Density-weighted viscosity of a disk by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
If angular velocity is independent of height, integrating the viscous stress gives . Thus the surface density weighted average, rather than an unweighted height average, enters vertically averaged viscous disk equations.

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