Forced axisymmetric density mode with vortensity

ID: forced-axisymmetric-density-mode-with-vortensity

For a radial mode with constant nonzero wavenumber in an inviscid razor-thin disc, eliminate velocity using continuity and the conserved linearized vortensity. The resulting oscillator has . The vortensity gives a constant forcing and hence the stationary balanced component when . It is lost by an ansatz that divides every amplitude equation by a nonzero frequency. Negative squared frequency gives exponential instability; zero frequency allows secular growth.

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