Magnetospheric truncation radius

ID: magnetospheric-truncation-radius

Magnetospheric truncation radius by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-11-05
The inner radius at which a stellar magnetic dipole field disrupts a surrounding accretion disk. In a free fall pressure-balance estimate with fixed aspect ratio , . Geometry and inflow structure change its numerical coefficient.

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