Minimum Toomre parameter in an exponential flat-rotation disk

ID: minimum-toomre-parameter-in-an-exponential-flat-rotation-disk

For , surface density and constant sound speed , the Toomre parameter is , where and . Its logarithmic derivative is , so the minimum is at . The formal inner and outer limits both diverge; if , local axisymmetric instability occupies a bounded intermediate annulus. A central departure from the assumed flat rotation law can change the inner conclusion.

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