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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 57 2 a Solution by
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Write the perturbation velocity as , the density amplitude as , and . Axisymmetry removes advection by the background azimuthal flow, but the radial perturbation advects the Keplerian shear: . Combining this with the Coriolis force gives the linearized shearing sheet equationsThe razor-thin disk Poisson kernel supplies the self-gravity term. The coefficient, rather than , is essential: it includes the perturbed advection of the background velocity.
Put and . The determinant of the three amplitude equations isExpanding it gives the dust gravitational dispersion relation with gas dragUsing a determinant avoids division by and retains the neutral/secular branch. The radial epicyclic frequency of this Keplerian shearing sheet is , so the three terms in represent rotational support, self-gravity and dust pressure.
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