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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 347 2 c Solution by
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Let be the Keplerian specific angular momentum. In a source-free steady interval, the sum of advected and viscously transported angular momentum is constant:Inside the injection radius, . The zero-torque inner boundary condition at sets , and therefore
Outside there is no net mass flow in the stated steady distribution, but it must carry outward the angular momentum deposited by matter moving from to the ISCO. Its constant viscous torque in an accretion disk is thereforeThusThe two expressions agree at ; the jump in mass flux there is exactly the injected rate.
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