Razor-thin fluid disk dispersion relation

ID: razor-thin-fluid-disk-dispersion-relation

For tightly wound perturbations in a locally uniform, razor-thin gas disk, continuity equation and rotating-fluid momentum equations couple the surface-density perturbation to radial and azimuthal velocities. The sheet potential is . Eliminating these perturbations gives the displayed dispersion relation. radial epicyclic frequency supplies the rotation term, the sound-speed term resists short waves, and self-gravity supplies the negative term. For an axisymmetric mode , use directly; the pattern speed is undefined.

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