Wind-loaded Keplerian disk evolution

ID: wind-loaded-keplerian-disk-evolution

Wind-loaded Keplerian disk evolution by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-14 Updated 2026-11-05
Subtract local specific angular momentum times mass conservation from conservation of angular momentum including wind losses S,T. With outward radial mass flux and outward viscous torque in an accretion disk , this gives . For Keplerian rotation and , substitution in mass conservation yields the displayed equation. A wind with q=1 removes local angular momentum but supplies no additional drift term; q>1 can drive accretion even with zero viscosity.

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