Alpha disk (source code)

= Alpha disk
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The alpha-disk prescription writes turbulent kinematic viscosity as $\nu=\alpha c_sH\simeq\alpha c_s^2/\Omega$, with dimensionless $\alpha\lesssim1$. It reflects eddies no larger than the disk thickness and no faster than the sound speed.