Compact self-similar disk with density-linear viscosity ($\bar{\nu }=A{r}^2\Sigma ,\Sigma =\sigma [(R/r{)}^a-1{]}_{+}$)

The Keplerian viscous diffusion equation with the displayed kinematic viscosity has two such nontrivial finite-support self-similar solutions: $a=1$, $R=C{t}^{2/5}$, and $a=5/4$, $R=C{t}^{1/2}$. Both have $\sigma =(15At{)}^{-1}$ for $A,C,t>0$. Matching powers of radius eliminates the third power only when $(5/2-2a)(2-2a)=0$. The first solution conserves disk angular momentum; the second conserves disk mass but requires an inner torque.

The $a=5/4$ compact self-similar disk with density-linear viscosity has outward drift $r/(2t)$ but zero limiting mass flux at the origin. Its viscous torque in an accretion disk has a positive finite inner limit for $t>0$, equal to $dJ/dt$. Thus disk mass conservation coexists with growth of angular momentum; an external central torque supplies that growth.

For the $a=1$ compact self-similar disk with density-linear viscosity, radial drift is $\dot{r}=r/(2t)-R/(10t)$. An integrating factor gives the displayed trajectories. From $0<r_i<R(t_i)$, the arrival time at the origin is $t_i[1-r_i/R(t_i){]}^{-10}$, finite for every interior point. The outer-edge trajectory has zero surface density of a disk and carries no mass.