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Constant-opacity gas-pressure disk viscosity law (νˉ∝α4/3Σ2/3Ω−2/3)

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The density-weighted mean kinematic viscosity of the universal vertical profile is νˉ=αΩh2∫−ζs​ζs​​Pdζ. Substitution of the height scale gives νˉ=Cα4/3(κ/σ)1/3R4/3Σ2/3Ω−2/3. For Keplerian rotation, Ω−2/3=(GM)−1/3r. The positive numerical constant depends only on the dimensionless vertical profile and the convention for α.
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