Density-weighted mean kinematic viscosity (source code)

= Density-weighted mean kinematic viscosity
{title2=$\bar\nu=\Sigma^{-1}\int\rho\nu\,dz$}

For a vertically stratified <accretion disk> with <surface density> $\Sigma=\int\rho\,dz$, the density-weighted mean <kinematic viscosity> is $\bar\nu=\Sigma^{-1}\int\rho\nu\,dz$. In an <alpha disk> with $\nu=\alpha p/(\rho\Omega)$, this becomes $\bar\nu=\alpha(\Sigma\Omega)^{-1}\int p\,dz$.

// Target: astrophysics.bigb