Disk scale height
= Disk scale height
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The disk scale height is the characteristic vertical thickness over which density or pressure decreases. Vertical hydrostatic balance in a thin Keplerian gas disk gives $H\simeq c_s/\Omega_K$.
= Disk scale height
{title2=$H$}
The disk scale height is the characteristic vertical thickness over which density or pressure decreases. Vertical hydrostatic balance in a thin Keplerian gas disk gives $H\simeq c_s/\Omega_K$.