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Magnetospheric truncation radius (rm​)

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The inner radius at which a stellar magnetic dipole field disrupts a surrounding accretion disk. In a free fall pressure-balance estimate with fixed aspect ratio ϵ=H/r, rm​∼(ϵ2μ4/(GMM˙2))1/7. Geometry and inflow structure change its numerical coefficient.

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