 Standard thin-disk dissipation flux (source code)

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= Standard thin-disk dissipation flux

For a steady Keplerian disk with a zero-torque inner edge $R_{\rm in}$, the flux summed over both faces is
$$
F_{\rm diss}(R)=\frac{3GM\dot M}{4\pi R^3}
\left[1-\left(\frac{R_{\rm in}}R\right)^{1/2}\right].
$$

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