 Standard thin-disk luminosity (source code)

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= Standard thin-disk luminosity

Integrating the <standard thin-disk dissipation flux> gives
$$
L_{\rm thin}=\frac{GM\dot M}{2R_{\rm in}}
=\frac12\dot M R_{\rm in}^2\Omega_{K,\rm in}^2.
$$
Half of the Newtonian potential-energy decrease remains as orbital kinetic energy until the inner edge.

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