Subtract local specific angular momentum times mass conservation from conservation of angular momentum including wind losses S,T. With outward radial mass flux and outward viscous torque in an accretion disk , this gives . For Keplerian rotation and , substitution in mass conservation yields the displayed equation. A wind with q=1 removes local angular momentum but supplies no additional drift term; q>1 can drive accretion even with zero viscosity.
For zero viscosity, and constant , set . On intervals where f>0, the wind-loaded Keplerian disk evolution equation becomes . Multiplication by and the displayed travel-time coordinate reduce it to constant-speed advection. Its profile is and its characteristics move inward with . The weight accounts for mass loss as well as radial compression.
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