“Halfway to Rayleigh” and Other Insights into the Rossby Wave Instability

The Rossby wave instability (RWI) is the fundamental nonaxisymmetric radial shear instability in disks. The RWI can facilitate disk accretion, set the shape of planetary gaps, and produce large vortices. It arises from density and/or temperature features, such as radial gaps, bumps, or steps. A gene...

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Main Authors: Eonho Chang, Andrew N. Youdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad81f6
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