Excitation of Turbulence in Protoplanetary Disks around Binary Stars

• Published in: Astronomy reports Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 1031 - 1037
• Main Authors: Kurbatov, E. P., Sytov, A. Yu, Bisikalo, D. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accretion disks; Astronomy; Binary stars; Computational fluid dynamics; Excitation; Flow stability; Instability; Mathematical models; Numerical models; Observations and Techniques; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Planet formation; Protoplanetary disks; Protoplanets; Turbulence

Accretion disks around young binary stars are subject to strong forces exerted by the system components. Gas–dynamical interactions excite strong non-linear perturbations in the disk, which can give rise to turbulence. This study considers a mechanism for the excitation of turbulence based on the in...