A possible origin of viscosity in Keplerian accretion disks due to secondary perturbation: Turbulent transport without magnetic fields

• Published in: Research in astronomy and astrophysics Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 163 - 174
• Main Authors: Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata, Saha, Kanak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.02.2011; Astronomy and Astrophysics Program, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
• Subjects: accretion,accretion disks; hydrodynamics; turbulence; instabilitiesz

P1; The origin of hydrodynamic turbulence in rotating shear flow is a long standing puzzle. Resolving it is especially important in astrophysics when the flow's angular momentum profile is Keplerian which forms an accretion disk having negligible molecular viscosity. Hence, any viscosity in suc...