Dust Coagulation Reconciles Protoplanetary Disk Observations with the Vertical Shear Instability. I. Dust Coagulation and the VSI Dead Zone

Dust Coagulation Reconciles Protoplanetary Disk Observations with the Vertical Shear Instability. I. Dust Coagulation and the VSI Dead Zone

Protoplanetary disks exhibit a vertical gradient in angular momentum, rendering them susceptible to the vertical shear instability (VSI). The most important condition for the onset of this mechanism is a short timescale of thermal relaxation (≲0.1 orbital timescales). Simulations of fully VSI active...

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Main Authors: Thomas Pfeil, Tilman Birnstiel, Hubert Klahr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Protoplanetary disks
Hydrodynamical simulations
Relaxation time
Astrophysical dust processes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad00af

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad00af

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