Numerical models of accretion disks

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Jan 1998Embargo end date: 01 Jan 1997Publisher:AIPJournal:AIP Conference Proceedings

Authors: Gammie, Charles F.;

doi: 10.1063/1.55861 , 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9712233

arXiv: astro-ph/9712233

Numerical models of accretion disks

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I review recent numerical studies of accretion disks, focusing on measurements of the turbulent shear stress, or $α$, in the shearing box model. I conclude with a list of astronomically relevant open questions that can be settled via future numerical experiments.

9 pages, LaTeX, aipproc.sty, invited review at "Accretion Processes in Astrophysical Systems: Some Like It Hot", eds. S. Holt and T. Kallman

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics

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