TY - JOUR
T1 - NONAXISYMMETRIC NEUTRAL MODES IN RELATIVISTIC DISKS
AU - CAI, Mike J.
AU - SHU, Frank H.
PY - 2004/8/20
Y1 - 2004/8/20
N2 - We perform a linear stability analysis of the axisymmetric, relativistic, self-similar, isothermal disk against nonaxisymmetric perturbations. Two sets of neutral modes are discovered. The first set corresponds to marginally unstable perturbations driven by gravitational radiation, and the other signals the onset of bifurcation to non-axisymmetric equilibrium solutions to the Einstein equations.
AB - We perform a linear stability analysis of the axisymmetric, relativistic, self-similar, isothermal disk against nonaxisymmetric perturbations. Two sets of neutral modes are discovered. The first set corresponds to marginally unstable perturbations driven by gravitational radiation, and the other signals the onset of bifurcation to non-axisymmetric equilibrium solutions to the Einstein equations.
KW - Accretion, accretion disks
KW - Instabilities
KW - Relativity
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U2 - 10.1086/422385
DO - 10.1086/422385
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 611
SP - 1054
EP - 1067
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 2
ER -