Excitation of turbulence in accretion disks of binary stars by non-linear perturbations


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Abstract

Accretion disks in binary systems can experience hydrodynamical influences at both their inner and outer edges. The former is typical for protoplanetary disks around young T Tauri stars, while the latter is typical for circumstellar disks in close binaries. This influence excites perturbations with various scales and amplitudes in the disk. The nonlinear evolution of perturbations with a finite, but small amplitude against the background of a sub-Keplerian flow is investigated. Nonlinear effects at the fronts of perturbation waves lead to the formation of discontinuities in the density and radial velocity; i.e., to formation of shocks. The tangential flow in the neighborhood of the shock becomes equivalent to a flow in a boundary layer. Due to an instability of the tangential flow, the disk becomes turbulent. The characteristics of the turbulence depend on the parameters of the perturbations, but the Shakura–Syunyaev α parameter does not exceed ~0.1.

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E. P. Kurbatov

Institute of Astronomy

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Email: kurbatov@inasan.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Pyatnitskaya 48, Moscow, 119017

D. V. Bisikalo

Institute of Astronomy

Email: kurbatov@inasan.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Pyatnitskaya 48, Moscow, 119017

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