Shakura–Sunyaev α-disk

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Astrophysics subtree

Thin Keplerian disk; turbulent viscosity ν = α c_s H; radiation-pressure vs gas-pressure regimes; L ∝ Ṁ; thermal instabilities.

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