Hydrodynamic stability of rotationally supported flows: Linear and nonlinear 2D shearing box results

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20040573zbMATH Open1070.85003arXivastro-ph/0404020OpenAlexW3102907421WikidataQ64356853 ScholiaQ64356853MaRDI QIDQ4668231FDOQ4668231

Authors: O. M. Umurhan, Oded Regev 

Publication date: 18 April 2005

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present here both analytical and numerical results of hydrodynamic stability investigations of rotationally supported circumstellar flows using the shearing box formalism. Asymptotic scaling arguments justifying the shearing box approximation are systematically derived, showing that there exist two limits which we call small shearing box (SSB) and large shearing box (LSB). The physical meaning of these two limits and their relationship to model equations implemented by previous investigators are discussed briefly. Two dimensional (2D) dynamics of the SSB are explored and shown to contain transiently growing (TG) linear modes, whose nature is first discussed within the context of linear theory. The fully nonlinear regime in 2D is investigated numerically for very high Reynolds (Re) numbers. Solutions exhibiting sustained dynamics are found and manifest episodic but recurrent TG behavior and these are associated with the formation and long-term survival of coherent vortices. The life-time of this spatio-temporal complexity depends on the Re number and the strength and nature of the initial disturbance. We show results for a case in which the dynamical activity persists for the entire duration of the simulation (hundreds of box orbits). Some combinations of the Re number and the initial perturbation spectrum (and strength) show the transiently growing phenomenon to ultimately fade away or, in some instances, to be absent altogether. Because the SSB approximation used here is equivalent to a 2D incompressible flow, the dynamics can not depend on the Coriolis force. Therefore, three dimensional (3D) simulations are needed in order to decide if this force indeed suppresses nonlinear hydrodynamical instability in rotationally supported disks in the shearing box.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404020

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zbMATH Keywords

hydrodynamicsplanetary systemsstarsinstabilitiescataclysmic variablesprotoplanetary disksnovae

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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