The dynamical stability of differentially rotating, self-gravitating cylinders

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Computational Astrophysics, Dynamic Stability, Gravitational Effects, Rotating Matter, Accretion Disks, Angular Momentum, Angular Velocity, Differential Equations, Perturbation Theory

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The dynamical stability of self-gravitating differentially rotating incompressible cylinders is investigated for three types of rotation law. When the angular velocity decreases outwards, all m = 2 modes exhibit a shear instability due to the presence of a corotation mode. In most cases this instability also occurs for higher-order perturbations. The first point of instability along an equilibrium sequence then belongs to a mode of higher order when a sufficient amount of differential rotation is present. For small differential rotation, this instability occurs near the secular stability point of the uniformly rotating sequence. There exists a second type of instability which is also present for uniform rotation and occurs for large rotational velocities or angular momenta. Differential rotation has only a moderate influence on this instability, in agreement with previous results.

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