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2005-05-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505466v1

Prog.Theor.Phys. 113 (2005) 1183-1191

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol.113, No.6, 2005

Scientific paper

10.1143/PTP.113.1183

Subramanian, Pujari and Becker (2004) claim that the correct expression for the angular momentum transport in an accretion disc, which is proportional to dOmega/dR, can be derived on the basis of the analysis of the epicyclic motion of gas parcels in adjacent eddies in the disc. We study their argument and show that their derivation contains several fundamental errors: 1) the biased choice of the desired formula from an infinite number of formulae; 2) the biased choice of parcel trajectories; and 3) confusion regarding the reference frames. Following 1) we could derive, for example, a (invalid) formula in which the angular momentum transport is proportional to dv_phi/dR, and from 2) we could even prove that the angular momentum transport is either inward or null. We present the correct approach to the problem of angular momentum transport in an accretion disc in terms of mean free path theory.

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