Spiral density wave generation by vortices in Keplerian flows

Details Spiral density wave generation by vortices in Keplerian flows Spiral density wave generation by vortices in Keplerian flows

2005-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503474v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 16 figures, Astronomy & Astrophysics in press

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20041046

We perform a detailed analytical and numerical study of the dynamics of perturbations (vortex/aperiodic mode, Rossby and spiral-density waves) in 2D compressible disks with a Keplerian law of rotation. We draw attention to the process of spiral-density wave generation from vortices, discussing, in particular, the initial, most peculiar stages of wave emission. We show that the linear phenomenon of wave generation by vortices in smooth (without inflection points) shear flows found by using the so-called non-modal approach, is directly applicable to the present case. After an analytical non-modal description of the physics and characteristics of the spiral-density wave generation/propagation in the local shearing-sheet model, we follow the process of wave generation by small amplitude coherent circular vortex structures, by direct global numerical simulation, describing the main features of the generated waves.

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