Slow m=1 instabilities of softened gravity Keplerian discs

Details Slow m=1 instabilities of softened gravity Keplerian discs Slow m=1 instabilities of softened gravity Keplerian discs

2009-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/0911.2183v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

6 pages, four figures

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We present the simplest model that permits a largely analytical exploration of the m=1 counter-rotating instability in a "hot" nearly Keplerian disc of collisionless self-gravitating matter. The model consists of a two-component softened gravity disc, whose linear modes are analysed using WKB. The modes are slow in the sense that their (complex) frequency is smaller than the Keplerian orbital frequency by a factor which is of order the ratio of the disc mass to the mass of the central object. Very simple analytical expressions are derived for the precession frequencies and growth rates of local modes; it is shown that a nearly Keplerian disc must be unrealistically hot to avoid an overstability. Global modes are constructed for the case of zero net rotation.

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