Is angular momentum in an accretion disk transported inwards?

Authors
Hayashi, E Matsuda, T
Citation
E. Hayashi et T. Matsuda, Is angular momentum in an accretion disk transported inwards?, PROG T PHYS, 105(3), 2001, pp. 531-536
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
0033068X → ACNP
Volume
105
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
531 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-068X(200103)105:3<531:IAMIAA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The derivation of the viscosity formula of accretion disks appearing in a n umber of textbooks is based on a mean free path theory of gas particles. Ho wever, this procedure, when followed precisely, leads to the incorrect conc lusion that the angular momentum of an accretion disk flows from the outer part to the inner part.