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On Kinetic Theory Viscosity in a Rotating Gas

Takuya Matsuda, Eiji Hayashi

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0409143

Abstract

Clarke and Pringle (2004) derived a proper viscosity formula in a rotating gas by applying mean free path theory. We study their argument in detail and show that their result can be derived with a much simpler calculational procedure and physically clearer picture.

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