2011
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015854
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The Newtonian potential of thin disks

Abstract: The one-dimensional, ordinary differential equation (ODE) that satisfies the midplane gravitational potential of truncated, flat powerlaw disks is extended to the whole physical space. It is shown that thickness effects (i.e. non-flatness) can be easily accounted for by implementing an appropriate "softening length" λ. The solution of this "softened ODE" has the following properties: i) it is regular at the edges (finite radial accelerations); ii) it possesses the correct long-range properties; iii) it matches… Show more

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“…At the same time, there may well be a range of parameters such that (𝐻/𝑅) 2 < 𝑀 d /𝑀 ★ < 𝐻/𝑅, in which self-gravity gives a dominant contribution to the rotation curve, while the disc is gravitationally stable (Veronesi et al 2021). It is worth noting that the pressure-less case, for a power law surface density, had been discussed in the context of AGNs by Huré & Hersant (2011).…”
Section: Modeling the Rotation Curvementioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the same time, there may well be a range of parameters such that (𝐻/𝑅) 2 < 𝑀 d /𝑀 ★ < 𝐻/𝑅, in which self-gravity gives a dominant contribution to the rotation curve, while the disc is gravitationally stable (Veronesi et al 2021). It is worth noting that the pressure-less case, for a power law surface density, had been discussed in the context of AGNs by Huré & Hersant (2011).…”
Section: Modeling the Rotation Curvementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The code also includes the disk gravitational potential acting on the planets expressed in spherical coordinates as (Terquem & Ajmia 2010;Huré & Hersant 2011)…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…where (r, ϕ, θ) correspond to the spherical coordinates of the planet, Σ is the disk surface density, ain and aout are the inner and outer edges of the disk and G is the gravitational constant. Following Huré & Hersant (2011), the potential can be expressed as…”
Section: Disk Gravitational Potentialmentioning
confidence: 99%