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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 367, Issue 2, Pages 773-780Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09986.x
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accretion discs; hydrodynamics; instabilities; Solar system : formation
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We study axisymmetric models of layered protoplanetary discs taking radiative transfer effects into account, and allowing for a residual viscosity in the dead zone. We also explore the effect of different viscosity prescriptions. In addition to the ring instability reported in the first paper of the series, we find an oscillatory instability of the dead zone, accompanied by variations of the accretion rate onto the central star. We provide a simplified analytical description explaining the mechanism of the oscillations. Finally, we find that the residual viscosity enables stationary accretion in large regions of layered discs. Based on results obtained with the help of a simple one-dimensional hydrocode, we identify these regions, and discuss conditions in which layered discs can give rise to FU Ori phenomena.
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