Ekman pumping in compact astrophysical bodies

DOI10.1017/S0022112096002030zbMath0862.76089arXivastro-ph/9504051OpenAlexW2127779902MaRDI QIDQ4716945

Mark Abney, Richard I. Epstein

Publication date: 1 December 1996

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9504051

zbMATH Keywords

neutron starsfinite compressibilityrotating viscous fluiddensity stratification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Existence, uniqueness, and regularity theory for compressible fluids and gas dynamics (76N10) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Related Items (3)

Acoustic and inertial modes in planetary-like rotating ellipsoids ⋮ Spin-up of a two-component superfluid: analytic theory in arbitrary geometry ⋮ Oscillatory superfluid Ekman pumping in helium II and neutron stars

Cites Work

• Spin up of a rapidly rotating gas

This page was built for publication: Ekman pumping in compact astrophysical bodies