Large dust fractions can prevent the propagation of soundwaves [SSA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13787


Dust plays a central role in several astrophysical processes. Hence the need of dust/gas numerical solutions, and analytical problems to benchmark them. In the seminal dustywave problem, we discover a regime where sound waves can not propagate through the mixture above a large critical dust fraction. We characterise this regime analytically, making it of use for testing accuracy of numerical solvers at large dust fractions.

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T. David–Cléris and G. Laibe
Thu, 29 Apr 21
48/50

Comments: Accepted for publication in MNRAS