162 citations · 285 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
astro-ph2008★ 67 cited
Viscous, Resistive Magnetorotational Modes
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan
We carry out a comprehensive analysis of the behavior of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in viscous, resistive plasmas. We find exact, non-linear solutions of the non-ideal…
astro-ph2007★ 162 cited
Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks: Scaling Laws in MRI-driven Turbulence
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
We present a scaling law that predicts the values of the stresses obtained in numerical simulations of saturated MRI-driven turbulence in non-stratified shearing boxes. It relates…
astro-ph2006★ 56 cited
A Local Model for Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks Driven by the Magnetorotational Instability
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
We develop a local model for the exponential growth and saturation of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses in turbulent flows driven by the magnetorotational instability. We first der…