MRI-triggered instability at the inner dead zone edge: disc evolution and burst modes tied to magnetic field strengths

arXiv:2606.09481 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-06-08 · Read on arXiv

Michael Cecil, Mario Flock, Daniel Steiner

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-06-08

Comments: 17 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Active Regions — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Ambipolar Diffusion — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Angular Momentum Transport — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accretion Shock — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Aggregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Max Planck Institute for Astronomy — 1× in this paper
• Observational Selection Effects — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Planet formation at the inner edge of the dead zone I. the interplay between accretion outbursts and dust growth

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