Many astrophysical phenomena exhibit accretion disks, whch are pancake-shaped disks of whirling gas. Swirling matter in these disks spirals inward, like that surrounding a black hole. This article addresses new models of how the gas in these flowing whirlpools may experience turbulence, especially when the gas is not sensitive to magnetic fields.
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