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Dynamics of warped discs

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Astrophysical discs are often warped, that is, their orbital planes change with radius. Discs can be warped by e.g. Lense-Thirring precession induced by a misaligned spinning black hole, or the gravitational pull of a misaligned companion. I will discuss the dynamics of warped discs, provide my thoughts on the role of `viscosity’ in their evolution, and present simulations of tilt oscillations, Kozai-Lidov oscillations and disc tearing. Finally I will present the results of a stability analysis of the warped disc equations to derive the criteria for the warp to be unstable and the disc to separate into distinct planes.

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