@article{662,
  abstract     = {We report a direct-numerical-simulation study of the Taylor-Couette flow in the quasi-Keplerian regime at shear Reynolds numbers up to (105). Quasi-Keplerian rotating flow has been investigated for decades as a simplified model system to study the origin of turbulence in accretion disks that is not fully understood. The flow in this study is axially periodic and thus the experimental end-wall effects on the stability of the flow are avoided. Using optimal linear perturbations as initial conditions, our simulations find no sustained turbulence: the strong initial perturbations distort the velocity profile and trigger turbulence that eventually decays.},
  author       = {Shi, Liang and Hof, Björn and Rampp, Markus and Avila, Marc},
  issn         = {10706631},
  journal      = {Physics of Fluids},
  number       = {4},
  publisher    = {American Institute of Physics},
  title        = {{Hydrodynamic turbulence in quasi Keplerian rotating flows}},
  doi          = {10.1063/1.4981525},
  volume       = {29},
  year         = {2017},
}