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Analyzing Azimuthal Distortions

In what follows, we will draw heavily from three publications: (1) J. E. Tohline & I. Hachisu (1990, ApJ, 361, 394-407) — hereafter, TH90 — (2) J. W. Woodward, J. E. Tohline, & I. Hachisu (1994, ApJ, 420, 247-267) — hereafter, WTH94 — and (3) K. Hadley & J. N. Imamura (2011, Astrophysics and Space Science, 334, 1) — hereafter, HI11.

Adopted Notation

Beginning with equation (2) of TH90 but ignoring variations in the vertical coordinate direction, the mass density is given by the expression,

<math>~\rho_0 \biggl[ 1 + f(\varpi)e^{-i(\omega t - m\phi)} \biggr] \, ,</math>

where it is understood that <math>~\rho_0</math>, which defines the structure of the initial axisymmetric equilibrium configuration, is generally a function of the cylindrical radial coordinate, <math>~\varpi</math>.

Using the subscript, <math>~m</math>, to identify the time-invariant coefficients and functions that characterize the intrinsic eigenvector of each azimuthal eigen-mode, and acknowledging that the associated eigenfrequency will in general be imaginary, that is,

<math>~\omega_m</math>

<math>~\omega_R + i\omega_I \, ,</math>

we expect each unstable mode to display the following behavior:

<math>~\biggl[ \frac{\rho}{\rho_0} - 1 \biggr]</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~f_m(\varpi)e^{-i[\omega_R t + i \omega_I t - m\phi_m(\varpi)]} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\biggl\{ f_m(\varpi)e^{-im\phi_m(\varpi)}\biggr\} e^{-i\omega_R t } \cdot e^{\omega_I t} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\biggl\{ f_m(\varpi)e^{-i[\omega_R t + m\phi_m(\varpi)]} \biggr\} e^{\omega_I t} \, .</math>

Adopting Kojima's (1986) notation, that is, defining,

<math>~y_1 \equiv \frac{\omega_R}{\Omega_0} - m</math>

and

<math>~y_2 \equiv \frac{\omega_I}{\Omega_0} \, ,</math>

the eigenvector's behavior can furthermore be described by the expression,

<math>~\biggl[ \frac{\rho}{\rho_0} - 1 \biggr]</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\biggl\{ f_m(\varpi)e^{-i[(y_1+m) (\Omega_0 t) + m\phi_m(\varpi)]} \biggr\} e^{y_2 (\Omega_0 t)} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\biggl\{ f_m(\varpi)e^{-im[(y_1/m+1) (\Omega_0 t) + \phi_m(\varpi)]} \biggr\} e^{y_2 (\Omega_0 t)} \, .</math>

Note that, as viewed from a frame of reference that is rotating with the mode pattern frequency,

<math>\Omega_p \equiv \frac{\omega_R}{m} = \Omega_0\biggl(\frac{y_1}{m}+1\biggr) \, ,</math>

we should find an eigenvector of the form,

<math>~\biggl[ \frac{\delta\rho}{\rho_0}\biggr]_\mathrm{rot} \equiv \biggl[ \frac{\rho}{\rho_0} - 1 \biggr]e^{im\Omega_p t}</math>

<math>~\biggl\{ f_m(\varpi)e^{-im[\phi_m(\varpi)]} \biggr\} e^{y_2 (\Omega_0 t)} \, ,</math>

whose relative amplitude — with a radial structure as specified inside the curly braces — is undergoing a uniform exponential growth but is otherwise unchanging.

Drawing from figure 2 of WTH94, our Figure 1, immediately below, illustrates how the behavior of each factor in this expression can reveal itself during a numerical simulation that follows the time-evolutionary development of an unstable, nonaxisymmetric eigenmode. The initial model for this depicted evolution (model O3 from Table 1 of WTH94) is a zero-mass — that is, it is a Papaloizou-Pringle like torus — with polytropic index,<math>~n = 3</math>, and a rotation-law profile defined by uniform specific angular momentum.

The top-left panel shows how, at any radial location, the phase angle, <math>~\phi_1/(2\pi)</math>, for the <math>~m=1</math> eigenmode, varies with time, <math>~t/t_\mathrm{rot}</math>, where, <math>~t_\mathrm{rot} \equiv 2\pi/\Omega_0</math> is the rotation period at the density maximum;
Using a semi-log plot, the top-right panel shows the exponential growth of the amplitude of three separate modes: The dominant unstable mode, displaying the largest amplitude, is <math>~m = 1</math>.
Using a semi-log plot (log amplitude versus fractional radius, <math>~\varpi/r_+</math>), the bottom-left panel displays the shape of the eigenfunction, <math>~f_1(\varpi)</math>, for the unstable, <math>~m=1</math> mode;
The bottom-right panel displays the radial dependence of the equatorial-plane phase angle, <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math>, for the unstable, <math>~m=1</math> mode; this is what HI11 refer to as the "constant phase locus."

Figure 1

Four panels extracted^† from figure 2, p. 252 of J. W. Woodward, J. E. Tohline & I. Hachisu (1994)

"The Stability of Thick, Self-gravitating Disks in Protostellar Systems"

ApJ, vol. 420, pp. 247-267 © American Astronomical Society

^†As displayed here, the layout of figure panels (a, b, c, d) has been modified from the original publication layout; otherwise, each panel is unmodified.

Empirical Construction of Eigenvector

Summary

While studying the series of three papers that was published recently by the Imamura & Hadley collaboration, I was particularly drawn to the pair of plots presented in Figure 6 — and, again, in the top portion of Figure 13 — of HI11. This pair of plots has been reprinted here, without modification, as our Figure 2. As in the bottom two panels of our Figure 1, the curves delineated by the blue dots in this pair of HI11 plots display (on the left) the shape of the eigenfunction, <math>~f_1(\varpi)</math>, and (on the right) the "constant phase locus," <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math>, for an unstable, <math>~m=1</math> mode. In this case, the initial model for the depicted evolution is the equilibrium model from Table 2 of HI11 that has <math>~T/|W| = 0.253</math>; it is a fully self-gravitating torus with polytropic index, <math>~n = 3/2</math>, and a rotation-law profile defined by a "Keplerian" angular velocity profile.

Figure 2

Panel pair extracted^† without modification from the top-most segment of Figure 13, p. 12 of K. Hadley & J. N. Imamura (2011)

"Nonaxisymmetric Instabilities of Self-Gravitating Disks. I Toroids"

Astrophysics and Space Science, 334, 1 - 26 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

^†This pair of plots also appears, by itself, as Figure 6 on p. 12 of K. Hadley & J. N. Imamura (2011).

Figure 3: Our Empirically Constructed Eigenvector

Left panel: A plot of our empirically constructed radial amplitude function, <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>; the function has been normalized as explained in the boxed-in PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION remark, below. Right panel: A plot of our empirically constructed phase function, <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math> with <math>~\aleph = 8.0</math>; after extraction from the animation sequence presented in Figure 4, here each point along this "constant phase locus" has been shifted by an additional phase of <math>~\pi/10</math> in order to better highlight its resemblance to the HI11 "constant phase locus" plot shown in the righthand panel of our Figure 2. In both panels, blue dots trace the function's behavior over the inner region of the torus <math>~(r_- < \varpi < r_\mathrm{mid})</math> and green dots trace the function's behavior over the outer region of the torus <math>~(r_\mathrm{mid} < \varpi < r_+)</math>.

As is described in the subsections that follow, we have devised two related and relatively simple analytic expressions whose behaviors, as a function of <math>~\varpi</math>, qualitatively resemble the two blue, HI11 curves. Our two empirically constructed functions have been plotted in Figure 3, immediately below Figure 2, to aid visual comparison with the eigenfunctions that were generated by HI11 via a proper stability analysis. Next we describe the thought process that led to the construction of the amplitude and phase eigenfunctions presented in Figure 3.

Radial Eigenfunction

It occurred to me, first, that the blue curve displayed in the left-hand panel of HI11's figure 6 (our Figure 2) might be reasonably well approximated by piecing together a pair of arc-hyperbolic-tangent (ATANH) functions. In an effort to demonstrate this, I began by specifying a "midway" radial location, <math>~r_- < r_\mathrm{mid} < r_+ \, ,</math> at which the two ATANH functions meet and at which the density fluctuation is smallest. Then I defined a function of the form,

	<math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\tanh^{-1}\biggl[1 - 2 \biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr) \biggr]</math>	for	<math>r_- < \varpi < r_\mathrm{mid} \, ;</math>
and
	<math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\tanh^{-1}\biggl[1 - 2 \biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_+}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_+} \biggr) \biggr]</math>	for	<math>r_\mathrm{mid} < \varpi < r_+ \, .</math>

This empirically specified, two-piece <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math> function has been plotted in the left-hand panel of Figure 3. (To facilitate quantitative comparison with Figure 2, the function has been normalized as explained in the boxed-in PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION remark that follows.) Blue dots trace the function's behavior over the lower radial-coordinate range while green dots trace its behavior over the upper radial-coordinate range. This plot of <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math> closely resembles the plot of the eigenfunction, <math>~\delta\rho/\rho (\varpi)</math> (see the left-hand panel of our Figure 2) that developed spontaneously via HI11's linear stability analysis.

PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: At the two limits, <math>~\varpi = r_-</math> and <math>~\varpi = r_+</math>, the function, <math>~f_\ln(\varpi) \rightarrow +\infty</math>; while, at the limit, <math>~\varpi = r_\mathrm{mid}</math>, the function, <math>~f_\ln(\varpi) \rightarrow -\infty</math>. In practice, after dividing the relevant radial extent into 100 zones, we stay half of a radial zone away from these three limiting radial boundaries, so that the maximum and minimum values of <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math> are finite; specifically, in the example plotted here, we have set <math>~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{min} = -2.99448</math> and <math>~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} = 2.64665</math>. Then we strategically employ the finite values of the function at these near-boundary limits to rescale the function such that, in the plot shown here, it lies between -3 (minimum amplitude) and 0 (maximum amplitude).

Recognizing that the figure depicting the HI11 eigenfunction is a semi-log plot, it seems clear that the relationship between our constructed function, <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>, and the eigenfunction, <math>~f_1(\varpi)</math>, is,

<math>~f_1(\varpi) = e^{f_\ln(\varpi)} \, .</math>

Now, in general, the following mathematical relation holds:

<math>~\ln\biggl( \frac{1+x}{1-x} \biggr)^{1/2} </math>

for

Hence, for the innermost region of the toroidal configuration — that is, over the lower radial-coordinate range — we can set,

<math>~x</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~1 - 2 \biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr) </math>
<math>~\Rightarrow ~~~~ \frac{1+x}{1-x}</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math> ~\biggl[2 - 2 \biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr)\biggr] \biggl[2 \biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr)\biggr]^{-1} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math> ~[(r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-) - ( \varpi - r_-)] [(\varpi - r_-)]^{-1} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math> ~\frac{r_\mathrm{mid} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \, . </math>

Therefore we can write,

<math>~f_1(\varpi) = e^{f_\ln(\varpi)}</math>

<math>~\biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{mid} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \biggr)^{1/2} </math>

for

Similarly, we find that, over the upper radial-coordinate range,

<math>~f_1(\varpi) = e^{f_\ln(\varpi)}</math>

<math>~\biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{mid} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_+} \biggr)^{1/2} </math>

for

<math>r_\mathrm{mid} < \varpi < r_+ \, .</math>

Constant Phase Loci

Now let's work on the phase function, <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math>. The phase function displayed in the right-hand panel of our Figure 2 — that is, the phase function that developed spontaneously from the linear stability analysis performed by HI11 — appears to be fairly constant (i.e., the phase is independent of radius) in the innermost region of the torus and, then again, fairly constant in the outermost region of the torus with a smooth but fairly rapid phase shift of approximately <math>~\pi</math> radians between the two extremes. This is the behavior exhibited by an arctangent (ATAN) function. With this in mind, we have defined a new function, <math>~D(\varpi)</math>, in terms of our empirically derived radial eigenfunction, <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>, as follows:

<math>~D(\varpi)</math>

<math>~\frac{f_\ln(\varpi) - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}}{[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}} \, .</math>

It has the following behavior:

At the inner edge of the torus <math>~(r_-)</math>, where <math>~f_\ln(\varpi) = [f_\ln]_\mathrm{max}</math>, <math>~D(\varpi) = 1</math>;
At <math>~r_\mathrm{mid}</math>, where <math>~f_\ln(\varpi) = [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}</math>, <math>~D(\varpi) = 0</math>;
At the outer edge of the torus <math>~(r_+)</math>, where again <math>~f_\ln(\varpi) = [f_\ln]_\mathrm{max}</math>, <math>~D(\varpi) = 1</math>.

This function can therefore satisfactorily serve as an argument of the ATAN function, swinging the phase by <math>~\pi/2</math> over the inner (blue) region of the torus, then swinging the phase by an additional <math>~\pi/2</math> over the outer (green) region of the torus. If we furthermore multiply the function by a variable coefficient — call it, <math>~\aleph</math> — before feeding it to the ATAN function, we can adjust the thickness of the radial domain over which the total phase transition occurs. What appears to work well is the following:

<math>~\phi_1(\varpi) + \frac{\pi}{2} </math>

<math>~+~\tan^{-1}[\aleph \cdot D(\varpi)]</math>

for

and

<math>~\phi_1(\varpi) + \frac{\pi}{2} </math>

<math>~-~\tan^{-1}[\aleph \cdot D(\varpi)] </math>

for

<math>r_\mathrm{mid} < \varpi < r_+ \, .</math>

In the lefthand panel of Figure 4, the "constant phase loci" defined by this empirically constructed phase function have been mapped onto a polar-coordinate grid for ten different values of the leading coefficient in the range, <math>~1.0 \le \aleph \le 40.0</math>, as recorded in the bottom-right corner of the plot. The constant phase locus created by setting <math>~\aleph = 8.0</math> has been singled out and displayed in the middle panel of Figure 4, because it closely resembles the "constant phase locus" published by HI11a (reprinted here as the righthand panel of Figure 4 to facilitate comparison).

Figure 4
Constant Phase Loci Generated by Our Empirically Constructed Phase Function, <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math>		HI11's Published Constant Phase Loci
Ten Values of <math>~\aleph</math>	For <math>~\aleph = 8</math>	HI11's Published Constant Phase Loci

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Discussion

Simpler Connection Between Radial and Phase Eigenfunctions

When it is used as an argument of ATAN, the function, <math>~D(\varpi)</math>, as defined above smoothly steers <math>~\phi_1</math> through a phase shift of approximately <math>~\pi</math> radians principally because the function itself smoothly varies between <math>~+1</math> and <math>~0</math> (then back again). Let's play with some simpler expressions for this governing function that also vary smoothly between these limits.

Define,

<math>~\Delta_\mathrm{inner}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~+0 ~~\rightarrow ~~ +1 \, ;</math>
<math>~\Delta_\mathrm{outer}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_+}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_+} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~+1 ~~\rightarrow ~~ +0 \, .</math>

The argument of ATANH, as presented above, was obtained from this relatively simple expression via the shift,

<math>~1-2\Delta_\mathrm{inner}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~+1 ~~\rightarrow ~~ -1 \, ;</math>
<math>~1-2\Delta_\mathrm{outer}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_+}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_+} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~-1 ~~\rightarrow ~~ +1 \, .</math>

For the argument of <math>~D(\varpi)</math> function, we could therefore use,

<math>~1-\Delta_\mathrm{inner}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_-}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_-} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~+1 ~~\rightarrow ~~ 0 \, ;</math>
<math>~1-\Delta_\mathrm{outer}</math>	<math>~\equiv</math>	<math>~\biggl( \frac{\varpi - r_+}{r_\mathrm{mid}-r_+} \biggr)</math>	has range of	<math>~0 ~~\rightarrow ~~ +1 \, .</math>

Playing with the Radial Eigenfunction

Up to this point, we've only considered radial eigenfunctions composed of two components (a "blue" inner component and a "green" outer component) that do not overlap. Here we'll allow the two components to overlap by assigning different values of <math>~r_\mathrm{mid}</math> to the two separate components — more specifically, we'll allow <math>~r_\mathrm{mid}|_\mathrm{green} \le r_\mathrm{mid}|_\mathrm{blue}</math> — then add the two functions over the region of overlap. Let's consider components of the following form:

<math>~f_\mathrm{blue}(\varpi) </math>

<math>~\biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{blue} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \biggr)^{p} </math>

for

and,

<math>~f_\mathrm{green}(\varpi) </math>

<math>~\biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{green} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_+} \biggr)^{p} </math>

for

<math>r_\mathrm{green} < \varpi < r_+ \, ,</math>

where, <math>~p</math> is a exponent yet to be specified. So, for fixed values of the inner and outer radii of the torus, <math>~r_-</math> and <math>~r_+</math>, this two-component function has three adjustable variables. They are, <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}</math>, <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>, and <math>~p</math>.

Experimenting

In Figure 5, <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}</math> and <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math> are fixed, and <math>~p</math> is varied.

Figure 5: Variable exponent, <math>~p</math>
<math>~r_- = 0.5</math>, <math>~r_+ = 1.5</math> … <math>~r_\mathrm{blue} = 1.25</math>, <math>~r_\mathrm{green}= 1.1</math>

In this example, the exponent, <math>~p</math>, is varied over the range, <math>~0.25 \le p \le 1.2</math>, as indicated by the numerical values shown in the upper-lefthand corner of each panel.

Based on the above discussion, I expected that the best match to the eigenfunctions found in HI11 would be <math>~p=0.5</math>, that is, a square-root. However, as illustrated in Figure 5, this and other fractional exponents less than unity generate noncontinuous derivatives at the overlapping edges of our two-piece function. Instead, a value of <math>~p = 1.2</math> seems to exhibit a more desired, smooth behavior.

In Figure 6, <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math> and <math>~p</math> are fixed, and <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}</math> is varied.

Figure 6: Variable <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}</math>
<math>~r_- = 0.5</math>, <math>~r_+ = 1.5</math> … <math>~p = 1.2</math>, <math>~r_\mathrm{green}= 0.9</math>

In this example, the "blue" edge is varied over the range, <math>~0.91 \le r_\mathrm{blue} \le 1.25</math>, as indicated by the numerical values shown in the upper-lefthand corner of each panel.

The frames of Figure 6 illustrate the qualitative behavior we have been seeking. Setting the exponent, <math>~p</math>, to a value greater than unity then varying one of the edges of the two-part eigenfunction provides a natural variation from "pointed" curves that look like adjoined arc-hyperbolic tangents to others that look more like a parabola.

Trial Comparison with HI11

In Figure 7, we show how a straightforward, smooth adjustment of one parameter — namely, <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}</math> — generates a series of eigenfunctions that nicely match the set of radial eigenfunctions that are displayed in Figure 16 of HI11.

Figure 7: Radial Eigenfunction Comparison
(a) Extracted from Figure 16 of HI11	(b) Our Empirically Constructed Function



	Here we set <math>~r_- = 0.6</math>, <math>~r_+ = 1.5</math>, <math>~r_\mathrm{blue}= 1.15</math>, and <math>~p = 1.2</math>, then let the "green" edge vary over the range, <math>~0.605 \le r_\mathrm{green} \le 1.144</math>. Via an animation, the middle panel illustrates the behavior of our empirically constructed eigenfunction over this entire range of values as indicated by the numerical value shown in the bottom-righthand corner of the panel; the top and bottom panels display the shape of our eigenfunction at the two extreme values of <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>.

Relationship to Fourier Series Amplitude and Phase

Recalling that,

<math>~e^{i\alpha}</math>

<math>~\cos\alpha + i\sin\alpha \, ,</math>

we appreciate that the real part of the amplitude term — the term inside the curly braces of the expression found in Figure 1, above — can be written as,

<math>~\mathcal{A}_m \equiv \Re\{f_m e^{im\phi}\}</math>

When viewed in the context of a discrete Fourier series, we also recognize that the two functions, <math>~f_m</math> and <math>~\phi_m</math>, can be transformed into the pair of amplitude functions,

<math>~f_m ~~~\rightarrow ~~~ (a_m^2 + b_m^2)^{1/2}</math>

and

<math>~m\phi_m ~~~\rightarrow ~~~ \tan^{-1}\biggl(-\frac{b_m}{a_m}\biggr) \, ;</math>

that is,

and

Let's see where these expression lead us, given our above-adopted expressions for <math>~f_m</math> and <math>~\phi_m</math>. Given,

<math>~\biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{blue} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \biggr)^{p} \, ,</math>

and,

<math>~\tan^{-1}[\aleph \cdot D(\varpi)] \, </math>

where,

<math>~D(\varpi)</math>

<math>~\frac{f_\ln(\varpi) - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}}{[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}} \, ,</math>

we have,

<math>~a_m</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ \biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{blue} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \biggr)^{p} \cos\biggl[ \tan^{-1}\biggl( \aleph \cdot D \biggr) \biggr] </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ e^{f_\ln} \biggl[ 1+(\aleph \cdot D )^2 \biggr]^{-1/2} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ e^{f_\ln} \bigg\{ 1+\aleph^2_\mathrm{norm} \biggl( f_\ln(\varpi) - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min} \biggr)^2 \biggr\}^{-1/2} \, , </math>

where,

<math>~\aleph_\mathrm{norm} \equiv \frac{\aleph}{[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}} \, .</math>

Another Improvement

I've realized that the phase plot is much smoother — in particular, the derivatives of both segments appear to match at their point of intersection — if we use <math>~D^{1/2}</math>, instead of simply <math>~D</math>, as the argument of the arctangent function. So, we define,

<math>~D_{1/2}(\varpi)</math>

<math>~\equiv</math>

<math>~\sqrt{D(\varpi)} = \biggl[ \frac{f_\ln(\varpi) - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}}{[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}} \biggr]^{1/2} \, ,</math>

and henceforth will set,

<math>~\pm \tan^{-1}[\aleph \cdot D_{1/2}(\varpi)] \, .</math>

With this new argument for the arctangent function, we have,

<math>~a_m</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ \biggl( \frac{r_\mathrm{blue} - \varpi}{\varpi - r_-} \biggr)^{p} \cos\biggl[ \tan^{-1}\biggl( \aleph \cdot D_{1/2} \biggr) \biggr] </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ e^{f_\ln} \biggl[ 1+(\aleph \cdot D_{1/2} )^2 \biggr]^{-1/2} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ e^{f_\ln} \bigg\{ 1+\aleph^2_\mathrm{norm} \biggl( f_\ln(\varpi) - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min} \biggr) \biggr\}^{-1/2} </math>
	<math>~=</math>	<math>~ e^{f_\ln} \bigg\{ C_0 +\aleph^2_\mathrm{norm} f_\ln(\varpi) \biggr\}^{-1/2} \, , </math>

where,

<math>~C_0 \equiv 1 - \aleph_\mathrm{norm}^2 [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min} \, ,</math>

and,

<math>~\aleph_\mathrm{norm} \equiv \frac{\aleph^2}{[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max} - [f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}} \, .</math>

Specific Application to HI11's Figure 16

Next, let's see how well we can match the eigenmode structures presented in Figure 16 of HI11 by varying only a single parameter in our expression for <math>~f_\ln(\varpi)</math>. Given the radial locations of the inner and outer edges of the torus (normalized to the location of the density maximum; see the last two columns of our Table 1), <math>~r_- = 0.611</math> and <math>~r_+ = 1.490</math>, we set up an Excel spreadsheet with 199 radial zones spanning this range of radii.

Table 1: HI11 Model Parameters
Extracted from Table 2 of HI11							Deduced Here
<math>~T/\|W\|</math>	<math>~n</math>	<math>~q</math>	<math>~R_\mathrm{max}</math>	<math>~R_+</math>	<math>~R_-/R_+</math>	<math>~\epsilon \equiv \frac{R_\mathrm{max}-R_-}{R_\mathrm{max}}</math>	<math>~r_- \equiv \frac{R_-}{R_\mathrm{max}}</math>	<math>~r_+ \equiv \frac{R_+}{R_\mathrm{max}}</math>
<math>~0.2729</math>	<math>~\tfrac{3}{2}</math>	<math>~\tfrac{3}{2}</math>	<math>~6.744</math>	<math>~10.051</math>	<math>~0.410</math>	<math>~0.388</math>	<math>~0.611</math>	<math>~1.490</math>

Specifically, in Excel we set,

<math>~\delta r</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~\frac{r_+ - r_-}{200} = 0.004395 </math>
<math>~$A$N</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~r_- + N \delta r</math>
<math>~p</math>	<math>~=</math>	<math>~1.2 </math>

Table 2 tabulates the value of <math>~f_\mathrm{blue}</math> over a range of radii for the specific case when we set <math>~r_\mathrm{blue} = 1.107635</math>.

Table 2: Left-hand (blue) segment of eigenfunction
<math>~r_\mathrm{blue} = $A$113 = 1.107635</math>
Example Excel Grid Zone		Function Evaluated
<math>~N</math>	<math>~\varpi</math>	<math>~f_\mathrm{blue}</math>	<math>~\ln(f_\mathrm{blue})</math>
1	0.615395	287.78	5.6622
2	0.61979	123.92	4.8197
32	0.75164	3.04791	1.1145
50	0.83075	1.3195	0.27733
62	0.88349	0.79107	-0.23437
82	0.97139	0.31121	-1.1673
92	1.01534	0.16987	-1.7727
102	1.05929	0.06908	-2.6725
112	1.10324	0.003475	-5.66220

Then, for two separate choices of <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math> — specifically, 1.05929 and 0.61979 — Table 3 lists values of <math>~f_\mathrm{green}</math> at various radial positions across the HI11 torus. Given values of <math>~f_\mathrm{blue}</math> and <math>~f_\mathrm{green}</math> at each radial position, Table 3 also lists corresponding values of <math>~f_\ln</math>, <math>~D_{1/2}</math>, and <math>~\phi_1</math>. Notice that the values of <math>~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}</math> (highlighted in yellow) and <math>~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max}</math> (highlighted in orange) that are used in the calculation of <math>~D_{1/2}</math> depend on the choice of <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>.

Table 3: Right-hand (green) segment, and total eigenfunction
<math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>	Example Excel Grid Zone		Functions Evaluated^†
<math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>	<math>~N</math>	<math>~\varpi</math>	<math>~f_\mathrm{green}</math>	<math>~f_\mathrm{blue}</math>	<math>~f_\ln \equiv \ln(f_\mathrm{green}+f_\mathrm{blue})</math>		<math>~D_{1/2}</math>	<math>~(\phi_1/\pi)</math>
<math>~$A$102 = 1.05929</math>	199	1.485605	242.17	0.0	+5.490		0.9897	-0.4212
	151	1.274645	1.00000	0.0	0.000		0.5750	-0.3695
	112	1.10324	0.073556	0.003475	-2.564		0.1662	-0.1868
	106	1.07687	0.022632	0.038349	-2.797	<math>~\leftarrow~~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}</math>	0.0000	0.0000
	103	1.063685	0.004129	0.060897	-2.733		0.0871	+0.1068
	1	0.615395	0.0	287.78	+5.662	<math>~\leftarrow~~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max}</math>	1.0000	+0.4220

<math>~$A$2 = 0.61979</math>	199	1.485605	566.71	0.0	+6.340	<math>~\leftarrow~~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{max}</math>	1.0000	-0.4220
	151	1.274645	3.79829	0.0	+1.335		0.4673	-0.3436
	112	1.10324	1.30705	0.003475	+0.270		0.2285	-0.2357
	106	1.07687	1.12898	0.038349	+0.155		0.1848	-0.2026
	103	1.063685	1.04969	0.060897	+0.105		0.1623	-0.1833
	83	0.975785	0.64322	0.29488	-0.064	<math>~\leftarrow~~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}</math>	0.0000	0.0000
	1	0.615395	0.0	287.78	+5.662		0.9456	+0.4177
^†Throughout this table, the phase angle, <math>~\phi_1(\varpi)</math>, has been calculated assuming that <math>~\aleph = 4</math>, and it has been assigned a positive (negative) value if <math>~\varpi</math> is inside (outside) the radial location (identified in red) of the minimum function value, <math>~[f_\ln]_\mathrm{min}</math>.

The miniaturized image displayed near the top of the left-most column of Table 3 contains a pair of plots associated with our choice of the parameter, <math>~r_\mathrm{green} = 1.05929</math>: On the left is a semi-log plot of the eigenfunction, <math>~f_\ln</math> versus <math>~\varpi</math> — actually, <math>~f_\mathrm{log10}</math> versus <math>~\varpi</math> — and on the right is a plot in polar coordinates of <math>~\phi_1</math> versus <math>~\varpi</math>, that is, a "constant phase loci" plot. In an analogous manner, the miniaturized image displayed near the bottom of the left-most column of Table 3 contains a semi-log plot of the radial eigenfunction and a polar plot of the "constant phase loci" associated with our choice of the parameter, <math>~r_\mathrm{green} = 0.61979</math>. The pair of plots found in each of these miniaturized images also appear within a single frame of the animation that is displayed in Figure 8, below. Each frame of the animation is stamped with the numerical value corresponding to the radial coordinate, <math>~r_\mathrm{min}</math>, at which the eigenfunction has its minimum (see the red numbers in Table 3). In the case of <math>~r_\mathrm{green} = 1.05929</math>, we find <math>~r_\mathrm{min} = 1.077</math>; and in the case of <math>~r_\mathrm{green} = 0.61979</math>, we find <math>~r_\mathrm{min} = 0.976</math>.

Figure 8: Radial and Azimuthal Eigenfunction Comparison

(a) Our Empirically Constructed Function

(b) Extracted from Figure 16 of HI11

Specified <math>~r_\mathrm{green}</math>	Resulting <math>~r_\mathrm{min}</math>
1.10324	1.103
1.05929	1.077
1.01534	1.059
0.97139	1.042
0.88349	1.020
0.75164	0.998
0.61979	0.976

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-In the lefthand panel of Figure 4, the "constant phase loci" defined by this empirically constructed phase function has been mapped onto a polar-coordinate grid for ten different values of the leading coefficient in the range, <math>~1.0 \le \aleph \le 40.0</math>, as recorded in the bottom-right corner of the plot.  The constant phase loci created by setting <math>~\aleph = 8.0</math> has been singled out and displayed in the middle panel of Figure 4, because it closely resembles the constant phase loci plot published by HI11a (reprinted here as the righthand panel of Figure 4 to facilitate comparison).
+In the lefthand panel of Figure 4, the "constant phase loci" defined by this empirically constructed phase function have been mapped onto a polar-coordinate grid for ten different values of the leading coefficient in the range, <math>~1.0 \le \aleph \le 40.0</math>, as recorded in the bottom-right corner of the plot.  The constant phase locus created by setting <math>~\aleph = 8.0</math> has been singled out and displayed in the middle panel of Figure 4, because it closely resembles the "constant phase locus" published by HI11a (reprinted here as the righthand panel of Figure 4 to facilitate comparison).
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Contents

Analyzing Azimuthal Distortions

Adopted Notation

Empirical Construction of Eigenvector

Summary

Radial Eigenfunction

Constant Phase Loci

Discussion

Simpler Connection Between Radial and Phase Eigenfunctions

Playing with the Radial Eigenfunction

Experimenting

Trial Comparison with HI11

Relationship to Fourier Series Amplitude and Phase

Another Improvement

Specific Application to HI11's Figure 16

See Also

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