Linear and nonlinear vortex perturbations of a gravitating gaseous disk are examined in the geostrophic and post-geostrophic approximations. The structures of the isolated monopole and dipole vortex (modons) solutions of these equations are studied. Two types of mass distributions in dipole vortices are found. The first type of modon is characterized by an asymmetrically positioned single circular densification and one rarefaction. The second type is characterized by two asymmetrically positioned densifications and two rarefactions, where the second densification-rarefaction pair is crescent shaped. The constant density contours of a dipole vortex in a light gas disk coincide with the streamlines of the vortex; in a self-gravitating disk the constant density contours in the vortex do not coincide with streamlines. Possible manifestations of monopole and dipole vortices in astrophysical objects are discussed.
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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 105-119 (February 2015).
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Abrahamyan, M.G. Vortices in Rotating Gravitating Gas Disks. Astrophysics 58, 89–105 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-015-9368-7
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