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Astrophysics

the transient strong growth of a disturbance in a shearing stellar or gaseous disc as it swings from leading to trailing orientation.

In astrophysics, swing amplification refers to the transient strong growth of a disturbance in a shearing stellar or gaseous disc as it swings from leading to trailing orientation. This meaning comes from Goldreich (1965) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

Goldreich, P., & Lynden-Bell, D. (1965). II. Spiral Arms as Sheared Gravitational Instabilities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 130(2), 125-158. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/130.2.125

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