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Caption: Figure 3.
Mode shapes of global stable (top) and unstable (bottom) density waves of the particle phase in a protoplanetary disk with
μ = 0.04,
M
p/
M
g = 1/8, and
. Contour plots show the positive parts of the perturbed density Σ
1 at
t = 0. In all cases, density waves rotate counterclockwise, and their corresponding pattern speeds are given in Table 2. The
outer density bump of unstable mode A
1 is a trailing spiral. The inner and outer wave packets of unstable mode A
2 lead and trail their stable counterparts, respectively. Solid circle shows the location of the central star.
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