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Bridging Unstratified and Stratified Simulations of the Streaming Instability for $\tau_s=0.1$ Grains

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Pith's one-line read For $\tau_s=0.1$, stratified and unstratified streaming-instability simulations agree at the midplane before strong clumping begins.

desk verdict A careful, quantitative numerical bridge for τ_s=0.1 SI; the main caveat is that the fiducial radial box is smaller than the paper's own convergence criterion, and the missing L_x=8ΠH COM-frame check should be addressed before this becomes the standard reference. read the letter →

arxiv 2505.23902 v2 pith:LWPN36CP submitted 2025-05-29 astro-ph.EP

Jeonghoon Lim , Stanley A. Baronett , Jacob B. Simon , Chao-Chin Yang , Debanjan Sengupta , Orkan M. Umurhan , Wladimir Lyra This is my paper
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keywords streaminginstabilityplanetesimalformationprotoplanetarydisksdust-gasdynamicsstratifiedsimulationsunstratifiedpressuregradientdustsettling
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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

This paper tackles a standing question in planetesimal-formation simulations: can the computationally cheap setup that ignores vertical gravity and stratification reproduce the behavior of a real stratified disk? For grains with stopping time $\tau_s=0.1$, sampled at four radial pressure-gradient strengths, the authors say yes near the midplane before strong clumping begins. They find that vertical gravity mainly redistributes momentum vertically, and that once gas and dust velocities are measured in the center-of-mass frame, midplane velocities, density and velocity dispersions, density distributions, and dust diffusion coefficients agree with the unstratified simulations. The practical payoff is that unstratified runs can act as a reliable predictor of streaming-instability-driven dynamics at the midplane, while stratified runs add settling and shear-driven instabilities on top of the same local turbulence.

What carries the argument

The central object is the density-weighted center-of-mass velocity profile $U_{\mathrm{CM}}(z)=(\rho_g \mathbf{u}+\rho_p\mathbf{v})/(\rho_g+\rho_p)$ and its vertical structure. By comparing gas and dust velocities in the COM frame rather than the lab frame, the analysis removes the vertical-gravity-driven mean flow and isolates the fluctuation part of the streaming turbulence, which is what matches the unstratified models at the midplane. The supporting diagnostics are the radial and azimuthal Richardson numbers, used to check the Kelvin-Helmholtz and symmetric instabilities; the kinetic-energy power spectrum, which locates the SI at wavenumber $k_x\Pi H/(2\pi)\sim1$; and measured radial and vertical dust diffusion coefficients, which follow $\propto\Pi^2$.

What would settle it

Re-run the $\Pi=0.05$ comparison at $L_x=8\Pi H$ (the size used in Appendix A) and recompute the center-of-mass midplane radial and azimuthal velocities; if they move by more than the quoted uncertainties relative to the $L_x=4\Pi H$ run, the claim that the fiducial box captures the midplane dynamics would fail.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central claim is that for $\tau_s=0.1$ and a fixed ratio $Z/\Pi=0.24$ of dust surface density to pressure-gradient parameter, the saturated streaming instability at the midplane of a vertically stratified disk is the same physical phenomenon as in a vertically unstratified box across $\Pi = 0.01,0.02,0.05,0.1$. The paper supports this by comparing stratified runs to the unstratified AB models: dust filaments form during settling with similar morphologies; vertical gravity creates a center-of-mass radial velocity and vertical gradients that peak near $\pm H_p$; subtracting that mean flow brings midplane radial velocities into agreement, while azimuthal velocities differ by only $2{-}3\%$ of $\Pi c_s$; density and velocity dispersions match inside one dust scale height; and the dust density distributions and radial diffusion coefficients are nearly identical, with vertical diffusion somewhat weaker because gravity constrains the vertical random walk. The authors conclude that unstratified simulations represent midplane dust-gas dynamics well before strong clumping, and that the streaming turbulence in stratified disks is fundamentally the same as in unstratified disks for these parameters.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the fiducial radial box width $L_x=4\Pi H$ is wide enough not to bias the midplane comparison, even though the paper's own convergence test found that $L_x>4\Pi H$ is required to capture the dust layer's vertical undulations; if that width changes the mean vertical dust position or the COM velocities, the central claim would be affected.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • For $\tau_s=0.1$, unstratified simulations give a quantitatively reliable estimate of midplane velocity dispersions, density distributions, and diffusion coefficients in stratified disks, so cheaper unstratified runs can be used for these diagnostics.
  • The main stratification effect is vertical momentum redistribution; after removing the COM motion, the residual streaming turbulence is statistically indistinguishable from the unstratified case.
  • During the saturated state both Richardson numbers stay above their thresholds, indicating that the KHI and SymI are not active and the SI dominates turbulence in the explored parameter range.
  • The late strong clumping in the $\Pi=0.01$ run, despite the same $Z/\Pi$ as the other runs, indicates that $Z/\Pi$ alone is not a sufficient predictor of strong clumping.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The authors' own Appendix A indicates that $L_x>4\Pi H$ is required to capture the dust layer's vertical undulations; a natural next check, which they did not report, is the COM-frame midplane comparison at $L_x=8\Pi H$.
  • If the agreement holds for other stopping times and in three dimensions, unstratified simulations could serve as calibrated subgrid sources for pebble diffusion and momentum feedback in larger disk-evolution calculations.
  • The $\Pi=0.01$ late clumping suggests that, despite equal $Z/\Pi$, weaker pressure gradients may be especially conducive to planetesimal formation; longer runs with larger domains would test whether $Z_{\mathrm{crit}}/\Pi$ loses predictive power.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 4 minor

Summary. This paper presents 2D axisymmetric, vertically stratified shearing-box simulations of the streaming instability for τ_s=0.1, with four radial pressure gradients Π=0.01–0.1 and dust surface density ratios Z chosen to keep Z/Π=0.24 and a midplane dust-to-gas density ratio ϵ≈1. The authors compare the saturated state (t/T=10–50) with the unstratified AB models of B24 and report close agreement in midplane velocity dispersions, density distributions, dust diffusion coefficients, and COM-frame velocities. They argue that vertical gravity redistributes momentum vertically but does not change midplane SI dynamics before strong clumping.

Significance. If correct, the result is useful: it gives quantitative evidence that vertically unstratified SI simulations can approximate midplane dynamics in stratified disks for at least one stopping time, and it clarifies the role of vertical gravity and the COM frame. The paper is transparent and thorough in its diagnostics, includes explicit caveats and convergence tests in Appendix A, and uses a well-documented comparison to B24. The scope is narrow (one τ_s, 2D, fixed Z/Π), and the domain-size caveat below tempers the strength of the central claim.

major comments (2)
  1. [Appendix A, Figures A.3–A.4; Section 3.4] The fiducial runs use L_x=4ΠH, yet Appendix A concludes that L_x>4ΠH is required to adequately resolve the vertical undulations of the dust layer. For L_x=4ΠH, the gas vertical velocity crosses zero away from the midplane and the mean particle position is shifted by ≈0.02ΠH, whereas the L_x=8ΠH run has zero crossing at z=0 and z̄≈8×10^-4ΠH. The authors state this does not affect the midplane comparison because density and velocity dispersions and density distributions converge (Figure A.1), but those diagnostics are not the ones used for the central COM-frame argument in Figures 5–6. Since the mechanism invoked to explain the agreement is vertical momentum redistribution, the COM-frame quantities (Equations 10–11) should be verified at L_x=8ΠH, or an explicit argument connecting the converged diagnostics to the COM-frame result must be given.
  2. [Section 3.2, Figure 3; Section 4.2] The chosen saturated-state window t/T=10–50 is used for all four runs, but the Π=0.01 run begins a sharp density increase at t/T≈50 and reaches a second saturated state with a maximum density of ≈300ρ_g0. The time averages in Figures 8–9 and Table 2 for Π=0.01 may therefore be contaminated by the approach to strong clumping. Please show that the reported agreement is robust to using a shorter window, e.g., t/T=10–30, or otherwise justify the window for that run.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Abstract; Summary] The phrase "unstratified simulations represents well" should be "unstratified simulations represent well," and similar grammatical fixes are needed in a few other places.
  2. [Section 2] There is a typo in "c_s is isotermal sound speed" — should be "isothermal."
  3. [Section 4.1] The text contains "the the axisymmetric KHI" and "possiblity"; these should be corrected.
  4. [Section 3.7] The sentence beginning "The equation is the analytical solution..." is ambiguous about which equation it refers to; please clarify that it refers to Equation (16).

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the central comparison is empirical, and the matched parameter (epsilon≈1) does not by construction fix the quantities compared.

full rationale

The paper is an empirical comparison between two sets of numerical simulations, not a derivation in which an output is equivalent to an input. The stratified runs are matched to the unstratified AB models of B24 by choosing Z so that the midplane dust-to-gas density ratio epsilon≈1 (Section 2, Equation 7). This is a matching condition, not a fitted parameter that directly determines the reported outcomes. The compared quantities—velocity dispersions, density distributions, diffusion coefficients, and COM-frame velocities—are all measured consequences of the nonlinear SI saturation and could, in principle, have disagreed even at the same epsilon. The NSH profile comparisons in Equations 12–13 use the measured dust density distribution as an input to compute a theoretical COM velocity profile; this is a consistency check between a derived equilibrium relation and the measured velocity, rather than a fit to the target velocity itself. The paper also compares against B24, an independent published simulation set, so the benchmark is external rather than a self-citation chain. The strongest weakness noted by the reader is the fiducial radial domain size L_x = 4ΠH being below the paper's own convergence requirement for vertical undulations (Appendix A), which is a numerical-resolution concern and is explicitly disclosed; it does not reduce the paper's central claim to its inputs. No step in the paper's argument exhibits the specific reduction required for a circularity finding, so the appropriate score is 0.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

No new physical entities are introduced. The paper's main 'free parameters' are simulation design choices (Z, domain size, saturation window) rather than fitted constants. The central claim is an empirical comparison, so the axiom burden is modest. The main domain assumptions are axisymmetry, single dust size, and the Z/Π scaling criterion, all of which the paper acknowledges as limitations.

free parameters (5)
  • Dust surface density ratio Z = 0.0024, 0.0048, 0.012, 0.024 for Π=0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1
    Chosen to maintain Z/Π=0.24 and target midplane density ratio ϵ≈1, matching B24 AB models. The central comparison depends on this tuning; different Z would change the midplane dynamics.
  • Saturated-state time window = t/T=10 to 50
    Defined post hoc from diagnostics (Figure 3); the Π=0.01 run is excluded after strong clumping at t/T≈50. A different window would change the time averages.
  • Radial domain size L_x = 4 ΠH
    Chosen from convergence tests, but Appendix A shows L_x > 4ΠH is needed to resolve vertical undulations; the fiducial value is marginal.
  • Initial dust scale height H_p0 = ΠH/2
    Standard initial condition; affects the sedimentation phase but not the saturated state.
  • Average particle number per cell n_p = 1 (≈33 within H_p)
    Numerical resolution parameter; based on Bai & Stone (2010b), weakly affects results.
assumptions (6)
  • standard math Shearing-box approximation is valid for the local disk patch.
    Section 2; standard in SI simulations.
  • domain assumption Axisymmetric (x-z) 2D geometry captures the relevant SI dynamics.
    Section 2: 'Our models are axisymmetric (x-z)'. Non-axisymmetric modes and vertical shear instabilities are suppressed; the comparison with B24 assumes this is adequate.
  • domain assumption Single dust size with τ_s=0.1 is representative for the comparison.
    Section 4.2 caveat; dust size distribution may change SI dynamics.
  • domain assumption The ratio Z/Π controls SI clumping (Sekiya & Onishi 2018), justifying constant Z/Π across runs.
    Section 2 and 4.2; the paper's own Π=0.01 run with strong clumping challenges this assumption.
  • domain assumption Isothermal, unmagnetized gas with no external turbulence.
    Section 2; omits magnetic fields and MHD turbulence.
  • domain assumption The midplane dust-to-gas ratio ϵ stays ≈1 during the saturated state.
    Section 3.2, Figure 3; verified in the simulations, but the comparison to B24 requires it.

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abstract

The streaming instability (SI), driven by aerodynamic coupling between solids and the gas under a global radial pressure gradient, concentrates solids and facilitates planetesimal formation. Unstratified simulations are commonly used to study the SI, based on the assumption that they approximate conditions near the disk midplane. However, it remains unclear how accurately these unstratified simulations capture the midplane dust-gas dynamics in stratified disks. To address this, we examine the saturated state of the SI in stratified simulations and compare dust-gas dynamics to those in unstratified simulations across various radial pressure gradients. To this end, we consider a dimensionless dust stopping time ($\tau_s$) of 0.1 and perform 2D axisymmetric, stratified simulations. We find that the formation of dust filaments during dust settling exhibits morphological similarities to those in unstratified simulations. Vertical gravity acts to redistribute momentum vertically in response to momentum flux, resulting in midplane velocities in the center-of-mass frame that are consistent with those from unstratified models at any given pressure gradient. Furthermore, the velocity dispersions and density distributions of the gas and dust near the midplane of our stratified simulations closely match those in unstratified simulations. While further exploration across the parameter space is needed, our results suggest that, for $\tau_s=0.1$, unstratified simulations represents well the midplane dust--gas dynamics in stratified disks before any strong clumping occurs. Consequently, our results confirm that in the saturated state, the streaming turbulence in stratified simulations behaves similarly to that in unstratified simulations for the parameter values explored here.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2505.23902 by the authors.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Evolution of dust density (ρp) during the sedimentation phase. From left to right, columns correspond to Π = 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, and 0.1, respectively. Each row corresponds to snapshots at different times: t/T = 1, 1.5, 2.0, and 3.0 from top to bottom. The vertical domain is zoomed in to −1.0 ≤ z/(ΠH) ≤ 1.0, while the full vertical extent is 8ΠH. The simulations presented here have the same value of Z/Π. Dust voids em… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Dispersions of dust density normalized by the midplane gas density (top row, Equation 8) and gas velocities (normalized by Πcs) (bottom three rows, Equation 9) as a function of z for the snapshots shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Time evolution of the maximum dust density normalized to the initial midplane gas density (top), dust scale height normalized by ΠH (middle), and midplane dust– to-gas density ratio (bottom) in simulations with τs = 0.1 and Z/Π = 0.24. Given that the maximum density of Π = 0.01 case increases rapidly after t/T ≈ 50, we restrict our analysis of the saturated state to the range t/T = 10 to 50, marked by the gray shadi… view at source ↗
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Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Vertical profiles of density and velocity fields for gas (left) and dust (right) in the saturated state. Velocities are weighted by density and normalized by Πcs. Shaded regions around the curves indicate 1σ temporal variability, and the gray bands mark ±Hp. In the mid…
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Time-averaged COM velocities (Equations 10-11) and their vertical gradients as functions of z. The top two panels show the radial component, while the bottom two panels show the azimuthal component. Shaded regions rep￾resent 1σ temporal variability, and the gray bands …
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Similar to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_6.png]
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Similar to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_7.png]
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Time evolution of density and velocity dispersions at the midplane in simulations with τs = 0.1 and Z/Π = 0.24. The left and right panels correspond to the gas and dust quantities, respectively. In order from top to bottom, the panels show the dispersions of density, r…
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Similar to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_9.png]
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Time-averaged cumulative distribution functions of the midplane dust density (left) and probability density functions of the midplane gas density (right) for models with τs = 0.1 and Z/Π = 0.24 (solid lines). Distributions from B24 are shown as dotted lines. The time-…
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Radial (top) and vertical (bottom) diffusion coefficients as a function of Π for simulations with τs = 0.1 and Z/Π = 0.24. In each panel, black and light-blue markers represent the diffusion coefficients from this work and B24, respectively. Solid lines indicate the b…
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: The vertical gradient of radial velocity (upper row; Equation 10) and the radial Richardson number (lower row; Equation 18) as a function of z across different Π values during the sedimentation phase. In order from left to right, panels correspond to Π = 0.01, 0.02, 0…
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: Similar to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_13.png]
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Snapshots of the dust density (ρp; upper panels) and radial gas velocity (ux; lower panels) at t/T = 2. In order from left to right, panels correspond to Π = 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, and 0.1, respectively. For Π = 0.05 and 0.1, dust filaments are nearly fully developed, and …
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Time-averaged vertical profiles of Rir (upper panel, Equation 18) and Riϕ (lower panel, Equation 19) over the saturated state. Their critical values are denoted by horizontal lines in each panel. The gray shaded region marks ±Hp. Regardless of Π, the Richardson number…
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: Time-averaged power spectrum of the specific kinetic energy (KE; Equation 20) over the saturated state as a function of radial wave number kx. All panels display the same power spectra but with different scaling on the x and y axes. The left two panels share the same …

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