Lifetime of vortices as a function of β for 8 cps (left) and 16 cps resolution (right). Colors encode α, and the different symbols denote the code and the inclusion of self-gravity. The solid lines help guide the eye and connect the lifetime averages between the two codes (without self-gravity) for each value of α, where thetwo codes agree sufficiently. For parameters where there is a difference between the codes, dashed and dotted lines connect to the datapoints of the FargoCPT and PLUTO runs, respectively. A “↦ ” next to a symbol marks models that were terminated due to runtime constraints but still contain an active vortex. The horizontal gray line in the right panel indicates the top of the y-axis of the left panel. A list of all vortex lifetimes shown here is provided in Table C.1.