Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-07-20
Astronomy Reports, 2010, 54, No. 9
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
17 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1063772910090088
The results of three-dimensional MHD numerical simulations are used to investigate the characteristic properties of the magnetic-field structures in the accretion disks of semi-detached binary systems. It is assumed that the intrinsic magnetic field of the accretor star is dipolar. Turbulent diffusion of the magnetic field in the disk is taken into account. The SS Cyg system is considered as an example. The results of the numerical simulations show the intense generation of a predominantly toroidal magnetic field in the accretion disk. Magnetic zones with well defined structures for the toroidal magnetic field form in the disk, which are separated by current sheets in which there is magnetic reconnection and current dissipation. Possible observational manifestations of such structures are discussed. It is shown that the interaction of a spiral precessional wave with the accretor's magnetosphere could lead to quasi-periodic oscillations of the accretion rate.
Bisikalo Dimitry V.
Zhilkin Andrey G.
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