3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Current-Driven Instability. I. Instability of a static column

Details 3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Current-Driven Instability. I. Instability of a static column 3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Current-Driven Instability. I. Instability of a static column

2009-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/0903.5358v1

Astrophys.J.700:684-693,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

24 pages, 10 figures, and 1 table, submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/684

We have investigated the development of current-driven (CD) kink instability through three-dimensional relativistic MHD simulations. A static force-free equilibrium helical magnetic configuration is considered in order to study the influence of the initial configuration on the linear and nonlinear evolution of the instability. We found that the initial configuration is strongly distorted but not disrupted by the kink instability. The instability develops as predicted by linear theory. In the non-linear regime the kink amplitude continues to increase up to the terminal simulation time, albeit at different rates, for all but one simulation. The growth rate and nonlinear evolution of the CD kink instability depends moderately on the density profile and strongly on the magnetic pitch profile. The growth rate of the kink mode is reduced in the linear regime by an increase in the magnetic pitch with radius and the non-linear regime is reached at a later time than for constant helical pitch. On the other hand, the growth rate of the kink mode is increased in the linear regime by a decrease in the magnetic pitch with radius and reaches the non-linear regime sooner than the case with constant magnetic pitch. Kink amplitude growth in the non-linear regime for decreasing magnetic pitch leads to a slender helically twisted column wrapped by magnetic field. On the other hand, kink amplitude growth in the non-linear regime nearly ceases for increasing magnetic pitch.

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