Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-13
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.374:647-656,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 9 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11174.x
A toy model for magnetic connection in black hole (BH) accretion disc is discussed based on a poloidal magnetic field generated by a single electric current flowing around a Kerr black hole in the equatorial plane. We discuss the effects of the coexistence of two kinds of magnetic connection (MC) arising respectively from (1) the closed field lines connecting the BH horizon with the disc (henceforth MCHD), and (2) the closed field lines connecting the plunging region with the disc (henceforth MCPD). The magnetic field configuration is constrained by conservation of magnetic flux and a criterion of the screw instability of the magnetic field. Two parameters and are introduced to describe our model instead of resolving the complicated MHD equations. Compared with MCHD, energy and angular momentum of the plunging particles are extracted via MCPD more effectively, provided that the BH spin is not very high. It turns out that negative energy can be delivered to the BH by the plunging particles without violating the second law of BH thermodynamics, however it cannot be realized via MCPD in a stable way.
Li Yang
Liu Dong-Mei
Wang Ding-Xiong
Ye Yong-Chun
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