Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-06-02
Astrophys.J. 577 (2002) 893
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ, 30 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/342112
We study the hydrodynamical evolution of massive accretion disks around black holes, formed when a neutron star is disrupted by a black hole in a binary system. Initial conditions are taken from 3D calculations of coalescing binaries. Assuming azimuthal symmetry, we follow the time dependence of the disk structure for 0.2 seconds. We use an ideal gas e.o.s., and assume that all the dissipated energy is radiated away. The disks evolve due to viscous stresses, modeled with an alpha law. We study the disk structure, and the strong meridional circulations that are established and persist throughout our calculations. These consist of strong outflows along the equatorial plane that reverse direction close to the surface of the disk and converge on the accretor. In the context of GRBs, we estimate the energy released from the system in neutrinos and through magnetic-dominated mechanisms, and find it can be as high as 10^52 erg and 10^51 erg respectively, during an estimated timescale of 0.1-0.2 seconds. neutrino-anti neutrino annihilation is likely to produce bursts from only an impulsive energy input (the annihilation luminosity scales as t^(-5/2)) and so would be unable to account for a large fraction of bursts with complicated light curves. However a gas mass ~0.1-0.25 Msun survives in the orbiting debris, enabling strong magnetic fields (~10^16 Gauss) to be anchored in the dense matter long enough to power short GRBs. We also investigate the continuous energy injection that arises as the black hole slowly swallows the rest of the disk and discuss its consequences on the GRB afterglow emission.
Lee William H.
Ramirez-Ruiz Enrico
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