Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...386..455h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 386, Feb. 20, 1992, p. 455-463.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Accretion Disks, Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes (Astronomy), Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Magnetospheres, Angular Momentum, Magnetohydrodynamics, Momentum Transfer, Space-Time Functions
Scientific paper
An MHD interaction between accreting matter and magnetic field in a stationary and axisymmetric magnetosphere surrounding a Kerr black hole which will exist in AGN is investigated. The critical condition that the MHD ingoing flows must pass through the fast magnetosonic point is analyzed in detail under the assumption of a magnetically dominated limit. This condition is found to restrict the shape of the magnetic field lines threading the event horizon. For example, cylindrical field lines must be bent into radial or paraboloidal ones. The plasma is expected to be injected from a thin disk into the magnetosphere and accretes to the event horizon. The fluid's energy and angular momentum are calculated both at the injection region and at the event horizon to investigate their MHG transport along the field lines. It is shown that the fluid's energy and angular momentum at the event horizon do not depend so much on the initial conditions at the injection region, but rather vary with the field line geometry near the event horizon. It is concluded that the transport process between the fluid and the magnetic field should be sufficiently effective in the accretion.
Hirotani Kouichi
Nitta Shin-ya
Takahashi Masaaki
Tomimatsu Akira
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