Aspect ratio dependence in magnetorotational instability shearing box simulations

Details Aspect ratio dependence in magnetorotational instability shearing box simulations Aspect ratio dependence in magnetorotational instability shearing box simulations

2008-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1172v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 6 figures, Astronomy and Astrophysics accepted

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:200809730

Aims: We study the changes in the properties of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability in a shearing box, as the computational domain size in the radial direction is varied relative to the height Methods: We perform 3D simulations in the shearing box approximation, with a net magnetic flux, and we consider computational domains with different aspect ratios Results: We find that in boxes of aspect ratio unity the transport of angular momentum is strongly intermittent and dominated by channel solutions in agreement with previous work. In contrast, in boxes with larger aspect ratio, the channel solutions and the associated intermittent behavior disappear. Conclusions: There is strong evidence that, as the aspect ratio becomes larger, the characteristics of the solution become aspect ratio independent. We conclude that shearing box calculations with aspect ratio unity or near unity may introduce spurious effects.

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