Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996apj...459..653r&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal v.459, p.653
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
32
Accretion, Accretion Disks, Magnetohydrodynamics: Mhd
Scientific paper
In this paper we model a geometrically thin accretion disk interacting with an externally imposed, uniform, vertical magnetic field. The accretion flow in the disk drags and distorts field lines, amplifying the magnetic field in the process. Inside the disk the radial component of the field is sheared into a toroidal component. The aim of this work is to establish the character of the resultant magnetic field and its dependence on the disk's parameters. We concentrate on alpha-disks driven by turbulent viscosity. Axisymmetric, two-dimensional solutions are obtained without taking into account the back-reaction of the magnetic field on the structure of the disk. The character of the magnetic field depends strongly on the magnitude of the magnetic Prandtl number, . We present two illustrative examples of viscous disks: a so-called "standard" steady state model of a disk around a compact star (e.g., cataclysmic variable), and a steady state model of a proto-planetary disk. In both cases, = 1, = 10 1, and = 10-2 scenarios are calculated. Significant bending and magnification of the magnetic field is possible only for disks characterized by of the order of 10-2 In such a case, the field lines are bent sufficiently to allow the development of a centrifugally driven wind. Inside the disk the field is dominated by its toroidal component. We also investigate the dragging of the magnetic field by a nonviscous protoplanetary disk described by a phenomenological model. This scenario leads to large distortion and magnification of the magnetic field.
Reyes-Ruiz Mauricio
Stepinski Tomasz F.
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