Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-08
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 323 (2001) 733
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 0 figures
Scientific paper
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and two-fluid quasi-neutral equilibria with azimuthal symmetry, gravity and arbitrary ratios of (nonrelativistic) flow speed to acoustic and Alfven speeds are investigated. In the two-fluid case, the mass ratio of the two species is arbitrary, and the analysis is therefore applicable to electron-positron plasmas. The methods of derivation can be extended in an obvious manner to several charged species. Generalized Grad-Shafranov equations, describing the equilibrium magnetic field, are derived. Flux function equations and Bernoulli relations for each species, together with Poisson's equation for the gravitational potential, complete the set of equations required to determine the equilibrium. These are straightforward to solve numerically. The two-fluid system, unlike the MHD system, is shown to be free of singularities. It is demonstrated analytically that there exists a class of incompressible MHD equilibria with magnetic field-aligned flow. A special sub--class first identified by S. Chandrasekhar, in which the flow speed is everywhere equal to the local Alfven speed, is compatible with virtually any azimuthally symmetric magnetic configuration. Potential applications of this analysis include extragalactic and stellar jets, and accretion disks.
McClements K. G.
Thyagaraja Anantanarayanan
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