Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991pasp..103..777s&link_type=abstract
(Rice University and University of Texas, Texas-Mexico Conference on Astrophysics: Plasmas in Astrophysics, 3rd, Rice University
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Accretion Disks, Dynamo Theory, Stellar Magnetic Fields, X Ray Binaries, Magnetohydrodynamics, Solar Flares
Scientific paper
Magnetic fields can play important roles in the dynamics and evolution of accretion disks. The presence of strong differential rotation and vertical density gradients in turbulent disks allows the alpha-omega dynamo mechanism to offset the turbulent dissipation and maintain strong magnetic fields. It is found that MHD dynamo magnetic-field normal modes in an accretion disk are highly localized to restricted regions of a disk. Implications for the character of real, dynamically constrained magnetic fields in accretion disks are discussed. The magnetic stress due to the mean magnetic field is found to be of the order of a viscous stress. The dominant stress, however, is likely to come from small-scale fluctuating magnetic fields. These fields may also give rise to energetic flares above the disk surface, providing a possible explanation for the highly variable hard X-ray emission from objects like Cyg X-l.
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