Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-18
Astron.Astrophys.444:337-346,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pager, 18 Postscript figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20042591
We present analytical and numerical studies of magnetorotational instabilities occuring in magnetized accretion disks. In these studies we make use of the linearised compressible MHD equations. These calculations are performed for general radially stratified disks in the cylindrical limit. In particular, we investigate the influence of nonvanishing toroidal magnetic field component on the growth rate and oscillation frequency of magnetorotational instabilities in Keplerian disks. We find the persistence of these instabilities in accretion disks close to equipartition. Our calculations show that these eigenmodes become overstable (complex eigenvalue), due to the presence of a toroidal magnetic field component, while their growth rate reduces slightly. Furthermore, we demonstrate the presence of magneto-rotational overstabilities in weakly magnetized sub-Keplerian rotating disks. We show that the growth rate scales with the rotation frequency of the disk. These eigenmodes also have a nonzero oscillation frequency, due to the presence of the dominant toroidal magnetic field component. The overstable character of the MRI increases as the rotation frequency of the disk decreases.
Blokland J. W. S.
der Swaluw Eric van
Goedbloed J. P.
Keppens Rony
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