Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-10-21
Physical Review D 84, 084002 (2011)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
14 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.084002
Astrophysical fluids may acquire non-zero electrical charge because of strong irradiation or charge separation in a magnetic field. In this case, electromagnetic and gravitational forces may act together and produce new equilibrium configurations, which are different from the uncharged ones. Following our previous studies of charged test particles and uncharged perfect fluid tori encircling compact objects, we introduce here a simple test model of a charged perfect fluid torus in strong gravitational and electromagnetic fields. In contrast to ideal magnetohydrodynamic models, we consider here the opposite limit of negligible conductivity, where the charges are tied completely to the moving matter. This is an extreme limiting case which can provide a useful reference against which to compare subsequent more complicated astrophysically-motivated calculations. To clearly demonstrate the features of our model, we construct three-dimensional axisymmetric charged toroidal configurations around Reissner-Nordstr\"om black holes and compare them with equivalent configurations of electrically neutral tori.
Cremaschini Claudio
Karas Vladimir
Kovar Jiri
Miller John C.
Slaný Petr
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