Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20042603
We present a study of instabilities occuring in thick magnetized accretion disks. We calculate the growth rates of these instabilities and characterise precisely the contribution of the magneto-rotational and the convective mechanism. All our calculations are performed in radially stratified disks in the cylindrical limit. The numerical calculations are performed using the appropriate local dispersion equation solver discussed in Blokland et al. (2005). A comparison with recent results by Narayan et al. (2002) shows excellent agreement with their approximate growth rates only if the disks are weakly magnetized. However, for disks close to equipartition, the dispersion equation from Narayan et al. (2002) loses its validity. Our calculations allow for a quantitative determination of the increase of the growth rate due to the magneto-rotational mechanism. We find that the increase of the growth rate for long wavelength convective modes caused by this mechanism is almost neglible. On the other hand, the growth rate of short wavelength instabilities can be significantly increased by this mechanism, reaching values up to 60%.
Blokland Jan-Willem
der Swaluw Eric van
Keppens Rony
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