Instabilities of accretion disk: Magnetosphere interfaces

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Aug 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979esasp.148..259a&link_type=abstract

In ESA Magnetospheric Boundary Layers p 259-261 (SEE N80-13529 04-42)

Physics

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Neutron Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Mass Accretion, Boundary Layer Stability, Kepler Laws, Stellar Winds, Turbulent Diffusion, X Ray Sources

Scientific paper

Configurations which consist of a Keplerian accretion disk and a magnetosphere with solid rotation are investigated. Because of the velocity difference between disk and magnetosphere the boundary between the two is unstable to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. This instability is strongest within a ring around the radius of corotation. It leads to turbulent diffusion of disk material into the magnetosphere, and thus gives a sufficiently high accretion rate.

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