The inner magnetized regions of circumstellar accretion discs

Details The inner magnetized regions of circumstellar accretion discs The inner magnetized regions of circumstellar accretion discs

Jun 2008

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New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 52, Issue 2-5, p. 42-59.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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In this lecture, I will briefly address several phenomena expected when magnetic fields are present in the innermost regions of circumstellar accretion discs: (i) the magneto-rotational instability and related “dead zones”; (ii) the formation of magnetically-driven jets and the observational constraints derived from Classical T Tauri stars; (iii) the magnetic star disc interactions and their expected role in the stellar spin down. It should be noted that the magnetic fields invoked here are organized large scale magnetic fields, not turbulent small scale ones. I will therefore first argue why one can safely expect these fields to be present in circumstellar accretion discs. Objects devoid of such large scale fields would not be able to drive jets. A global picture is thus gradually emerging where the magnetic flux is an important control parameter of the star formation process as a whole. High angular resolution technics, by probing the innermost circumstellar disc regions should provide valuable constraints.

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