MHD flows from compact objects: Effects on magnetic field configurations

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Accretion Disks, Cosmic Plasma, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Stellar Winds, Astrophysics, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamics, Poloidal Flux, Relativistic Plasmas

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Cold relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows are studied in the stationary and axisymmetric magnetosphere of a rapidly rotating compact object. To obtain highly accelerated winds, MHD winds emanating from a geometrically thin disk and passing through smoothly both the Alfven and fast magnetosonic points for specified configuration of streamlines are examined. It is found that for a streamline converging toward the rotation axis the fast magnetosonic point always exists at a finite distance. For a straight configuration of streamlines the fast magnetosonic point can exist close to the Alfven point only if energy flux of a wind is sufficiently large. For a convex configuration a super fast wind solution is also possible. The solution stops at a finite distance and no solution reaches infinity.

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