Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-10-22
Astrophys.J.634:1214-1222,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 9 figures. Accepted by ApJ, will appear in vol. 634, 2005 December 1
Scientific paper
10.1086/497000
We investigate the rotational equilibrium state of a disk accreting magnetized stars using axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. In this ``locked'' state, the spin-up torque balances the spin-down torque so that the net average torque on the star is zero. We investigated two types of initial conditions, one with a relatively weak stellar magnetic field and a high coronal density, and the other with a stronger stellar field and a lower coronal density. We observed that for both initial conditions the rotation of the star is locked to the rotation of the disk. In the second case, the radial field lines carry significant angular momentum out of the star. However, this did not appreciably change the condition for locking of the rotation of the star. We find that in the equilibrium state the corotation radius $r_{co}$ is related to the magnetospheric radius $r_A$ as $r_{co}/r_A\approx 1.2-1.3$ for case (1) and $r_{co}/r_A\approx 1.4-1.5$ for case (2). We estimated periods of rotation in the equilibrium state for classical T Tauri stars, dwarf novae and X-ray millisecond pulsars.
Long Mingsheng
Lovelace Richard V. E.
Romanova Marina M.
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