Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1996-02-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, no figures, minor revisions; Astrophysical Journal, in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/177959
We consider the radial buoyancy of vertical magnetic field lines in radiation and gas pressure dominated accretion disks. We find that in addition to radial drift driven by turbulent diffusion and biased by the global field geometry, there are buoyancy effects which tend to move magnetic flux outward. In gas pressure dominated disks the poloidal magnetic field will move outward at a rate comparable to its inward advection. On the other hand, in a radiation pressure dominated disk the poloidal magnetic field will usually move outward faster than it is advected inward. This implies that the fields in disks in active galactic nuclei are generated at small radii by an internal disk dynamo. This conclusion can be avoided if the external field imposes a supersonic Alfv\'en speed within the disk without giving rise to interchange instabilities. In any case we note that variations in the mass transfer rate will lead directly to a modulation of the nonthermal emission from the disk system.
Park Seok Jae
Vishniac Ethan T.
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