On angular momentum transport in convection-dominated accretion flows

Details On angular momentum transport in convection-dominated accretion flows On angular momentum transport in convection-dominated accretion flows

2002-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208240v1

Astrophys.J. 577 (2002) L31-L34

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, will appear in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/344148

Convection-dominated accretion flow (CDAF) is a promising model to explain underluminous accreting black holes in X-ray binaries and galactic nuclei. I discuss effects of angular momentum transport in viscous hydrodynamical and MHD CDAFs. In hydrodynamical CDAFs, convection transports angular momentum inward, and this together with outward convection transport of thermal energy determine the radial structure of the flow. In MHD CDAFs, convection can transport angular momentum either inward or outward, depending on properties of turbulence in rotating magnetized plasma, which are not fully understood yet. Direction of convection angular momentum transport can affect the law of rotation of MHD CDAFs.

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