Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-08-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication by A&A main journal
Scientific paper
In this paper, steady-state MHD calculations of non-relativistic magnetized accretion discs driving jets are presented. For the first time, an energy equation describing the effects of entropy generation along streamlines is included. Using a simplified approach, we showed that thermal effects have a tremendous influence on the disc capability to feed jets with mass. The disc ejection efficiency is measured by the parameter $\xi= d \ln \dot{M}_{a}/d \ln{r}$, where $ \dot{M}_{a}(r)$ is the local disc accretion rate. While previous self-similar solutions were only able to produce jets with $\xi \sim 0.01$, solutions with a coronal heating display huge efficiencies up to $\xi \sim 0.5$. Moreover, taking thermal effects into account allows to obtain both fast and slow magnetic rotators. Since most of the jet properties (like asymptotic velocity or degree of collimation) depend on the mass load, it arises from this study that any quantitative result requires a detailled analysis of the disc energetics.
Casse Fabien
Ferreira Jonathan
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