scholarly journals Non-diffusive angular momentum transport in rotating -pinches

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Rüdiger ◽  
M. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Momentum Flux ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Rigid Rotation ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Flows ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Background Fields ◽  
Axisymmetric Perturbations

The stability of conducting Taylor–Couette flows under the presence of toroidal magnetic background fields is considered. For strong enough magnetic amplitudes such magnetohydrodynamic flows are unstable against non-axisymmetric perturbations which may also transport angular momentum. In accordance with the often used diffusion approximation, one expects the angular momentum transport to be vanishing for rigid rotation. In the sense of a non-diffusive  $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6EC}$ effect, however, even for rigidly rotating $z$ -pinches, an axisymmetric angular momentum flux appears which is directed outward (inward) for large (small) magnetic Mach numbers. The internal rotation in a magnetized rotating tank can thus never be uniform. Those particular rotation laws are used to estimate the value of the instability-induced eddy viscosity for which the non-diffusive $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6EC}$ effect and the diffusive shear-induced transport compensate each other. The results provide the Shakura & Sunyaev viscosity ansatz leading to numerical values linearly growing with the applied magnetic field.

scholarly journals Angular Momentum Transport and Dynamo Effect in Kepler Disks

2001 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 410-414
Author(s):  
Günther Rüdiger ◽  
Udo Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Accretion Disks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spherical Model ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Rotational Instability ◽  
Jet Formation ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
Dynamo Effect ◽  
Background Shear

Properties have been demonstrated of the magneto-rotational instability for two different applications, i.e. for a global spherical model and a box simulation with Keplerian background shear flow. In both nonlinear cases a dynamo operates with a negative (positive) α-effect in the northern (southern) disk hemisphere and in both cases the angular momentum transport is outwards. Keplerian accretion disks should therefore exhibit large-scale magnetic fields with a dipolar geometry of the poloidal components favoring jet formation.

scholarly journals Magnetic field transport in compact binaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 641 ◽  
pp. A133
Author(s):  
N. Scepi ◽  
G. Lesur ◽  
G. Dubus ◽  
J. Jacquemin-Ide
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Compact Object ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Local Magnetization ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
The Impact

Context. Dwarf novæ (DNe) and low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) show eruptions that are thought to be due to a thermal-viscous instability in their accretion disk. These eruptions provide constraints on angular momentum transport mechanisms. Aims. We explore the idea that angular momentum transport could be controlled by the dynamical evolution of the large-scale magnetic field. We study the impact of different prescriptions for the magnetic field evolution on the dynamics of the disk. This is a first step in confronting the theory of magnetic field transport with observations. Methods. We developed a version of the disk instability model that evolves the density, the temperature, and the large-scale vertical magnetic flux simultaneously. We took into account the accretion driven by turbulence or by a magnetized outflow with prescriptions taken, respectively, from shearing box simulations or self-similar solutions of magnetized outflows. To evolve the magnetic flux, we used a toy model with physically motivated prescriptions that depend mainly on the local magnetization β, where β is the ratio of thermal pressure to magnetic pressure. Results. We find that allowing magnetic flux to be advected inwards provides the best agreement with DNe light curves. This leads to a hybrid configuration with an inner magnetized disk, driven by angular momentum losses to an MHD outflow, sharply transiting to an outer weakly-magnetized turbulent disk where the eruptions are triggered. The dynamical impact is equivalent to truncating a viscous disk so that it does not extend down to the compact object, with the truncation radius dependent on the magnetic flux and evolving as Ṁ−2/3. Conclusions. Models of DNe and LMXB light curves typically require the outer, viscous disk to be truncated in order to match the observations. There is no generic explanation for this truncation. We propose that it is a natural outcome of the presence of large-scale magnetic fields in both DNe and LMXBs, with the magnetic flux accumulating towards the center to produce a magnetized disk with a fast accretion timescale.

scholarly journals Simulation of Mass Transport in Disk Galaxies

1996 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 405-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. von Linden ◽  
J. Heidt ◽  
H.P. Reuter ◽  
R. Wielebinski
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Mass Transport ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Disk Galaxies ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
Gravitational Instabilities ◽  
Gas Component

The large-scale dynamics and evolution of disk galaxies is controlled by the angular-momentum transport provided by non-axisymmetric perturbances through their gravity torques. To continuously maintain such gravitational instabilities, the presence of the gas component and its dissipative character are essential.

scholarly journals Evidence of angular momentum transport in main-sequence solar-like stars

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 661-666
Author(s):  
Othman Benomar ◽  
Masao Takata ◽  
Hiromoto Shibahashi ◽  
Tugdual Ceillier ◽  
Rafael A. García
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Rotation Rate ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Light Variation ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
Surface Rotation ◽  
Average Rotation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Few Data

AbstractThe rotation rates in the interior and at the surface is determined for the 22 main-sequence stars with masses between 1.0 and 1.6 M⊙. The average interior rotation is measured using asteroseismology, while the surface rotation is measured by the spectroscopic v sin i or the periodic light variation due to surface structures, such as spots. It is found that the difference between the surface rotation rate determined by spectroscopy and the average rotation rate for most of stars is small enough to suggest that an efficient process of angular momentum transport operates during and/or before the main-sequence stage of stars. By comparing the surface rotation rate measured from the light variation with those measured by spectroscopy, we found hints of latitudinal differential rotation. However, this must be confirmed by a further study because our result is sensitive to a few data points.

scholarly journals Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Accretion Discs: Towards More Realistic Models

1997 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 210-214
Author(s):  
Ulf Torkelsson ◽  
Axel Brandenburg ◽  
Åke Nordlund ◽  
Robert F. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Accretion Disc ◽  
Quantitative Change ◽  
Accretion Discs ◽  
Momentum Transport ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence ◽  
Accretion Flow ◽  
Angular Momentum Transport ◽  
Main Effects

AbstractThe shearing box has rapidly become the accepted way to investigate turbulence in Keplerian shear flows. In this paper we discuss to what extent and in which way the outcome of the shearing box is affected by the adopted boundary conditions, and how the shearing box can be modified to capture more of the physics of an accretion disc. The original shearing box model is too symmetric to generate a net accretion flow, but the symmetry can be broken by including the main effects of the cylindrical geometry of the real disc. However the quantitative change in the resulting angular momentum transport is small.

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