Disk Winds and the Accretion--Outflow Connection
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review recent observational and theoretical results on the relationship between circumstellar accretion disks and jets in young stellar objects. We then present a theoretical framework that interprets jets as accretion-powered, centrifugally driven winds from magnetized accretion disks. Recent progress in the numerical simulation of such outflows is described. We also discuss the structure of the underlying magnetized protostellar disks, emphasizing the role that large-scale, open magnetic fields can play in angular momentum transport.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9903168,
title = {Disk Winds and the Accretion--Outflow Connection},
author = {Arieh Konigl and Ralph E. Pudritz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9903168},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
32 pages, 3 figures, TeX, to appear in Protostars and Planets IV, ed. V. Mannings, A. Boss, and S. Russell (Arizona: University of Arizona Press)