Time-Dependent of Accretion Flow with Toroidal Magnetic Field
Abstract
In the present study time evolution of quasi-spherical polytropic accretion flow with toroidal magnetic field is investigated. The study especially focused the astrophysically important case in which the adiabatic exponent . In this scenario, it was assumed that the angular momentum transport is due to viscous turbulence and used -prescription for kinematic coefficient of viscosity. The equations of accretion flow are solved in a simplified one-dimensional model that neglects the latitudinal dependence of the flow. In order to solve the integrated equations which govern the dynamical behavior of the accretion flow, self-similar solution was used. The solution provides some insight into the dynamics of quasi-spherical accretion flow and avoids many of the strictures of the steady self-similar solution. The effect of the toroidal magnetic field is considered with additional variable , where and are the magnetic and gas pressure, respectively. The solution indicates a transonic point in the accretion flow, that this point approaches to central object by adding strength of the magnetic field. Also, by adding strength of the magnetic field, the radial-thickness of the disk decreases and the disk compresses. It was analytically indicated that the radial velocity is only a function of Alfv'en velocity. The model implies that the flow has differential rotation and is sub-Keplerian at all radii.
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@article{arxiv.0807.1983,
title = {Time-Dependent of Accretion Flow with Toroidal Magnetic Field},
author = {Alireza Khesali and Kazem Faghei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1983},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures, accepted by MNRAS