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Time-Dependent of Accretion Flow with Toroidal Magnetic Field

Astrophysics 2012-05-11 v2

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 γ=5/3\gamma=5/3. In this scenario, it was assumed that the angular momentum transport is due to viscous turbulence and used α\alpha-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 β[=pmag/pgas]\beta[=p_{mag}/p_{gas}], where pmagp_{mag} and pgasp_{gas} 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

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