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The problem of the late accretion phase of the evolution of an axisymmetric, isothermal magnetic disk surrounding a forming star has been formulated in a companion paper. The "central sink approximation" is used to circumvent the problem of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Konstantinos Tassis , Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias

We investigate the origin of photometric variability in the classical T Tauri star TW Hya by comparing light curves obtained by TESS and ground-based telescopes with light curves created using three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-24 M. M. Romanova , C. C. Espaillat , J. Wendeborn , J. -F. Donati , P. P. Petrov , R. V. E. Lovelace

We carried out two dimensional high-resolution magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of an accretion disk around a weakly magnetized neutron star. General relativistic effects are taken into account by using pseudo-Newtonian potential of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Y. Kato , H. R. Hayashi , S. Miyaji , R. Matsumoto

Some of the accreting black holes exhibit much stronger variability patterns than the usual stochastic variations. Radiation pressure instability is one of the proposed mechanisms which could account for this effect. We aim to model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Marzena Śniegowska , Mikołaj Grzędzielski , Bożena Czerny , Agnieszka Janiuk

At the superfluid-solid 4He interface there exist crystallization waves having much in common with gravitational-capillary waves at the interface between two normal fluids. The Rayleigh-Taylor instability is an instability of the interface…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-14 S. N. Burmistrov , L. B. Dubovskii , V. L. Tsymbalenko

High-mass young stellar objects exhibit episodic accretion bursts similar to their low-mass counterparts. Understanding these outbursts is crucial for elucidating massive star formation and disk evolution around high-mass protostars. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-10 Vardan Elbakyan , Dennis Wehner , Rolf Kuiper , Sergei Nayakshin , Alessio Caratti o Garatti , Zhen Guo

Accretion flow in a contracting magnetized isothermal cloud was studied using magnetohydrodynamical simulations and a nested grid technique. First, the interstellar magnetized cloud experiences a ``runaway collapse'' phase, in which the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Kohji Tomisaka

An analytical model is developed for the screening of the external magnetic field of a rotating, axisymmetric neutron star due to the accretion of plasma from a disk. The decrease of the field occurs due to the electric current in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. V. E. Lovelace , M. M. Romanova , G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

The aim of this paper is to clarify the stabilities of neutron stars with strong toroidal magnetic fields against non-axisymmetric perturbation. The motivation comes from the fact that super magnetized neutron stars of $\sim 10^{15}$G,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-21 Kenta Kiuchi , Shijun Yoshida , Masaru Shibata

In this paper we discuss the development of Rayleigh-Taylor filaments in axisymmetric simulations of Pulsar wind nebulae (PWN). High-resolution adaptive mesh refinement magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are used to resolve the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Oliver Porth , Serguei Komissarov , Rony Keppens

We present the results of a global, three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulation of an accretion disk with a rotating, weakly magnetized central star. The disk is threaded by a weak, large-scale poloidal magnetic field, and the central…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-07 Shinsuke Takasao , Kengo Tomida , Kazunari Iwasaki , Takeru K. Suzuki

A three-dimensional numerical model for an accretion process investigation in the magnetosphere of a white dwarf in magnetic cataclysmic variables is developed. The model assumes that the white dwarf has a dipole magnetic field with its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-04 P. B. Isakova , A. G. Zhilkin , D. V. Bisikalo

We investigate the rotational dynamics of disk accretion around a strongly magnetized neutron star with an aligned dipole field. The magnetospheric field is assumed to thread the disk plasma both inside and outside the corotation radius. As…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Hakan Erkut , M. Ali Alpar

Global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities are investigated in a computationally tractable two-dimensional model of the solar tachocline. The model's differential rotation yields stability in the absence of a magnetic field, but if a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 Abigail Plummer , J. B. Marston , S. M. Tobias

Angular momentum transport by internal magnetic fields is an important ingredient for stellar interior models. In this paper we critically examine the basic heuristic assumptions in the model of the Tayler-Spruit dynamo, which describes how…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pavel A. Denissenkov , Marc Pinsonneault

The inner region of the accretion disk around a magnetized star is subjected to magnetic torques that induce warping and precession of the disk. These torques arise from interactions between the stellar field and the induced electric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dong Lai

Tidally distorted accretion disks in binary star systems are subject to a local hydrodynamic instability which excites $m=1$ internal waves. This instability is three dimensional and approximately incompressible. We study the global aspects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Dongsu Ryu , Jeremy Goodman , Ethan T. Vishniac

The theory of quasi-spherical subsonic accretion onto magnetized rotating neutron star is reviewed. Different regimes of quasi-spherical accretion onto a neutron star: supersonic (Bondi) accretion, which takes place when the captured matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-22 N. Shakura , K. Postnov

We investigate the Type I migration of planets in low-density cavities and inner discs of strongly magnetized young stars using global three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, where the strong magnetic field carves the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-18 M. M. Romanova , A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , C. C. Espaillat , R. V. E. Lovelace

During the last decade it has become evident that the magnetorotational instability is at the heart of the enhanced angular momentum transport in weakly magnetized accretion disks around neutron stars and black holes. In this paper, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Martin E. Pessah , Dimitrios Psaltis