English
Related papers

Related papers: HST-Scale 3D simulations of MHD disc winds : A rot…

200 papers

We report results of the first global three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the waves excited in an accretion disc by a rotating star with a dipole magnetic field misaligned from the star's rotation axis (which is aligned…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-20 M. M. Romanova , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba , R. V. E. Lovelace

Aims: We consider cold self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) disc wind solutions to describe jets that are launched from the circumcompanion accretion discs in post-AGB binaries. Resulting predictions are matched to observations for five…

(Abridged) We here investigate, by means of fully 3-D Smoothed Particle Magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations, the effects of magnetic fields on overdense, radiatively cooling, pulsed jets, using different initial magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Adriano H. Cerqueira , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

We have performed 2.5D and 3D simulations of conical jets driven by the rotation of an ordered, large-scale magnetic field in a stratified atmosphere. The simulations cover about three orders of magnitude in distance to capture the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-14 R. Moll , H. C. Spruit , M. Obergaulinger

Non-relativistic three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of Poynting-flux-dominated (PFD) jets are presented. Our study focuses on the propagation of strongly magnetized hypersonic but sub-Alfv\'enic flow ($C_{\rm s}^2 << V_{\rm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masanori Nakamura , David L. Meier

We have performed several simulations of black hole systems (non-rotating, black hole spin parameter a=0.0 and rapidly rotating, a=0.95) with a geometrically thin Keplerian disk using the newly developed RAISHIN code. The simulation results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yosuke Mizuno , Ken-Ichi Nishikawa , Shinji Koide , Philip Hardee , Gerald J. Fishman

A review is made of recent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory and simulations of origin of jets from accretion disks. Many compact astrophysical objects emit powerful, highly-collimated, oppositely directed jets. Included are the extra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. V. E. Lovelace , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba

We present collapse simulations of 100 M_{\sun}, turbulent cloud cores threaded by a strong magnetic field. During the initial collapse phase filaments are generated which fragment quickly and form several protostars. Around these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. Seifried , R. Banerjee , R. E. Pudritz , R. S. Klessen

We present a 3-D ideal MHD simulation of magnetospheric accretion onto a non-rotating star. The accretion process unfolds with intricate 3-D structures driven by various mechanisms. First, the disc develops filaments at the magnetospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-18 Zhaohuan Zhu , James M. Stone , Nuria Calvet

Hydrodynamic simulations of protoplanetary discs with planets typically assume that the disc is viscously driven, even though magnetic disc winds are now considered the primary driver of angular momentum transport through the disc. Magnetic…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 Michael Hammer , Min-Kai Lin

We have performed a fully three-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulation of jet formation from a thin accretion disk around a Schwarzschild black hole with a free-falling corona. The initial simulation results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. -I. Nishikawa , G. Richardson , S. Koide , K. Shibata , T. Kudoh , P. Hardee , G. J. Fishman

We use axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to investigate the launching and collimation of jets emerging from the disk-magnetosphere boundary of accreting magnetized stars. Our analysis shows that the matter flows into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-25 Patrick S Lii , Marina M. Romanova , Richard V. Lovelace

We perform a sequence of 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the outflow-core interaction for a massive protostar forming via collapse of an initial cloud core of $60~{M_\odot}$. This allows us to characterize the properties of disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Jan E. Staff , Kei E. I. Tanaka , Jonathan C. Tan

HH 212 is a Class 0 protostellar system found to host a "hamburger"-shaped dusty disk with a rotating disk atmosphere and a collimated SiO jet at a distance of ~ 400 pc. Recently, a compact rotating outflow has been detected in SO and SO2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-04 Chin-Fei Lee , Zhi-Yun Li , Claudio Codella , Paul T. Ho , Linda Podio , Naomi Hirano , Hsien Shang , Neal J. Turner , Qizhou Zhang

We explore the pulsationally driven orbital mass ejection mechanism for Be star disc formation using isothermal, 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and hydrodynamic simulations. Non-radial pulsations are added to a star rotating at 95\% of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-09 Sean M. Ressler

We present collapse simulations of strongly magnetised, 100 M_sun, turbulent cloud cores. Around the protostars formed during the collapse Keplerian discs with typical sizes of up to 100 AU build up in contrast to previous simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 D. Seifried , R. Banerjee , R. E. Pudritz , R. S. Klessen

Using high resolution adaptive mesh refinement simulations in 3D, we investigate the formation of relativistic jets from rotating magnetospheres. Here, we focus on the development of non-axisymmetric modes due to internal and external…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Oliver Porth

Star formation is usually accompanied by outflow phenomena. There is strong evidence that these outflows and jets are launched from the protostellar disk by magneto-rotational processes. Here, we report on our three dimensional, adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz

Disc-winds originating from the inner parts of accretion discs are considered as the basic component of magnetically collimated outflows. The only available analytical MHD solutions to describe disc-driven jets are those characterized by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Matthias Stute , Jose Gracia , Nektarios Vlahakis , Kanaris Tsinganos , Andrea Mignone , Silvano Massaglia

We have performed a fully three-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulation of jet formation from a thin accretion disk around a Schwarzschild black hole with a free-falling corona. The initial simulation results…