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Recent experiments have shown that it is possible to study a fundamental astrophysical process such as dynamo action in controlled laboratory conditions using simple MHD flows. In this paper we explore the possibility that Taylor-Couette…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ashley P. Willis , Carlo F. Barenghi

Nonlinear behaviour of galactic dynamos is studied, allowing for magnetic helicity removal by the galactic fountain flow. A suitable advection speed is estimated, and a one-dimensional mean-field dynamo model with dynamic alpha-effect is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anvar Shukurov , Dmitry Sokoloff , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Axel Brandenburg

Aims. A realistic model of magnetic linkage between a central object and its accretion disk is a prerequisite for understanding the spin history of stars and stellar remnants. To this end, we aim to provide an analytic model in agreement…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 Miljenko Čemeljić , Włodek Kluźniak , Varadarajan Parthasarathy

Two-dimensional models assuming axisymmetry are an economical way to explore the long-term evolution of black hole accretion disks, but they are only realistic if the feedback of the nonaxisymmetric turbulence on the mean momentum and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-05 Matthew D. Duez , Courtney L. Cadenhead , Zachariah B. Etienne , Bernard Kelly , Leonardo R. Werneck

Context. The recently developed test-field method permits to compute dynamo coefficients from global, direct numerical simulations. The subsequent use of these parameters in mean-field models enables us to compare self-consistent dynamo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Schrinner

Cosmic kinematic fast dynamo is found in non-inflationary phases of an ellipsoidal anisotropic cosmological metric background solution of Einstein field equations of general relativity. The magnetic field is amplified inside the universe…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-07-13 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

Jetted astrophysical phenomena with black hole (BH) engines, including binary mergers, jetted tidal disruption events, and X-ray binaries, require a large-scale vertical magnetic field for efficient jet formation. However, a dynamo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-02 Jonatan Jacquemin-Ide , François Rincon , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Matthew Liska

We present an analytic, quasi-local model for accretion discs threaded by net, vertical magnetic flux. In a simple slab geometry and ignoring stochastic mean-field dynamo effects, we calculate the large-scale field resulting from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-18 Mitchell C. Begelman

In this article we find explicit formulae for spherically symmetric solutions of the multidimensional zero-pressure gas dynamics system and its adhesion approximation. The asymptotic behaviour of the explicit solutions of the adhesion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-29 Anupam Pal Choudhury , K. T. Joseph , Manas R. Sahoo

This work introduces a systematic method for identifying analytical and semi-analytical solutions of force-free magnetic fields with plane-parallel and axial symmetry. The method of separation of variables is used, allowing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos

Analytical models of axially symmetric thin disks of finite extension in presence of magnetic field are presented based on the well-known Morgan-Morgan solutions. The source of the magnetic field is cons\-tructed separating the equation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-11 Edinson Cardona-Rueda , Gonzalo García-Reyes

Constraining dynamo theories of magnetic field origin by observation is indispensable but challenging, in part because the basic quantities measured by observers and predicted by modelers are different. We clarify these differences and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-24 Rainer Beck , Luke Chamandy , Ed Elson , Eric G. Blackman

We present general and global analytical solutions, valid from pole to equator, for the asymptotic structure of non-relativistic, rotating, stationary, axisymmetric, polytropic, unconfined, perfect MHD winds. The asymptotic structure of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Heyvaerts , C. Norman

We use the mean-field dynamo equations to show that an incoherent alpha effect in mirror-symmetric turbulence in a shearing flow can generate a large scale, coherent magnetic field. We illustrate this effect with simulations of a few simple…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Ethan T. Vishniac , Axel Brandenburg

Our attention focuses on the stochastic dynamo equation with non-normal operator that give an insight into the role of stochastics and non-normality in the galactic magnetic field generation. The main point of this Letter is a discussion of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sergei Fedotov

We study mass outflows driven from accretion discs by radiation pressure due to spectral lines. To investigate non-axisymmetric effects, we use the Athena++ code and develop a new module to account for radiation pressure driving. In 2D, our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-13 Sergei Dyda , Daniel Proga

This paper presents scale invariant/self-similar galactic magnetic dynamo models based on the classic equations, and compares them qualitatively to recently observed magnetic fields in edge-on spiral galaxies. We classify the axially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 R. H. Henriksen , Judith Irwin

This paper outlines an exact analytic model for self-gravitating thin disc galaxies with flat rotation curves. It is shown that thin discs of matter alone can support perfectly flat rotation curves under Newtonian gravity, without needing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-24 Niall Ryan

Spiral galaxies, including the Milky Way, have large-scale magnetic fields with significant energy densities. The dominant theory attributes these magnetic fields to a large-scale dynamo. We review the current status of dynamo theory and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-31 Axel Brandenburg , Evangelia Ntormousi

A dynamo model is presented, based on a previously introduced kinematic model, in which the reaction of the magnetic field on the mass flow through the Lorentz force is included. Given the base mass flow corresponding to the case with no…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-05 Laura Sraibman , Fernando Minotti