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We investigate the stability of differentially rotating proto-neutron stars (PNSs) with a toroidal magnetic field. Stability criteria for nonaxisymmetric MHD instabilities are derived using a local linear analysis. PNSs are expected to have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Youhei Masada , Takayoshi Sano , Hideaki Takabe

We perform 3D vertically-stratified local shearing-box ideal MHD simulations of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) that include a net vertical magnetic flux, which is characterized by beta_0 (ratio of gas pressure to magnetic pressure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Xue-Ning Bai , James M. Stone

We show that a simple, modified version of the Magnetorotational Instability (MRI) can develop in the outer liquid core of the Earth, in the presence of a background shear. It requires either thermal wind, or a primary instability, such as…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ludovic Petitdemange , Emmanuel Dormy , Steven A. Balbus

We present the results obtained from linear stability analysis and 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the magnetorotational instability (MRI), including the effects of cosmic rays (CRs). We took into account of the CR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Takuhito Kuwabara , Chung-Ming Ko

We examine whether the magnetorotational instability (MRI) can serve as a mechanism of angular momentum transport in circumplanetary disks. For the MRI to operate the ionization degree must be sufficiently high and the magnetic pressure…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yuri I. Fujii , Satoshi Okuzumi , Takayuki Tanigawa , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The magneto-rotational instability (MRI) is considered to be a promising mechanism to amplify the magnetic field in fast rotating protoneutron stars. In contrast to accretion disks, radial buoyancy driven by entropy and lepton fraction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Jerome Guilet , Ewald Mueller

Linear instability of two equilibrium configurations with either poloidal (I) or toroidal (II) dominant magnetic field components are studied in thin vertically-isothermal Keplerian discs. Solutions of the stability problem are found…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Yuri M. Shtemler , Michael Mond , Edward Liverts

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is considered to be one of the most powerful sources of turbulence in hydrodynamically stable quasi-Keplerian flows, such as those governing accretion disk flows. Although the linear stability of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-21 A. Guseva , R. Hollerbach , A. P. Willis , M. Avila

The initial magnetic field of previous magnetorotational instability (MRI) simulations has always included a significant system-scale component, even if stochastic. However, it is of conceptual and practical interest to assess whether the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-13 Pallavi Bhat , Fatima Ebrahimi , Eric G. Blackman , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We examine the properties of strongly magnetized accretion discs in a global framework, with particular focus on the evolution of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities such as the magnetorotational instability (MRI). Work by Pessah and Psaltis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-13 Upasana Das , Mitchell C. Begelman , Geoffroy Lesur

Deviations from axial symmetry are necessary to maintain self-sustained MRI-turbulence. We define the parameters region where nonaxisymmetric MRI is excited and study dependence of the unstable modes structure and growth rates on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 L. L. Kitchatinov , G. Ruediger

We present analytical and numerical studies of magnetorotational instabilities occuring in magnetized accretion disks. In these studies we make use of the linearised compressible MHD equations. These calculations are performed for general…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 J. W. S. Blokland , E. van der Swaluw , R. Keppens , J. P. Goedbloed

We propose that the strength of angular momentum transport in accretion discs threaded by net vertical magnetic field is determined by a self-regulation mechanism: the magnetorotational instability (MRI) grows until its own turbulent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-18 Mitchell C. Begelman , Philip J. Armitage

A new non-dissipative mechanism is proposed for the saturation of the axisymmetric magnetorotational (MRI) instability in thin Keplerian disks that are subject to an axial magnetic field. That mechanism relies on the energy transfer from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Edward Liverts , Yuri Shtemler , Michael Mond , Orkan M. Umurhan , Dmitry V. Bisikalo

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is an important process in sufficiently ionized accretion disks, as it can create turbulence that acts as an effective viscosity, mediating angular momentum transport. Due to its local nature, it is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 Oliver Zier , Volker Springel

We examine global incompressible axisymmetric perturbations of a differentially rotating MHD plasma with radial density gradients. It is shown that the standard magnetorotational instability, (MRI) criterion drawn from the local dispersion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jesse Pino , S. M. Mahajan

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) can be a powerful mechanism amplifying the magnetic field in core-collapse supernovae. Whether initially weak magnetic fields can be amplified by this instability to dynamically relevant strengths is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-03 Tomasz Rembiasz , Martin Obergaulinger , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Ewald Müller , Miguel-Ángel Aloy

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is a shear instability and thus its sensitivity to the shear parameter $q = - d\ln\Omega/d\ln r $ is of interest to investigate. Motivated by astrophysical disks, most (but not all) previous MRI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Farrukh Nauman , Eric G. Blackman

Magnetars are highly magnetized neutron stars whose magnetic dipole ranges from $10^{14}$ to $10^{15}$ G. The MRI is considered to be a promising mechanism to amplify the magnetic field in fast-rotating protoneutron stars and form…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Alexis Reboul-Salze , Jérôme Guilet , Raphaël Raynaud , Matteo Bugli

We investigate the possibility of the growth of magnetorotational instability (MRI) in disks around Class 0 protostars. We construct a disk model and calculate the chemical reactions of neutral and charged atoms, molecules and dust grains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Yoshihiro Kawasaki , Shunta Koga , Masahiro N. Machida