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We use three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the structure of the boundary layer between an accretion disc and a non-rotating, unmagnetized star. Under the assumption that cooling is efficient, we obtain a narrow but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Philip J. Armitage

We report the results of 3-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a jet formation by the interaction between an accretion disk and a large scale magnetic field. The disk is not treated as a boundary condition but is solved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Kigure , K. Shibata

We consider formation of accretion disks from a realistically turbulent molecular gas using 3D MHD simulations. In particular, we analyze the effect of the fast turbulent reconnection described by the Lazarian & Vishniac (1999) model for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Diego F. González-Casanova , Reinaldo Santos-Lima , Alexander Lazarian

We use global three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamical simulations to study accretion disks onto a $5\times 10^8M_{\odot}$ black hole with accretion rates varying from $\sim 250L_{Edd}/c^2$ to $1500 L_{Edd}/c^2$. We form the disks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 Yan-Fei Jiang , James Stone , Shane W. Davis

We study a simple magnetohydrodynamical approach in which hydrodynamics and MHD turbulence are coupled in a shell model, with given dynamo constrains in the large scales. We consider the case of a low Prandtl number fluid for which the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Roberto Benzi , Jean-Francois Pinton

Stars and planets in close systems are magnetised but the influence of magnetic fields on their tidal responses (and vice versa) and dissipation rates has not been well explored. We present exploratory nonlinear magnetohydrodynamical (MHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-18 Aurélie Astoul , Adrian J. Barker

We performed 3D MHD calculations of stream accretion in cataclysmic variable stars for which the white dwarf primary star possesses a strong and complex magnetic field. These calculations are motivated by observations of polars; cataclysmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-16 A. G. Zhilkin , D. V. Bisikalo , P. A. Mason

The stability of an accretion disc surrounding a millisecond pulsar is analysed from an energetic point of view, using magnetohydrodynamic simulations that consider realistic disc structures and a variety of magnetic field inclination…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-30 Eda Vurgun , Domingo García-Senz , Manuel Linares , K. Yavuz Eksi

We perform the first magnetohydrodynamical simulations of tidal disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes. We consider stars with both tangled and ordered magnetic fields, for both grazing and deeply disruptive encounters. When the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 James Guillochon , Michael McCourt

We study the possible origin of hydrodynamic turbulence in cold accretion disks such as those in star-forming systems and quiescent cataclysmic variables. As these systems are expected to have neutral gas, the turbulent viscosity is likely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Niayesh Afshordi , Ramesh Narayan

We study the two-dimensional, time-dependent MHD of radiation-driven winds from luminous accretion disks initially threaded by a purely axial magnetic field. The radiation force is mediated primarily by spectral lines. We use ideal MHD to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Proga

We posit that accreting compact objects, including stellar mass black holes and neutron stars as well as supermassive black holes, may undergo extended periods of accretion during which the angular momentum of the disk at large scales is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 P. Chris Fragile , Peter Anninos , Omer M. Blaes , Jay D. Salmonson

The magnetohydrodynamical behavior (MHD) of accretion disks is reviewed. A detailed presentation of the fundamental MHD equations appropriate for protostellar disks is given. The combination of a weak (subthermal) magnetic field and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-05 Steven A. Balbus

Observations of jets from young stellar objects reveal the asymmetric outflows from some sources. A large set of $2.5$D MHD simulations has been carried out for axisymmetric viscous/diffusive disc accretion to rotating magnetized stars for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Sergei Dyda , Richard V. E. Lovelace , Galina V. Ustyugova , Patrick S. Lii , Marina M. Romanova , Alexander V. Koldoba

Massive stars can during their evolution reach the phase of critical (or very rapid, near-critical) rotation when further increase in rotation rate is no longer kinematically allowed. The mass ejection and angular momentum outward transport…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-28 Petr Kurfürst

In resistive and viscous magnetohydrodynamical simulations, we obtain axial outflows launched from the innermost magnetosphere of a star-disk system. The launched outflows are found to be asymmetric. We find the part of the parameter space…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-07 Miljenko Čemeljić , Aleksandra Kotek , Włodek Kluźniak

Turbulent motion driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is believed to provide an anomalous viscosity strong enough to account for observed accretion rates in protostellar accretion disks. In the first of two papers, we perform…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Wayne O'Keeffe , Turlough P. Downes

We investigate the properties of a hot accretion flow bathed in a poloidal magnetic field. We consider an axisymmetric viscous resistive flow in the steady state configuration. We assume the dominant mechanism of energy dissipation is due…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 Maryam Samadi , Shahram Abbassi

The driving mechanism of massive outflows observed in high-mass star-forming regions is investigated using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and protostellar evolution calculations. In our previous paper, we showed that the mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Yuko Matsushita , Yuya Sakurai , Takashi Hosokawa , Masahiro N. Machida

We present simulations of collapsing 100 M_\sun mass cores in the context of massive star formation. The effect of variable initial rotational and magnetic energies on the formation of massive stars is studied in detail. We focus on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Seifried , R. Banerjee , R. S. Klessen , D. Duffin , R. E. Pudritz