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By performing local three-dimensional MHD simulations of stratified accretion disks, we investigate disk winds driven by MHD turbulence. Initially given weak vertical magnetic fields are effectively amplified by magnetorotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 T. K. Suzuki , S. Inutsuka

The gas dynamics in protoplanetary disks (PPDs) is strongly affected by non-ideal MHD effects. Using a complex chemical reaction network with standard prescriptions for X-ray and cosmic-ray ionizations, as well as the most up-to-date…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Xue-Ning Bai

For over 30 years, the Magneto-Rotational Instability has been accepted as the mechanism driving accretion disk turbulence. Its physical basis is well understood, where an interplay between centrifugal forces and magnetic tension transfers…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-31 Nicolas Brughmans , Rony Keppens

A high resolution fourth-order Pad\'e scheme is used to simulate locally isothermal 3D disk turbulence driven by the vertical shear instability (VSI) using 268.4 M points. In the early non-linear period of axisymmetric VSI, angular momentum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-24 Karim Shariff , Orkan M. Umurhan

(abridged) Angular momentum transport and accretion in protoplanetary discs are generally believed to be driven by MHD turbulence via the magneto-rotational instability (MRI). The dynamics of solid bodies embedded in such discs (dust…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Richard P. Nelson , Oliver Gressel

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

Among the candidates for generating turbulence in accretion discs in situations with low intrinsic ionization the vertical shear instability (VSI) has become an interesting candidate, as it relies purely on a vertical gradient in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Moritz H. R. Stoll , Wilhelm Kley

Using radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations with realistic opacities and equation of state, and zero net magnetic flux, we have explored thermodynamics in the inner part of protoplanetary discs where magnetic turbulence is expected.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Shigenobu Hirose

We investigate the evolution of hydromagnetic perturbations in a small section of accretion disks. It is known that molecular viscosity is negligible in accretion disks. Hence, it has been argued that Magnetorotational Instability (MRI) is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-02 Sujit K. Nath , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Magneto-rotational instability (MRI) and gravitational instability (GI) are the two principle routes to turbulent angular momentum transport in accretion disks. Protoplanetary disks may develop both. This paper aims to reinvigorate interest…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Min-Kai Lin

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) is the most promising mechanism behind accretion in low-mass protostellar disks. Here we present the first analysis of the global structure and evolution of non-ideal MRI-driven T-Tauri disks on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Russell Landry , Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson , Neal J. Turner , Greg Abram

We investigate the evolution of hydromagnetic perturbations in a small section of accretion disks. It is known that molecular viscosity is negligible in accretion disks. Hence, it has been argued that a mechanism, known as Magnetorotational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-12 Sujit Kumar Nath , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We have performed time-dependent numerical simulations of the interstellar medium (ISM) which account for galactic shear and magnetic fields, vertical gravity, and a radiative cooling function for atomic gas. This allows us to study the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Robert A. Piontek , Eve C. Ostriker

Magnetorotational turbulence and magnetically driven disc winds are often considered as separate processes. However, realistic astrophysical discs are expected to be subject to both effects, although possibly at different times and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Geoffroy Lesur , Jonathan Ferreira , Gordon Ogilvie

We present global 2D and 3D simulations of self-gravitating magnetized tori. We used the 2D calculations to demonstrate that the properties of the MRI are not affected by the presence of self-gravity: MHD turbulence and enhanced angular…

Convection has been discussed in the field of accretion discs for several decades, both as a means of angular momentum transport and also because of its role in controlling discs' vertical structure via heat transport. If the gas is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Loren E. Held , Henrik N. Latter

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

The vertical shear instability (VSI) offers a potential hydrodynamic mechanism for angular momentum transport in protoplanetary disks (PPDs). The VSI is driven by a weak vertical gradient in the disk's orbital motion, but must overcome…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Min-Kai Lin , Andrew N. Youdin

The destabilising effect of Hall diffusion in a Keplerian disc allows the MRI to occur for much lower ionisation levels than would otherwise be possible. However, simulations suggest that the consequences for the saturated state are not as…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Mark Wardle , Raquel Salmeron

We examine the linear stability of a flow threaded by a weak, vertical magnetic field in a disk with a keplerian rotation profile and a vertical stratification of the ionization degree as that predicted for vast portions of protoplanetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz