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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 present first results of our simulations of magnetic fields in the formation of single and binary stars using a recently developed method for incorporating Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) into the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Daniel J. Price , Matthew R. Bate

We study the two-dimensional structure of thin transonic accretion discs in the vicinity of a non-spinning black hole within the framework of hydrodynamical version of the Grad-Shafranov equation. Our analysis focuses on the region inside…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. S. Beskin , A. D. Tchekhovskoy

We present analytic calculations of the electromagnetic torques acting on a magnetic neutron star rotating in vacuum, including near-zone torques associated with the inertia of dipole and quadrupole magnetic fields. We incorporate these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. J. Zanazzi , Dong Lai

Hydrodynamical interaction in circumbinary discs (CBDs) plays a crucial role in various astrophysical systems, ranging from young stellar binaries to supermassive black hole binaries in galactic centers. Most previous simulations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-20 Hai-Yang Wang , Xue-Ning Bai , Dong Lai , Douglas N. C. Lin

Many pulsars are formed with a binary companion from which they can accrete matter. Torque exerted by accreting matter can cause the pulsar spin to increase or decrease, and over long times, an equilibrium spin rate is achieved. Application…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-03 Wynn C. G. Ho , H. Klus , M. J. Coe , Nils Andersson

When a differentially rotating magnetic star undergoes ``turn-over'', i.e., its magnetic symmetry axis is inclining at a gradually increasing angle with respect to its invariant angular momentum axis up to the perpendicular position…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. S. Geroyannis , P. J. Papasotiriou , I. Valiaka

We present a 3D hydrodynamics study of gravitational instabilities (GIs) in a 0.14 M$_{\odot}$ circumbinary protoplanetary disc orbiting a 1 M$_{\odot}$ star and a 0.02 M$_{\odot}$ brown dwarf companion. We examine the thermodynamical state…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-31 Karna M. Desai , Thomas Y. Steiman-Cameron , Scott Michael , Kai Cai , Richard H. Durisen

Context: In the early evolution of a planetary system, a pair of planets may be captured in a mean motion resonance while still embedded in their nesting circumstellar disk. Aims: The goal is to estimate the direction and amount of shift in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 F. Marzari

We present three-dimensional simulations of a protoplanetary disk subject to the effect of a nearby (0.3pc distant) supernova, using a time-dependent flow from a one dimensional numerical model of the supernova remnant (SNR), in addition to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-24 J. L. Close , J. M. Pittard

We have investigated the critical conditions required for a steady propeller effect for magnetized neutron stars with optically thick, geometrically thin accretion disks. We have shown through simple analytical calculations that a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-02 Unal Ertan

The origin and stability of a thin sheet of plasma in the magnetosphere of an accreting neutron star is investigated. First the radial extension of such a magnetospheric disc is explored. Then a mechanism for magnetospheric accretion is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 H. Meheut , M. Tagger

Recently it was demonstrated theoretically and experimentally that the presence of a moving conductor can break the reciprocity in the interactions between magnetic dipoles. In this article we investigate the influence of nonreciprocity on…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-12-02 Artem Rakcheev , Andreas M. Läuchli

The presence of giant gaseous planets that reside in close proximity to their host stars may be a consequence of large-scale radial migration through the proto-planetary nebulae. Within the context of this picture, significant orbital…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Konstantin Batygin , Fred C. Adams

We propose that the magnetosphere reconfiguration induced by magnetic twists in the closed field line region can account for the mode-switching of intermittent pulsars. We carefully investigate the properties of axisymmetric force-free…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Lei Huang , Cong Yu , Hao Tong

Some of the most energetic pulsars exhibit rotation-modulated gamma-ray emission in the $0.1$ to $100$ GeV band. The luminosity of this emission is typically $0.1\text{-}10\%$ of the pulsar spin-down power (gamma-ray efficiency), implying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-20 Hayk Hakobyan , Alexander Philippov , Anatoly Spitkovsky

Using a numerical simulation, we study the effects of ambipolar diffusion and ohmic diffusion on the magnetic field evolution in the interior of an isolated neutron star. We are interested in the behavior of the magnetic field on a long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jaime Hoyos , Andreas Reisenegger , Juan A. Valdivia

Recent numerical simulations of magnetized accretion discs show that the radial-azimuthal component of the stress tensor due to the magnetorotational instability (MRI) is well represented by a power-law function of the gas pressure rather…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Mohsen Shadmehri , Fazeleh Khajenabi , Sami Dib , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Magnetic fields vary in complexity for different stars. The stability of dipolar magnetic fields is known to depend on different quantities, e.g., the stellar rotation, the stratification, and the intensity of convective motions. Here, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Bonnie Zaire , Laurene Jouve

We model gas inflow patterns onto circumstellar disks and the evolution of the pseudodisk using three-dimensional resistive MHD simulations. Starting from a prestellar core without turbulence and with a misalignment between the initial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-10 Masahiro N. Machida , Shingo Hirano , Shantanu Basu