arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 0706.3715astro-ph
收藏

全球吸积盘模拟中的法拉第旋转:对Sgr A* 的意义

Faraday Rotation in Global Accretion Disk Simulations: Implications for Sgr A*

Prateek Sharma, Eliot Quataert, James M. Stone

摘要:

这些法拉第旋转计算的热,厚吸积流的动机所测得的稳态旋转措施(RM)的$\approx -6 \times 10^5$ rad m $^{-2}$从Sgr A*。在我们的数值模拟中,吸积流的准稳态结构,以及它产生的RM,取决于初始磁场。尽管有这种依赖性,我们可以得出几个关于几何厚吸积盘产生的法拉第旋转的可靠结论:i)时间平均RM不敏感地依赖于视角,但RM的稳定性可以。赤道视角显示RM的显著变化(包括符号反转),而如果存在以大半径穿过盘的大尺度磁场,则极视角相对稳定。ii)大部分RM在极视角的小半径处产生,而所有半径在盘的中平面附近都有显著贡献。我们的模拟证实了以前的分析论点,到Sgr A* 的吸积率必须满足$\dot M_{\rm in} \ll \dot M_{\rm Bondi} \sim 10^{-5} \mpy$,以不过度产生测量RM。我们认为,从Sgr A* 得到的定常RM $\approx -6 \times 10^5$ rad m $^{-2}$有两种可能的解释:1)它是在$\sim 100$ Schwarzschild半径处产生的,需要$\dot{M}_{\rm in} \approx 3 \times 10^{-8} M_\odot$ yr $^{-1}$,我们以相对于圆盘旋转轴的$\sim 30^\circ$角观察流动;在我们的模拟中,在有限大小的源上RM的变化足以将发射降低到低于$\approx$ 100 GHz,与观察一致。2)可替代地,RM可以在$\sim 10^3-10^4$史瓦西半径处的圆化半径附近的相对球形的流入等离子体中产生。

英文摘要:

These Faraday rotation calculations of hot, thick accretion flows are motivated by the measured steady rotation measure (RM) of $\approx -6 \times 10^5$ rad m$^{-2}$ from Sgr A*. In our numerical simulations, the quasi-steady state structure of the accretion flow, and the RM it produces, depends on the initial magnetic field. In spite of this dependence, we can draw several robust conclusions about Faraday rotation produced by geometrically thick accretion disks: i) the time averaged RM does not depend that sensitively on the viewing angle, but the stability of the RM can. Equatorial viewing angles show significant variability in RM (including sign reversals), while polar viewing angles are relatively stable if there is a large scale magnetic field threading the disk at large radii. ii) Most of the RM is produced at small radii for polar viewing angles while all radii contribute significantly near the midplane of the disk. Our simulations confirm previous analytic arguments that the accretion rate onto Sgr A* must satisfy $\dot M_{\rm in} \ll \dot M_{\rm Bondi} \sim 10^{-5} \mpy$ in order to not over-produce the measured RM. We argue that the steady RM $\approx -6 \times 10^5$ rad m$^{-2}$ from Sgr A* has two plausible explanations: 1) it is produced at $\sim 100$ Schwarzschild radii, requires $\dot{M}_{\rm in} \approx 3 \times 10^{-8} M_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$, and we view the flow at an angle of $\sim 30^\circ$ relative to the rotation axis of the disk; in our simulations, the variation in RM across a finite-sized source is sufficient to depolarize the emission below $\approx$ 100 GHz, consistent with observations. 2) Alternatively, the RM may be produced in the relatively spherical inflowing plasma near the circularization radius at $\sim 10^3-10^4$ Schwarzschild radii.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑