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类太阳恒星磁化风的三维数值模拟

Three-dimensional Numerical Simulations of Magnetized Winds of Solar-Like Stars

A. A. Vidotto, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, T. I. Gombosi

摘要:

通过自洽三维MHD数值模拟,我们分析了磁化的类太阳恒星风及其对等离子体β参数的依赖性。我们在我们的模拟中采用伽马描述的加热参数,这是负责风的热加速。我们分析风的极性磁场强度范围从1到20 G。我们表明,风的结构呈现出类似于太阳日冕风的特征。所有情况下的稳态磁场拓扑结构是相似的,呈现头盔拖缆类型的配置,封闭场线和开放场线共存的区域。更高的磁场强度导致更快更热的风。场强的增加会在风场中产生更大的死区,即:例如,阻止物质从低于45度的纬度逃逸的闭合环延伸到离恒星更远的地方。洛伦兹力自然地导致一种随纬度变化的风。我们表明,通过增加密度和保持B0=20G,系统恢复到较慢和较冷的风。对于一个固定的伽玛,我们表明,在确定风速廓线的关键参数是在日冕底部的β参数。因此,存在一组磁化流,只要等离子体β参数相同,不管其热能密度和磁能密度如何,它们将呈现相同的终极速度。然而,如果我们比较风的其他物理参数,如质量损失率,这种简并性就可以消除。我们分析了伽玛在我们的结果的影响,我们表明,它也是重要的,在确定风的结构。(节录)

英文摘要:

By means of self-consistent 3D MHD numerical simulations, we analyze magnetized solar-like stellar winds and their dependence on the plasma-beta parameter. We adopt in our simulations a heating parameter described by gamma, which is responsible for the thermal acceleration of the wind. We analyze winds with polar magnetic field intensities ranging from 1 to 20G. We show that the wind structure presents characteristics that are similar to the solar coronal wind. The steady-state magnetic field topology for all cases is similar, presenting a configuration of helmet streamer-type, with zones of closed field lines and open field lines coexisting. Higher magnetic field intensities lead to faster and hotter winds. The increase of the field intensity generates a larger dead zone in the wind, i. e., the closed loops that inhibit matter to escape from latitudes lower than ~45 degrees extend farther away from the star. The Lorentz force leads naturally to a latitude-dependent wind. We show that by increasing the density and maintaining B0=20G, the system recover back to slower and cooler winds. For a fixed gamma, we show that the key parameter in determining the wind velocity profile is the beta-parameter at the coronal base. Therefore, there is a group of magnetized flows that would present the same terminal velocity despite of its thermal and magnetic energy densities, as long as the plasma-beta parameter is the same. This degeneracy, however, can be removed if we compare other physical parameters of the wind, such as the mass-loss rate. We analyze the influence of gamma in our results and we show that it is also important in determining the wind structure. (Abridged)

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