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磁旋转turbulence在低磁普朗特数但磁Reynolds number高于临界值的分层圆盘中传输angular momentum

Magnetorotational turbulence transports angular momentum in stratified disks with low magnetic Prandtl number but magnetic Reynolds number above a critical value

Jeffrey S. Oishi, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

摘要:

磁旋转不稳定性(MRI)可能主导了吸积盘中角动量的向外输运,使物质落在中心物体上。以前的工作已经确定,MRI可以驱动平均场发电机,可能导致一个自我维持的吸积系统。然而,最近,角动量输运参数$\alphaSS$与磁普朗特数$\Prandtl$的缩放的模拟已经对MRI在真实盘系统中传输与天体物理学相关的角动量的能力产生了怀疑。在这里,我们使用的模拟,包括明确的物理粘度和电阻率表明,当包括垂直分层,平均场发电机行动的操作,驱动系统的配置中的磁场是不完全螺旋。这放松了由磁螺旋度守恒提供的对所产生的场的约束,允许在独立于电阻率的时间尺度上产生平均场。我们的模型表明存在一个临界磁雷诺数$\Rmagc$,低于该运输成为强烈的$\Prandtl$依赖和混乱,但高于该运输是稳定的和$\Prandtl$独立。显示$\Prandtl$依赖性的先前模拟具有$\Rmag < \Rmagc$。我们推测,这种稳定的制度是可能的,因为平均场发电机不是螺旋度限制,因此不依赖于螺旋度喷射过程的细节。根据实际的天体物理参数,原恒星和恒星质量黑洞周围的圆盘都有$\Rmag >> \Rmagc$。因此,我们认为,强$\Prandtl$的依赖性,在最近的模拟中看到的不会发生在真实的系统。

英文摘要:

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) may dominate outward transport of angular momentum in accretion disks, allowing material to fall onto the central object. Previous work has established that the MRI can drive a mean-field dynamo, possibly leading to a self-sustaining accretion system. Recently, however, simulations of the scaling of the angular momentum transport parameter $\alphaSS$ with the magnetic Prandtl number $\Prandtl$ have cast doubt on the ability of the MRI to transport astrophysically relevant amounts of angular momentum in real disk systems. Here, we use simulations including explicit physical viscosity and resistivity to show that when vertical stratification is included, mean field dynamo action operates, driving the system to a configuration in which the magnetic field is not fully helical. This relaxes the constraints on the generated field provided by magnetic helicity conservation, allowing the generation of a mean field on timescales independent of the resistivity. Our models demonstrate the existence of a critical magnetic Reynolds number $\Rmagc$, below which transport becomes strongly $\Prandtl$-dependent and chaotic, but above which the transport is steady and $\Prandtl$-independent. Prior simulations showing $\Prandtl$-dependence had $\Rmag < \Rmagc$. We conjecture that this steady regime is possible because the mean field dynamo is not helicity-limited and thus does not depend on the details of the helicity ejection process. Scaling to realistic astrophysical parameters suggests that disks around both protostars and stellar mass black holes have $\Rmag >> \Rmagc$. Thus, we suggest that the strong $\Prandtl$ dependence seen in recent simulations does not occur in real systems.

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