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亚阿尔文喷流驱动不稳定性的三维相对论磁流体动力学模拟:时间特性

Three-Dimensional Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Current-Driven Instability with A Sub-Alfvenic Jet: Temporal Properties

Yosuke Mizuno, Philip E. Hardee, Ken-Ichi Nishikawa

摘要:

我们研究了速度剪切面对三维无力螺旋磁平衡CD扭结不稳定性的线性和非线性发展的影响。在这项研究中,我们遵循的时间发展周期性的计算框内,并集中在流动的亚Alfvenic圆柱形射流的轴。初始无力螺旋磁场的位移导致CD扭结不稳定性的增长。我们发现,螺旋扭曲的密度结构沿射流传播的速度和流动结构依赖于相对于螺旋扭曲的无力磁场的特征半径的速度剪切面的半径。当剪切面半径较小时,等离子体以最小的扭折传播速度流过扭折。随着速度剪切半径的增加,扭结的传播速度增加,并且扭结变得更加嵌入等离子体流中。减小的磁节距剖面和更快的流动增强了速度剪切的影响。模拟结果表明,连续的横向增长的非线性阶段的不稳定性。CD扭结不稳定性和非线性行为的增长率也依赖于速度剪切面半径和流速,以及磁节距径向轮廓。较大的速度剪切半径导致较慢的线性增长,使一个较晚的过渡到非线性阶段,并具有较大的最大振幅比静态等离子体柱发生。然而,当速度剪切半径远大于螺旋磁场的特征半径时,线性和非线性发展可以类似于静态等离子体柱的发展。

英文摘要:

We have investigated the influence of a velocity shear surface on the linear and non-linear development of the CD kink instability of force-free helical magnetic equilibria in 3D. In this study we follow the temporal development within a periodic computational box and concentrate on flows that are sub-Alfvenic on the cylindrical jet's axis. Displacement of the initial force-free helical magnetic field leads to the growth of CD kink instability. We find that helically distorted density structure propagates along the jet with speed and flow structure dependent on the radius of the velocity shear surface relative to the characteristic radius of the helically twisted force-free magnetic field. At small velocity shear surface radius the plasma flows through the kink with minimal kink propagation speed. The kink propagation speed increases as the velocity shear radius increases and the kink becomes more embedded in the plasma flow. A decreasing magnetic pitch profile and faster flow enhance the influence of velocity shear. Simulations show continuous transverse growth in the nonlinear phase of the instability. The growth rate of the CD kink instability and the nonlinear behavior also depend on the velocity shear surface radius and flow speed, and the magnetic pitch radial profile. Larger velocity shear radius leads to slower linear growth, makes a later transition to the nonlinear stage, and with larger maximum amplitude than occur for a static plasma column. However, when the velocity shear radius is much greater than the characteristic radius of the helical magnetic field, linear and non-linear development can be similar to the development of a static plasma column.

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