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来自盘-磁层边界喷流的磁发射和准直:2.5维MHD模拟

Magnetic launching and collimation of jets from the disk-magnetosphere boundary: 2.5D MHD simulations

Patrick S Lii, Marina M. Romanova, Richard V. Lovelace

摘要:

我们使用轴对称磁流体动力学(MHD)模拟来研究吸积磁化恒星的磁盘磁层边界出现的射流的发射和准直。我们的分析表明,物质从吸积盘的内缘流入喷流。它沿着从磁盘向上延伸的磁力线被磁加速,同时被磁箍缩力准直。在我们用于分析的参考运行中,射流中的物质穿过盘上方几个R_* 的Alfvén表面和盘上方~13 R_* 的快磁声表面。在更大的距离上,磁压力比总物质压力小几倍,但磁力继续加速和校准喷流。在稳定状态下,我们观察到的物质喷射吸积比约为0.2。在不同的模拟运行中,我们在模拟区域的顶部测量了Θ \approx 4°和20°之间的半开角范围,这取决于流出物中的磁化程度。我们考虑的情况下,恒星经历时代的高吸积(如EXOR,FUOR,和CTTS)的恒星磁层强烈压缩的传入吸积盘。对于一个典型的EXor(质量为0.8 M_sun,半径为2 R_sun),以~10^-5 M_sun/yr的速度吸积,我们测量了喷流的极向速度,范围从喷流外缘的30 km/s到喷流内缘的260 km/s以上。总的来说,这些模型可以应用于各种磁化恒星--白矮星、中子星和棕矮星--它们表现出高吸积周期。

英文摘要:

We use axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to investigate the launching and collimation of jets emerging from the disk-magnetosphere boundary of accreting magnetized stars. Our analysis shows that the matter flows into the jet from the inner edge of the accretion disk. It is magnetically accelerated along field lines extending up from the disk and simultaneously collimated by the magnetic pinch force. In the reference run which we use for analysis, the matter in the jet crosses the Alfvén surface a few R_* above the disk and the fast magnetosonic surface ~13 R_* above the disk. At larger distances, the magnetic pressure is a few times smaller than the total matter pressure but the magnetic force continues to accelerate and collimate the jet. In steady state, we observe a matter ejection-to-accretion ratio of ~0.2. Across different simulation runs, we measure a range of half-opening angles between Θ \approx 4° and 20° at the top of the simulation region, depending on the degree of magnetization in the outflow. We consider the case of stars undergoing epochs of high accretion (such as EXors, FUORs, and CTTSs) where the stellar magnetosphere is strongly compressed by the incoming accretion disk. For a typical EXor (mass 0.8 M_sun, radius 2 R_sun) accreting at ~10^-5 M_sun/yr, we measure poloidal velocities in the jet ranging from 30 km/s on the outer edge of the jet to more than 260 km/s on the inner edge. In general, the models can be applied to a variety of magnetized stars--white dwarfs, neutron stars, and brown dwarfs--which exhibit periods of high accretion.

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