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GRMHD模拟中重联电流片的性质

The Properties of Reconnection Current Sheets in GRMHD Simulations of Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows

David Ball, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis, Chi-Kwan Chan, Lorenzo Sironi

摘要:

非理想MHD效应可能在确定黑洞上的辐射低效吸积流的动力学、热性质和观测特征方面发挥重要作用。特别是,粒子加速在磁重联事件可能会影响黑洞的光谱和耀斑性质。我们使用具有代表性的黑洞吸积流的GRMHD模拟来识别和探索电流片作为磁重联的潜在位置的结构和性质。在标准和正常(SANE)磁盘的情况下,我们发现,在重联网站,等离子体β范围从$0.1$到$1000$,磁化范围从$10^{-4}$到$1$,和导场是弱的重联领域相比。在磁制动(MAD)磁盘,我们发现典型的值为等离子体β从$10^{-2}$到$10^3$,磁化从$10^{-3}$到$10$,通常较强的引导场,强度相当于或大于重连场。这些是决定电子能量分布的关键参数,这些电子能量分布是由磁重联引起的,并且可以在等离子体模拟的背景下用于为全局模拟提供微物理输入。我们还发现,在重联区域有充足的磁能,为从银河系中心黑洞观察到的明亮X射线耀斑的能量提供动力。

英文摘要:

Non-ideal MHD effects may play a significant role in determining the dynamics, thermal properties, and observational signatures of radiatively inefficient accretion flows onto black holes. In particular, particle acceleration during magnetic reconnection events may influence black hole spectra and flaring properties. We use representative GRMHD simulations of black hole accretion flows to identify and explore the structures and properties of current sheets as potential sites of magnetic reconnection. In the case of standard and normal (SANE) disks, we find that, in the reconnection sites, the plasma beta ranges from $0.1$ to $1000$, the magnetization ranges from $10^{-4}$ to $1$, and the guide fields are weak compared to the reconnecting fields. In magnetically arrested (MAD) disks, we find typical values for plasma beta from $10^{-2}$ to $10^3$, magnetizations from $10^{-3}$ to $10$, and typically stronger guide fields, with strengths comparable to or greater than the reconnecting fields. These are critical parameters that govern the electron energy distribution resulting from magnetic reconnection and can be used in the context of plasma simulations to provide microphysics inputs to global simulations. We also find that ample magnetic energy is available in the reconnection regions to power the fluence of bright X-ray flares observed from the black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

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