Magnetorotational instability and dynamo action in gravito-turbulent astrophysical discs
Magnetorotational instability and dynamo action in gravito-turbulent astrophysical discs
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引力湍流天体物理盘中的磁旋转不稳定性和发电机作用
DOI：
10.1093/mnras/stx2455
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
H. Latter
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作者：
A. Riols;H. Latter
虽然通常被孤立地对待，磁旋转和引力不稳定性（MRI和GI）可能在原行星盘和活动星系核的某些半径和演化阶段重合。它们之间的相互作用可以深刻地影响几个重要的过程，如吸积变化和爆发，碎裂和盘截断，或大规模磁场的产生。这两种不稳定性的直接数值模拟在计算上是具有挑战性的，并且仍然相对未被探索。在本文中，我们的目标是纠正这种忽视通过一组三维垂直分层剪切盒模拟，结合自重力和磁场。我们发现，重力湍流大大削弱了零净通量MRI。在有效冷却（从而增强GI）的极限下，MRI被完全抑制，但强磁场仍由重力湍流维持。这种动荡的“螺旋波”发电机可能有广泛的应用，特别是在星系盘。最后，我们提出了初步的工作表明，一个强大的净垂直通量复苏的MRI和支持磁主导的状态，其中GI是次要的。
Though usually treated in isolation, the magnetorotational and gravitational instabilities (MRI and GI) may coincide at certain radii and evolutionary stages of protoplanetary discs and active galactic nuclei. Their mutual interactions could profoundly influence several important processes, such as accretion variability and outbursts, fragmentation and disc truncation, or large-scale magnetic field production. Direct numerical simulations of both instabilities are computationally challenging and remain relatively unexplored. In this paper, we aim to redress this neglect via a set of 3D vertically stratified shearing-box simulations, combining self-gravity and magnetic fields. We show that gravito-turbulence greatly weakens the zero-net-flux MRI. In the limit of efficient cooling (and thus enhanced GI), the MRI is completely suppressed, and yet strong magnetic fields are sustained by the gravitoturbulence. This turbulent `spiral wave' dynamo may have widespread application, especially in galactic discs. Finally, we present preliminary work showing that a strong net-vertical-flux revives the MRI and supports a magnetically dominated state, in which the GI is secondary.