Self-similar solutions of viscous and resistive ADAFs with thermal conduction

DOI10.1007/S10509-011-0952-YzbMATH Open1238.85015arXiv1112.2678OpenAlexW3102685935MaRDI QIDQ422295FDOQ422295

Authors: Kazem Faghei 

Publication date: 16 May 2012

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We have studied the effects of thermal conduction on the structure of viscous and resistive advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs). The importance of thermal conduction on hot accretion flow is confirmed by observations of hot gas that surrounds Sgr A${}^{\ast }$ and a few other nearby galactic nuclei. In this research, thermal conduction is studied by a saturated form of it, as is appropriated for weakly-collisional systems. It is assumed the viscosity and the magnetic diffusivity are due to turbulence and dissipation in the flow. The viscosity also is due to angular momentum transport. Here, the magnetic diffusivity and the kinematic viscosity are not constant and vary by position and $alpha$-prescription is used for them. The govern equations on system have been solved by the steady self-similar method. The solutions show the radial velocity is highly subsonic and the rotational velocity behaves sub-Keplerian. The rotational velocity for a specific value of the thermal conduction coefficient becomes zero. This amount of conductivity strongly depends on magnetic pressure fraction, magnetic Prandtl number, and viscosity parameter. Comparison of energy transport by thermal conduction with the other energy mechanisms implies that thermal conduction can be a significant energy mechanism in resistive and magnetized ADAFs. This property is confirmed by non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2678

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zbMATH Keywords

conductionaccretion, accretion discsmagnetohydrodynamics: MHD

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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