Particle Acceleration during Magnetorotational Instability in a Collisionless Accretion Disk
arXiv:1306.6720 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/118
Abstract
Particle acceleration during the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a collisionless accretion disk was investigated by using a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. We discuss the important role that magnetic reconnection plays not only on the saturation of MRI but also on the relativistic particle generation. The plasma pressure anisotropy of $p_{\perp} > p_{\para}$ induced by the action of MRI dynamo leads to rapid growth in magnetic reconnection, resulting in the fast generation of nonthermal particles with a hard power-law spectrum. This efficient particle acceleration mechanism involved in a collisionless accretion disk may be a possible model to explain the origin of high energy particles observed around massive black holes.
41 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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