Radiation-magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Flow Formation After a Tidal Disruption Event

Abstract

We perform 3D radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the evolution of the fallback debris after a tidal disruption event. We focus on studying the effects of magnetic fields on the formation and early evolution of the accretion flow. We find that large magnetic fields can increase the debris stream thickness, moderately reducing the efficiency of the radiative acceleration of outflows during the first self-intersecting collisions. As gas accumulates and the collisions happen instead between the infalling stream and the accretion flow, magnetized and nonmagnetized systems evolve similarly at these early times: radiation-driven outflows dominate early after the initial stream-stream collision and a few days later, the accretion rate exceeds the mass outflow rate. We find that the MRI does not play a significant role in angular momentum transport and dissipation. Nor do we find evidence of a magnetocentrifugal driven outflow. Instead, collisions continue to dissipate kinetic energy into radiation that launches outflows and powers TDE luminosities reaching $L\sim 4-6\times 10^{44}$ erg s${}^{-1}$. Shock-driven outflows and inflows redistribute angular momentum throughout the extent ($\sim 50r_s$) of the forming eccentric disk. Even in the presence of magnetic stresses, the accretion flow remains mostly eccentric with $e\sim 0.2-0.3$ for $r\lesssim 8r_s$ and $e\sim 0.4-0.5$ for $10\lesssim r(r_s)\lesssim 50$. Lastly, we find a polar angle-dependent density structure compatible with the viewing-angle effect, along with an additional azimuthal angle dependence established by the collisions.

arXiv comment19 pages, 14 figures, 1 table. Submitted to ApJ. Comments are welcome. Update: 20 pages, 16 figures, 1 table. Published by ApJ

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