The Magnetohydrodynamics of Convection-Dominated Accretion Flows
arXiv:astro-ph/0203026 · doi:10.1086/342159
Abstract
Radiatively inefficient accretion flows onto black holes are unstable due to both an outwardly decreasing entropy (`convection') and an outwardly decreasing rotation rate (the `magnetorotational instability'; MRI). Using a linear magnetohydrodynamic stability analysis, we show that long-wavelength modes are primarily destabilized by the entropy gradient and that such `convective' modes transport angular momentum inwards. Moreover, the stability criteria for the convective modes are the standard Hoiland criteria of hydrodynamics. By contrast, shorter wavelength modes are primarily destabilized by magnetic tension and differential rotation. These `MRI' modes transport angular momentum outwards. The convection-dominated accretion flow (CDAF) model, which has been proposed for radiatively inefficient accretion onto a black hole, posits that inward angular momentum transport and outward energy transport by long-wavelength convective fluctuations are crucial for determining the structure of the accretion flow. Our analysis suggests that the CDAF model is applicable to a magnetohydrodynamic accretion flow provided the magnetic field saturates at a sufficiently sub-equipartition value (plasma beta >> 1), so that long-wavelength convective fluctuations can fit inside the accretion disk. Numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations are required to determine whether such a sub-equipartition field is in fact obtained.
17 pages including 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ. New appendix and figure were added; some changes of the text were made in response to the referees
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