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Viscous, Resistive Magnetorotational Modes
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan
We carry out a comprehensive analysis of the behavior of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in viscous, resistive plasmas. We find exact, non-linear solutions of the non-ideal…
Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks: Scaling Laws in MRI-driven Turbulence
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
We present a scaling law that predicts the values of the stresses obtained in numerical simulations of saturated MRI-driven turbulence in non-stratified shearing boxes. It relates…
The fundamental difference between shear alpha viscosity and turbulent magnetorotational stresses
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
Numerical simulations of turbulent, magnetized, differentially rotating flows driven by the magnetorotational instability are often used to calculate the effective values of alpha…
A Local Model for Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks Driven by the Magnetorotational Instability
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
We develop a local model for the exponential growth and saturation of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses in turbulent flows driven by the magnetorotational instability. We first der…
The signature of the magnetorotational instability in the Reynolds and Maxwell stress tensors in accretion discs
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
The magnetorotational instability is thought to be responsible for the generation of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that leads to enhanced outward angular momentum transport in acc…
The Stability of Magnetized Rotating Plasmas with Superthermal Fields
Martin E. Pessah, Dimitrios Psaltis
During the last decade it has become evident that the magnetorotational instability is at the heart of the enhanced angular momentum transport in weakly magnetized accretion disks…