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7 papers

astro-ph2004

Evolution of self-gravitating magnetized disks. II- Interaction between MHD turbulence and gravitational instabilities

Sebastien Fromang, Steven A. Balbus, Caroline Terquem +1

We present 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulations of the evolution of self--gravitating and weakly magnetized disks with an adiabatic equation of state. Such disks are…

astro-ph2004

Magnetically Driven Accretion in the Kerr Metric III: Unbound Outflows

Jean-Pierre De Villiers, John F. Hawley, Julian H. Krolik +1

We have carried out fully relativistic numerical simulations of accretion disks in the Kerr metric. In this paper we focus on the unbound outflows that emerge self-consistently fro…

astro-ph2003

Magnetically Driven Accretion Flows in the Kerr Metric II: Structure of the Magnetic Field

Shigenobu Hirose, Julian H. Krolik, Jean-Pierre De Villiers +1

We present a detailed analysis of the magnetic field structure found in general relativistic 3D MHD simulations of accreting tori in the Kerr metric with different black hole spins…

astro-ph2003

Evolution of self-gravitating magnetized disks. I- Axisymmetric simulations

Sebastien Fromang, Steven A. Balbus, Jean-Pierre De Villiers

In this paper and a companion work, we report on the first global numerical simulations of self-gravitating magnetized tori, subject in particular to the influence of the magnetoro…

astro-ph2003

Magnetically Driven Accretion Flows in the Kerr Metric I: Models and Overall Structure

Jean-Pierre De Villiers, John F. Hawley, Julian H. Krolik

This is the first in a series of papers that investigate the properties of accretion flows in the Kerr metric through three-dimensional, general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic si…

astro-ph2003

Global General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Tori

Jean-Pierre De Villiers, John F. Hawley

This paper presents an initial survey of the properties of accretion flows in the Kerr metric from three-dimensional, general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accret…