1997/11/26 by Chun-yu Ma, Chunyu Ma, Ma, Chun-yu +3
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9711308
19 pages, 5 eps figures, uses aasms4.sty, accepted to A&A
arxiv created 1997/11/26 · openalex publication_date 1997/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We add the α- effect in the dynamo driven accretion disk model proposed by Tout & Pringle (1992), i.e., a dynamo model depends on the physical processes such as Parker instability, Balbus-Hawley instability, magnetic field reconnection and α-ω mean field dynamo as well. The α- effect in the dynamo mechanism is determined by the strength of turbulence of the accretion flow. When the turbulent Mach number Mt is less than 0.25, the solutions of the magnetic fields oscillate around their equilibrium values. The increase of the value of Mt makes the amplitude of the oscillation smaller and the period longer, but does not affect the equilibrium values. The Shakura-Sunyaev viscosity parameter αSS oscillates around the equilibrium value of 0.33. When the turbulent Mach number Mt is larger than 0.25, the magnetic field components reach a stable state. In the non-linear dynamo region, the critical turbulent Mach number Mt is 0.44 rather than 0.25. The oscillating magnetic fields and viscosity parameter can explain the basic properties of the dwarf nova eruptions and some properties of quiescent disks (Armitage et al. 1996).