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## Nonaxisymmetric magnetorotational instability in ideal and viscous plasmas

MIKHAILOVSKII, A. B.; LOMINADZE, J. G.; Galvao, Ricardo Magnus Osorio; CHURIKOV, A. P.; EROKHIN, N. N.; SMOLYAKOV, A. I.; TSYPIN, V. S.
Fonte: AMER INST PHYSICS Publicador: AMER INST PHYSICS
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The excitation of magnetorotational instability (MRI) in rotating laboratory plasmas is investigated. In contrast to astrophysical plasmas, in which gravitation plays an important role, in laboratory plasmas it can be neglected and the plasma rotation is equilibrated by the pressure gradient. The analysis is restricted to the simple model of a magnetic confinement configuration with cylindrical symmetry, in which nonaxisymmetric perturbations are investigated using the local approximation. Starting from the simplest case of an ideal plasma, the corresponding dispersion relations are derived for more complicated models including the physical effects of parallel and perpendicular viscosities. The Friemann-Rotenberg approach used for ideal plasmas is generalized for the viscous model and an analytical expression for the instability boundary is obtained. It is shown that, in addition to the standard effect of radial derivative of the rotation frequency (the Velikhov effect), which can be destabilizing or stabilizing depending on the sign of this derivative in the ideal plasma, there is a destabilizing effect proportional to the fourth power of the rotation frequency, or, what is the same, to the square of the plasma pressure gradient, and to the square of the azimuthal mode number of the perturbations. It is shown that the instability boundary also depends on the product of the plasma pressure and density gradients...

## Contributions to the theory of magnetorotational instability and waves in a rotating plasma

MIKHAILOVSKII, A. B.; LOMINADZE, J. G.; CHURIKOV, A. P.; TSYPIN, V. S.; EROKHIN, N. N.; EROKHIN, N. S.; KONOVALOV, S. V.; PASHITSKII, E. A.; STEPANOV, A. V.; VLADIMIROV, S. V.; Galvao, Ricardo Magnus Osorio
Fonte: MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER Publicador: MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
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The one-fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory of magnetorotational instability (MRI) in an ideal plasma is presented. The theory predicts the possibility of MRI for arbitrary 0, where 0 is the ratio of the plasma pressure to the magnetic field pressure. The kinetic theory of MRI in a collisionless plasma is developed. It is demonstrated that as in the ideal MHD, MRI can occur in such a plasma for arbitrary P. The mechanism of MRI is discussed; it is shown that the instability appears because of a perturbed parallel electric field. The electrodynamic description of MRI is formulated under the assumption that the dispersion relation is expressed in terms of the permittivity tensor; general properties of this tensor are analyzed. It is shown to be separated into the nonrotational and rotational parts. With this in mind, the first step for incorporation of MRI into the general theory of plasma instabilities is taken. The rotation effects on Alfven waves are considered.

## Angular Momentum Transport and Variability in Boundary Layers of Accretion Disks Driven by Global Acoustic Modes

Belyaev, Mikhail A.; Rafikov, Roman R.; Stone, James M.
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Disk accretion onto a weakly magnetized central object, e.g. a star, is inevitably accompanied by the formation of a boundary layer near the surface, in which matter slows down from the highly supersonic orbital velocity of the disk to the rotational velocity of the star. We perform high resolution 2D hydrodynamical simulations in the equatorial plane of an astrophysical boundary layer with the goal of exploring the dynamics of non-axisymmetric structures that form there. We generically find that the supersonic shear in the boundary layer excites non-axisymmetric quasi-stationary acoustic modes that are trapped between the surface of the star and a Lindblad resonance in the disk. These modes rotate in a prograde fashion, are stable for hundreds of orbital periods, and have a pattern speed that is less than and of order the rotational velocity at the inner edge of the disk. The origin of these intrinsically global modes is intimately related to the operation of a corotation amplifier in the system. Dissipation of acoustic modes in weak shocks provides a universal mechanism for angular momentum and mass transport even in purely hydrodynamic (i.e. non-magnetized) boundary layers. We discuss the possible implications of these trapped modes for explaining the variability seen in accreting compact objects.; Comment: 41 pages...

## Waves and Instabilities in Accretion Disks: MHD Spectroscopic Analysis

Keppens, R.; Casse, F.; Goedbloed, J. P.
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A complete analytical and numerical treatment of all magnetohydrodynamic waves and instabilities for radially stratified, magnetized accretion disks is presented. The instabilities are a possible source of anomalous transport. While recovering results on known hydrodynamicand both weak- and strong-field magnetohydrodynamic perturbations, the full magnetohydrodynamic spectra for a realistic accretion disk model demonstrates a much richer variety of instabilities accessible to the plasma than previously realized. We show that both weakly and strongly magnetized accretion disks are prone to strong non-axisymmetric instabilities.The ability to characterize all waves arising in accretion disks holds great promise for magnetohydrodynamic spectroscopic analysis.; Comment: FOM-Institute for plasma physics "Rijnhuizen", Nieuwegein, the Netherlands 12 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJL

## The Formation and Structure of a Strongly Magnetized Corona above Weakly Magnetized Accretion Disks

Miller, K. A.; Stone, J. M.
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We use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations to study the formation of a corona above an initially weakly magnetized, isothermal accretion disk. We also describe a modification to time-explicit numerical algorithms for MHD which enables us to evolve highly stratified disks for many orbital times. We find that MHD turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) produces strong amplification of weak fields within two scale heights of the disk midplane in a few orbital times. About 25 % of the magnetic energy generated by the MRI within two scale heights escapes due to buoyancy, producing a strongly magnetized corona above the disk. Most of the buoyantly rising magnetic energy is dissipated between 3 and 5 scale heights, suggesting the corona will also be hot. The average vertical disk structure consists of a weakly magnetized turbulent core below a strongly magnetized corona which is stable to the MRI. The largescale field structure in both the disk and corona is toroidal. The functional form of the stress is flat within two scale heights, but proportional to the density above two scale heights. For initially weak uniform vertical fields, we find the exponential growth of magnetic field via axisymmetric vertical modes of the MRI produces strongly buoyant sheets of magnetic energy which break the disk apart into horizontal channels. These channels rise several scale heights vertically before the onset of the Parker instability distorts the sheets and allows matter to flow back towards the midplane and reform a disk. We suggest this evolution may be relevant to the dynamical processes which disrupt the inner regions of a disk when it interacts with a strongly magnetized central object.; Comment: 30 pages...

## Magneto-rotational overstability in accretion disks

Blokland, J. W. S.; van der Swaluw, E.; Keppens, R.; Goedbloed, J. P.
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We present analytical and numerical studies of magnetorotational instabilities occuring in magnetized accretion disks. In these studies we make use of the linearised compressible MHD equations. These calculations are performed for general radially stratified disks in the cylindrical limit. In particular, we investigate the influence of nonvanishing toroidal magnetic field component on the growth rate and oscillation frequency of magnetorotational instabilities in Keplerian disks. We find the persistence of these instabilities in accretion disks close to equipartition. Our calculations show that these eigenmodes become overstable (complex eigenvalue), due to the presence of a toroidal magnetic field component, while their growth rate reduces slightly. Furthermore, we demonstrate the presence of magneto-rotational overstabilities in weakly magnetized sub-Keplerian rotating disks. We show that the growth rate scales with the rotation frequency of the disk. These eigenmodes also have a nonzero oscillation frequency, due to the presence of the dominant toroidal magnetic field component. The overstable character of the MRI increases as the rotation frequency of the disk decreases.; Comment: 11 pager, 18 Postscript figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

## Convective magneto-rotational instabilities in accretion disks

van der Swaluw, Eric; Blokland, Jan-Willem; Keppens, Rony
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We present a study of instabilities occuring in thick magnetized accretion disks. We calculate the growth rates of these instabilities and characterise precisely the contribution of the magneto-rotational and the convective mechanism. All our calculations are performed in radially stratified disks in the cylindrical limit. The numerical calculations are performed using the appropriate local dispersion equation solver discussed in Blokland et al. (2005). A comparison with recent results by Narayan et al. (2002) shows excellent agreement with their approximate growth rates only if the disks are weakly magnetized. However, for disks close to equipartition, the dispersion equation from Narayan et al. (2002) loses its validity. Our calculations allow for a quantitative determination of the increase of the growth rate due to the magneto-rotational mechanism. We find that the increase of the growth rate for long wavelength convective modes caused by this mechanism is almost neglible. On the other hand, the growth rate of short wavelength instabilities can be significantly increased by this mechanism, reaching values up to 60%.; Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

## Transonic Magnetic Slim Accretion Disks and kilo-Hertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

Lai, Dong
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The inner regions of accretion disks of weakly magnetized neutron stars are affected by general relativity and stellar magnetic fields. Even for field strengths sufficiently small so that there is no well-defined magnetosphere surrounding the neutron star, there is still a region in the disk where magnetic field stress plays an important dynamical role. We construct magnetic slim disk models appropriate for neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) which incorporate both effects (GR and magnetic fields). The B-field--disk interaction is treated in a phenomenological manner, allowing for both closed and open field configurations. We show that even for surface magnetic fields as weak as $10^7-10^8$ G, the sonic point of the accretion flow can be significantly modified from the pure GR value (near $6M$). We derive an approximate analytical expression for the sonic radius and show that it mainly depends on the surface field strength $B_0$ and mass accretion rate $\dot M$ through the ratio $b^2\propto B_0^2/\dot M$. The sonic radius thus obtained approaches the usual Alfven radius for high $b^2$, and asymptotes to $6M$ as $b^2\to 0$. We therefore suggest that for neutron stars in LMXBs, the distinction between the disk sonic radius and the magnetospheric radius may not exist. We apply our theoretical results to the kHz QPOs observed in the X-ray fluxes of LMXBs. If these QPOs are associated with the orbital frequency at the inner radius of the disk...

## Formation of Spiral-Arm Spurs and Bound Clouds in Vertically Stratified Galactic Gas Disks

Kim, Woong-Tae; Ostriker, Eve C.
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(Abridged) We investigate the growth of spiral-arm substructure in vertically stratified, self-gravitating, galactic gas disks, using local numerical MHD simulations. Our new models extend our previous 2D studies (Kim & Ostriker 2002), which showed that a magnetized spiral shock in a thin disk can undergo magneto-Jeans instability (MJI), resulting in interarm spur structures and massive fragments. Similar spur features have recently been seen in high-resolution observations of several galaxies. Here, we consider two sets of numerical models: 2D models that use a thick-disk gravitational kernel, and 3D runs with explicit vertical stratification. When disks are sufficiently magnetized and self-gravitating, the result in both sorts of models is the growth of spiral-arm substructure similar to that in our previous razor-thin models. Reduced self-gravity in thick disks increases the spur spacing to ~10 times the Jeans length at the arm peak. Bound clouds that form from spur fragmentation have masses ~(1-3)x10^7 Msun each, a factor ~3-8 times larger than in razor-thin models with the same gas surface density and stellar spiral arm strength. We find that unmagnetized or weakly magnetized 2D models are unstable to the wiggle instability (WI) previously identified by Wada & Koda (2004)...

## Large scale magnetic fields in viscous resistive accretion disks. I. Ejection from weakly magnetized disks

Murphy, Gareth C.; Ferreira, Jonathan; Zanni, Claudio
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Cold steady-state disk wind theory from near Keplerian accretion disks requires a large scale magnetic field at near equipartition strength. However the minimum magnetization has never been tested. We investigate the time evolution of an accretion disk threaded by a weak vertical magnetic field. The strength of the field is such that the disk magnetization falls off rapidly with radius. Four 2.5D numerical simulations of viscous resistive accretion disk are performed using the magnetohydrodynamic code PLUTO. In these simulations, a mean field approach is used and turbulence is assumed to give rise to anomalous transport coefficients (alpha prescription). The large scale magnetic field introduces only a small perturbation to the disk structure, with accretion driven by the dominant viscous torque. A super fast magnetosonic jet is observed to be launched from the innermost regions and remains stationary over more than 953 Keplerian orbits. The self-confined jet is launched from a finite radial zone in the disk which remains constant over time. Ejection is made possible because the magnetization reaches unity at the disk surface, due to the steep density decrease. However, no ejection is reported when the midplane magnetization becomes too small. The asymptotic jet velocity remains nevertheless too low to explain observed jets due to the negligible power carried away by the jet. Astrophysical disks with superheated surface layers could drive analogous outflows even if their midplane magnetization is low. Sufficient angular momentum would be extracted by the turbulent viscosity to allow the accretion process to continue. The magnetized outflows would be no more than byproducts...

## Does Magnetic Field-Rotation Misalignment Solve the Magnetic Braking Catastrophe in Protostellar Disk Formation?

Li, Zhi-Yun; Krasnopolsky, Ruben; Shang, Hsien
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Stars form in dense cores of molecular clouds that are observed to be significantly magnetized. In the simplest case of a laminar (non-turbulent) core with the magnetic field aligned with the rotation axis, both analytic considerations and numerical simulations have shown that the formation of a large, $10^2\au$-scale, rotationally supported protostellar disk is suppressed by magnetic braking in the ideal MHD limit for a realistic level of core magnetization. This theoretical difficulty in forming protostellar disks is termed "magnetic braking catastrophe". A possible resolution to this problem, proposed by \citeauthor{HennebelleCiardi2009} and \citeauthor{Joos+2012}, is that misalignment between the magnetic field and rotation axis may weaken the magnetic braking enough to enable disk formation. We evaluate this possibility quantitatively through numerical simulations. We confirm the basic result of \citeauthor{Joos+2012} that the misalignment is indeed conducive to disk formation. In relatively weakly magnetized cores with dimensionless mass-to-flux ratio $\gtrsim 5$, it enabled the formation of rotationally supported disks that would otherwise be suppressed if the magnetic field and rotation axis are aligned. For more strongly magnetized cores...

## Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion Disks around a Weakly Magnetized Neutron Star in Strong Gravity

Kato, Y.; Hayashi, H. R.; Miyaji, S.; Matsumoto, R.
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We carried out two dimensional high-resolution magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of an accretion disk around a weakly magnetized neutron star. General relativistic effects are taken into account by using pseudo-Newtonian potential of Pacz\'{y}nski, B., P. J. Witta (1980). When magnetic loops connect the neutron star and the accretion disk, the twist injection from the disk or from the rotating neutron star triggers expansion of the loops. Since the expanding magnetic loops prevent inflow toward the magnetic poles of the neutron star, disk matter accumulates on the boundary between the magnetosphere and the disk. Magnetic reconnection taking place in the loops creates a channel along which the disk matter can accrete and unloads the magnetosphere. This process produces quasi-periodic variation of the accretion flow in the innermost region of the disk. We found two kinds of oscillations. One is the magnetospheric oscillation regulated by magnetic reconnection. The other is the radial disk oscillation. The typical frequency of the oscillations is 100 Hz to 2 kHz. Furthermore, we predict that QPO sources inevitably accompany X-ray flares by magnetic reconnection and bipolar outflows of hot X-ray emitting plasma similar to the optical jets in protostars.; Comment: 5 pages...

## Local Dynamical Instabilities in Magnetized, Radiation Pressure Supported Accretion Disks

Blaes, Omer; Socrates, Aristotle
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We present a general linear dispersion relation which describes the coupled behavior of magnetorotational, photon bubble, and convective instabilities in weakly magnetized, differentially rotating accretion disks. We presume the accretion disks to be geometrically thin and supported vertically by radiation pressure. We fully incorporate the effects of a nonzero radiative diffusion length on the linear modes. In an equilibrium with purely vertical magnetic field, the vertical magnetorotational modes are completely unaffected by compressibility, stratification, and radiative diffusion. However, in the presence of azimuthal fields, which are expected in differentially rotating flows, the growth rate of all magnetorotational modes can be reduced substantially below the orbital frequency. This occurs if diffusion destroys radiation sound waves on the length scale of the instability, and the magnetic energy density of the azimuthal component exceeds the non-radiative thermal energy density. While sluggish in this case, the magnetorotational instability still persists and will still tap the free energy of the differential rotation. Photon bubble instabilities are generically present in radiation pressure dominated flows where diffusion is present. We show that their growth rates are limited to a maximum value which is reached at short wavelengths where the modes may be viewed as unstable slow magnetosonic waves. We also find that vertical radiation pressure destabilizes upward propagating fast waves...

## Precession of Magnetically Driven Warped Disks and Low-Frequency QPOs in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

Shirakawa, Akiko; Lai, Dong
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An accretion disk around a rotating magnetized star is subjected to magnetic torques which induce disk warping and precession. These torques arise from interactions between the stellar field and the induced surface currents on the disk. Applying these new effects to weakly magnetized ($B\sim 10^7-10^9$G) neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, we study the global hydrodynamical warping/precession modes of the disk under the combined influences of relativistic frame dragging, classical precession due to the oblateness of the neutron star, and the magnetic torques. Under quite general conditions, the magnetic warping torque can overcome the Bardeen-Petterson'' viscous damping and makes the modes grow. The modes are confined to the inner region of the disk, and have frequencies close to the sum of the Lense-Thirring frequency, the classical precession frequency, and the magnetically driven precession frequency evaluated at the inner disk radius $r_{in}$. As $\dot M$ increases, the mode frequency is reduced relative to the total precession frequency at $r_{in}$ since the mode is less concentrated around $r_{in}$ due to the increasing viscous stress associated with the large $\dot M$. Because of this, and because the magnetically driven precession is retrograde and depends strongly on $\dot M$...

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

Fromang, Sebastien; Balbus, Steven A.; Terquem, Caroline; De Villiers, Jean-Pierre
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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 subject to the development of both the magnetorotational and gravitational instabilities, which transport angular momentum outward. As in previous studies, our hydrodynamical simulations show the growth of strong m=2 spiral structure. This spiral disturbance drives matter toward the central object and disappears when the Toomre parameter Q has increased well above unity. When a weak magnetic field is present as well, the magnetorotational instability grows and leads to turbulence. In that case, the strength of the gravitational stress tensor is lowered by a factor of about~2 compared to the hydrodynamical run and oscillates periodically, reaching very small values at its minimum. We attribute this behavior to the presence of a second spiral mode with higher pattern speed than the one which dominates in the hydrodynamical simulations. It is apparently excited by the high frequency motions associated with MHD turbulence. The nonlinear coupling between these two spiral modes gives rise to a stress tensor that oscillates with a frequency which is a combination of the frequencies of each of the modes. This interaction between MHD turbulence and gravitational instabilities therefore results in a smaller mass accretion rate onto the central object.; Comment: 31 pages...

## Collisions between Dark Matter Confined High Velocity Clouds and Magnetized Galactic Disks: The Smith Cloud

Galyardt, Jason; Shelton, Robin L.
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The Galaxy's population of High Velocity Clouds (HVCs) may include a subpopulation that is confined by dark matter minihalos and falling toward the Galactic disk. We present the first magnetohydrodynamic simulational study of dark matter-dominated HVCs colliding with a weakly magnetized galactic disk. Our HVCs have baryonic masses of $5 \times 10^6\,$M$_{\odot}$ and dark matter minihalo masses of 0, $3 \times 10^8$, or $1 \times 10^9\,$M$_{\odot}$. They are modeled on the Smith Cloud, which is said to have collided with the disk 70 Myr ago. We find that, in all cases, the cloud's collision with the galactic disk creates a hole in the disk, completely disperses the cloud, and forms a bubble-shaped structure on the far side of the disk. In contrast, when present, the dark matter minihalo continues unimpeded along its trajectory. Later, as the minihalo passes through the bubble structure and galactic halo, it accretes up to $6.0 \times 10^5\,$M$_{\odot}$ in baryonic material, depending on the strengths of the magnetic field and minihalo gravity. These simulations suggest that if the Smith Cloud is associated with a dark matter minihalo and collided with the Galactic disk, the minihalo has accreted the observed gas. However, if the Smith Cloud is dark matter-free...

## Vertical Structure of Magnetized Accretion Disks around Young Stars

Lizano, S.; Tapia, C.; Boehler, Y.; D'Alessio, P.
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We model the vertical structure of magnetized accretion disks subject to viscous and resistive heating, and irradiation by the central star. We apply our formalism to the radial structure of magnetized accretion disks threaded by a poloidal magnetic field dragged during the process of star formation developed by Shu and coworkers. We consider disks around low mass protostars, T Tauri, and FU Orionis stars. We consider two levels of disk magnetization, $\lambda_{sys} = 4$ (strongly magnetized disks), and $\lambda_{sys} = 12$ (weakly magnetized disks). The rotation rates of strongly magnetized disks have large deviations from Keplerian rotation. In these models, resistive heating dominates the thermal structure for the FU Ori disk. The T Tauri disk is very thin and cold because it is strongly compressed by magnetic pressure; it may be too thin compared with observations. Instead, in the weakly magnetized disks, rotation velocities are close to Keplerian, and resistive heating is always less than 7\% of the viscous heating. In these models, the T Tauri disk has a larger aspect ratio, consistent with that inferred from observations. All the disks have spatially extended hot atmospheres where the irradiation flux is absorbed, although most of the mass ($\sim 90-95$ \%) is in the disk midplane. With the advent of ALMA one expects direct measurements of magnetic fields and their morphology at disk scales. It will then be possible to determine the mass-to-flux ratio of magnetized accretion disks around young stars...

## Radially Extended, Stratified, Local Models of Isothermal Disks

Guan, Xiaoyue; Gammie, Charles F.
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We consider local, stratified, numerical models of isothermal accretion disks. The novel feature of our treatment is that radial extent L_x and azimuthal extent L_y satisfy H << L_x, L_y << R, where H is the scale height and R is the local radius. This enables us to probe mesoscale structure in stratified thin disks. We evolve the model at several resolutions, sizes, and initial magnetic field strengths. Consistent with earlier work, we find that the saturated, turbulent state consists of a weakly magnetized disk midplane coupled to a strongly magnetized corona, with a transition at |z| ~ 2H. The saturated \alpha ~ 0.01 - 0.02. A two-point correlation function analysis reveals that the central 4H of the disk is dominated by small scale turbulence that is statistically similar to unstratified disk models, while the coronal magnetic fields are correlated on scales ~ 10 H. Nevertheless angular momentum transport through the corona is small. A study of magnetic field loops in the corona reveals few open field lines and predominantly toroidal loops with a characteristic distance between footpoints that is ~ H. Finally we find quasi-periodic oscillations with characteristic timescale ~ 30 \Omega^{-1} in the magnetic field energy density. These oscillations are correlated with oscillations in the mean azimuthal field; we present a phenomenological...

## The Stability of Magnetized Rotating Plasmas with Superthermal Fields

Pessah, Martin E.; Psaltis, Dimitrios
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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 around neutron stars and black holes. In this paper, we investigate the local linear stability of differentially rotating, magnetized flows and the evolution of the magnetorotational instability beyond the weak-field limit. We show that, when superthermal toroidal fields are considered, the effects of both compressibility and magnetic tension forces, which are related to the curvature of toroidal field lines, should be taken fully into account. We demonstrate that the presence of a strong toroidal component in the magnetic field plays a non-trivial role. When strong fields are considered, the strength of the toroidal magnetic field not only modifies the growth rates of the unstable modes but also determines which modes are subject to instabilities. We find that, for rotating configurations with Keplerian laws, the magnetorotational instability is stabilized at low wavenumbers for toroidal Alfven speeds exceeding the geometric mean of the sound speed and the rotational speed. We discuss the significance of our findings for the stability of cold, magnetically dominated...

## Two timescale dispersal of magnetized protoplanetary disks

Armitage, Philip J.; Simon, Jacob B.; Martin, Rebecca G.