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Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Accretion Discs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

U. Torkelsson
Affiliation:
Chalmers University of Technology/Göteborg University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics Group, S-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
A. Brandenburg
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.
Å. Nordlund
Affiliation:
Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
R. F. Stein
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We present results from numerical simulations of magneto-hydrodynamic turbulence in accretion discs. Our simulations show that the turbulent stresses that drive the accretion are less stratified than the matter; thus, the surface layers are more strongly heated than the interior of the disc.

Type
Part I: Talks
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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