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Dynamo Action in Accretion Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Ulf Torkelsson
Ulf Torkelsson*
Affiliation:
Lund Observatory, Box 43, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden

Abstract

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Employing the standard theory for thin accretion disks I estimate the relevant parameters for a dynamo in an accretion disk. These estimates could then be compared to the results of numerical simulations. Some preliminary results of such simulations (Torkelsson & Brandenburg 1992) are presented too.

Keywords

accretion, accretion disksdynamo(MHD)cataclysmic variablesactive galactic nuclei
Type
5. Magnetic Field Generation in Accretion Disks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 157: The Cosmic Dynamo , 1993 , pp. 209 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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