A statistical study of fast magnetic reconnection in turbulent accretion disks and jets. (arXiv:1904.04777v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kadowaki_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Luís H.S. Kadowaki</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Pino_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Medina_Torrejon_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Tania E. Medina-Torrejón</a>
Fast magnetic reconnection events can play an important role in accretion
disk systems. A potential model to explain the non-thermal very-high-energy
(VHE) emission (from GeV to TeV) observed in black-hole binaries (BHBs) and
Active Galatic Nuclei (AGNs) can be attributed to fast magnetic reconnection
induced in the turbulent corona of accretion disks and/or jets. In this work,
we will discuss the results of global general relativistic MHD (GRMHD)
simulations of accretion disks around black holes, whose turbulence is
naturally driven by MHD instabilities, such as the magnetorotational
instability (MRI). We will also present studies of magnetic reconnection driven
by kink instabilities inside jets employing special relativistic MHD (SRMHD)
simulations. As we expect, our simulations reveal the development of a nearly
steady-state turbulence driven by these instabilities. We have performed a
detailed statistical analysis to identify the presence of current sheets in the
turbulent regions of both the accretion flow and jet. We then determined the
magnetic reconnection rates in these locations obtaining average reconnection
velocities in Alfv'{e}n speed units of the order of $0.01-0.7$, which are
consistent with the predictions of the theory of turbulence-induced fast
reconnection.
Fast magnetic reconnection events can play an important role in accretion
disk systems. A potential model to explain the non-thermal very-high-energy
(VHE) emission (from GeV to TeV) observed in black-hole binaries (BHBs) and
Active Galatic Nuclei (AGNs) can be attributed to fast magnetic reconnection
induced in the turbulent corona of accretion disks and/or jets. In this work,
we will discuss the results of global general relativistic MHD (GRMHD)
simulations of accretion disks around black holes, whose turbulence is
naturally driven by MHD instabilities, such as the magnetorotational
instability (MRI). We will also present studies of magnetic reconnection driven
by kink instabilities inside jets employing special relativistic MHD (SRMHD)
simulations. As we expect, our simulations reveal the development of a nearly
steady-state turbulence driven by these instabilities. We have performed a
detailed statistical analysis to identify the presence of current sheets in the
turbulent regions of both the accretion flow and jet. We then determined the
magnetic reconnection rates in these locations obtaining average reconnection
velocities in Alfv'{e}n speed units of the order of $0.01-0.7$, which are
consistent with the predictions of the theory of turbulence-induced fast
reconnection.
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