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Magnetic fields of accretion disks and outflows in prograde and retrograde black holes
Author(s) -
Gnedin Yu.N.,
Piotrovich M.Yu.,
Buliga S.D.,
Natsvlishvili T.M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201211844
Subject(s) - physics , equipartition theorem , astrophysics , outflow , accretion (finance) , black hole (networking) , spin flip , accretion disc , radiative transfer , magnetic field , computer network , routing protocol , routing (electronic design automation) , quantum mechanics , meteorology , computer science , link state routing protocol
We show that for the accretion disk with equipartition between magnetic and radiative pressures, prograde black holes generate outflowing energy in jets more efficiently than retrograde black holes do. Both viscous radiative and irradiative disks provide more efficient outflow jets in the case of a prograde black hole than in the case of a retrograde black hole. Our results confirm the conclusion of Tchekhovskoy & McKinney (2012) that, for the same absolute value of the spin, prograde black holes with geometrically thick accretion disks generate outflows several times more efficiently than retrograde black holes do. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)