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Kinematic Dynamo in Turbulent Circumstellar Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

T. Stepinski
T. Stepinski*
Affiliation:
Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058

Abstract

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Many circumstellar disks associated with objects ranging from protoplanetary nebulae to accretion disks around compact stars allow for the generation of magnetic fields by an αω dynamo. We have applied kinematic dynamo formalism to geometrically thin accretion disks. We calculate, in the framework of an adiabatic approximation, the normal mode solutions for dynamos operating in disks around compact stars. We then describe the criteria for a viable dynamo in protoplanetary nebulae, and discuss the particular features that make accretion disk dynamos different from planetary, stellar, and galactic dynamos.

Keywords

accretion disksprotoplanetary disksαω dynamos
Type
5. Magnetic Field Generation in Accretion Disks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 157: The Cosmic Dynamo , 1993 , pp. 203 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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