11-15 May 2020
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Europe/Berlin timezone

Electric heating in laminar protoplanetary disks

12 May 2020, 11:35
20m
Lecture Hall (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP))

Lecture Hall

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

An der Sternwarte 16 14482 Potsdam, Germany
Oral presentation Main conference Disk Thermodynamics & Magnetothermal Winds

Speaker

William Béthune (University of Tübingen)

Description

Observations point toward weak levels of turbulence in protoplanetary disks, and theoretical studies now focus on magneto-thermal winds rather than MRI turbulence as the main driver of mass accretion. Although MHD turbulence might be quenched, laminar magnetic structures may still transport angular momentum and induce substantial accretion heating inside the disk. Using steady-state radiative MHD models, I will show how magnetic fields can impact the thermal structure of the inner disk despite extremely low ionization fractions.

Primary author

William Béthune (University of Tübingen)

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