Self-gravitating magnetized tori around black holes in general relativity

Patryk Mach, Sergio Gimeno-Soler, José A. Font, Andrzej Odrzywołek, and Michał Piróg
Phys. Rev. D 99, 104063 – Published 29 May 2019

Abstract

We investigate stationary, self-gravitating, magnetized disks (or tori) around black holes. The models are obtained by numerically solving the coupled system of the Einstein equations and the equations of ideal general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics. The mathematical formulation and numerical aspects of our approach are similar to those reported in previous works modeling stationary self-gravitating perfect-fluid tori, but the inclusion of magnetic fields represents a new ingredient. Following previous studies of purely hydrodynamical configurations, we construct our models assuming Keplerian rotation in the disks and both spinning and spinless black holes. We focus on the case of a toroidal distribution of the magnetic field and build a large set of models corresponding to a wide range of values of the magnetization parameter, starting with weakly magnetized disks and ending at configurations in which the magnetic pressure dominates over the thermal one. In all our models, the magnetic field affects the equilibrium structure of the torus mainly due to the magnetic pressure. In particular, an increasing contribution of the magnetic field shifts the location of the maximum of the rest-mass density towards inner regions of the disk. The total mass of the system and the angular momentum are affected by the magnetic field in a complex way, that depends on the black hole spin and the location of the inner radius of the disk. The nonlinear dynamical stability analysis of the solutions presented in this paper will be reported elsewhere.

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  • Received 25 March 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.104063

© 2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & AstrophysicsFluid Dynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Patryk Mach1, Sergio Gimeno-Soler2, José A. Font2,3, Andrzej Odrzywołek1, and Michał Piróg4

  • 1Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiego, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
  • 2Departamento de Astronomia y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjassot, Spain
  • 3Observatori Astronòmic, Universitat de València, José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
  • 4Institut für Theoretische Physik, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Vol. 99, Iss. 10 — 15 May 2019

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