Published May 11, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

The Accretion-Ejection Mechanisms in X-ray Binaries: an Unified View

  • 1. Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, UMR5571 Universite J. Fourier/CNRS, Observatoire de Grenoble BP53, F-38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France)
  • 2. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO 17 1BJ UK (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, Universite de Toulouse (UPS), CNRS (UMR 5187), 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, BP 44346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4 (France)

Description

We present a new keplerian accretion disc solution, the so-called Jet Emitting Disc (JED hereafter), which is part of global self-consistent disc-jet MHD structure. In our framework, a large scale, organized vertical magnetic field is threading the JED giving birth, when conditions are met, to stationnary self-collimated non relativistic jets. The main condition is that the magnetic pressure Pmag must be of the order of the total pressure Ptot in the JED and a direct consequence is a jet torque largely dominating the viscuous torque. This in turn implies an accretion velocity of the order of the sound speed and then a density much lower than a standard accretion disc. Moreover, most of the accretion power Pacc being extracted by the jet, only part of it (<50%) is liberated in the JED as heating power.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1126
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 181-184
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
2. international Simbol-X symposium
Dates
2-5 Dec 2008
Place
Paris (France)

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41048965
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCRETION DISKS; ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; JETS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SOUND WAVES; TORQUE; VELOCITY; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY RANGE; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; PHYSICS; SPECTRA

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