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Large scale magnetic fields in discs: jets and reconnection X-winds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Jonathan Ferreira ,
Nicolas Bessolaz ,
Claudio Zanni  and
Céline Combet
Jonathan Ferreira
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, F-38041 Grenoble, France email: Jonathan.Ferreira@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Nicolas Bessolaz
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, F-38041 Grenoble, France email: Jonathan.Ferreira@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Claudio Zanni
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, F-38041 Grenoble, France email: Jonathan.Ferreira@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Céline Combet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, F-38041 Grenoble, France email: Jonathan.Ferreira@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
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Abstract

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In this contribution we first briefly review our current knowledge on the physics of accretion discs driving self-confined jets. It will be shown that a large scale magnetic field is expected to thread the innermost disc regions, giving rise to a transition from an outer standard accretion disc to an inner jet emitting disc. We then report new progresses on the theory of star-disc interaction, allowing to explain the formation of accretion funnel flows with stellar dipole fields consistent with observational constraints. Such a connection is now not only probed by modern observations but it is also requested for spinning down protostars, which are known to be both actively accreting and contracting. This spin down most probably relies on the angular momentum removal by ejection. Two such scenarios will be addressed here, namely “accretion-powered stellar winds” (Matt & Pudritz 2005) and “Reconnection X-winds” (Ferreira, Pelletier & Appl 2000). The latter can slow down a protostar on time scales shorter or comparable to the embedded phase. It will be shown that these two scenarios are not incompatible and that transitions from one to another may even occur as they mainly depend on the stellar dynamo.

Keywords

Accretion discsmagnetohydrodynamicsstars: pre-main sequencestars: magnetic fieldsstars: rotationISM: jets and outflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S243: Star-Disk Interaction in Young Stars , May 2007 , pp. 307 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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