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A Cosmic Battery Reconsidered | | G.S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
; R.V.E. Lovelace
; V.A. Belinski (Space Research Institute
; Russian Academy of Sciences
; Moscow
; Russia
; Department of Astronomy
; Cornell University
; Ithaca
; NY
; National Institute of Nuclear physics
; International Center of Relativistic Astrophysics
; Rome
; Italy
; Institute des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques
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22 Jul 2002 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 580 (2002) 380-388 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, National Institute of Nuclear physics (INFN) and International Center of Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), Rome, Italy and | | Abstract: | We revisit the problem of magnetic field generation in accretion flows onto black holes owing to the excess radiation force on electrons. This excess force may arise from the Poynting-Robertson effect. Instead of a recent claim of the generation of dynamically important magnetic fields, we establish the validity of earlier results from 1977 which show only small magnetic fields are generated. The radiative force causes the magnetic field to initially grow linearly with time. However, this linear growth holds for only a {it restricted} time interval which is of the order of the accretion time of the matter. The large magnetic fields recently found result from the fact that the linear growth is unrestricted. A model of the Poynting-Robertson magnetic field generation close to the horizon of a Schwarzschild black hole is solved exactly using General Relativity, and the field is also found to be dynamically insignificant. These weak magnetic fields may however be important as seed fields for dynamos. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0207476 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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