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Takahiro Kudoh

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arXiv2007

The Origin of Ripples in Cool Cores of Galaxy Clusters: Heating by MHD Waves?

We consider MHD waves as a heating source of cool cores of galaxy clusters. In particular, we focus on transverse waves (Alfven waves), because they can propagate a longer distance than longitudinal waves (sound waves). Using MHD simulations, we found that the transverse waves can stably heat a cool core if the wave period is large enough (>~ 10^8 yr). Moreover, the longitudinal waves that are created as a by-product of the nonlinear evolution of the transverse waves could be observed as the 'ripples' found in cool cores.

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arXiv2006

Nonlinear Hydromagnetic Wave Support of a Stratified Molecular Cloud II: A Parameter Study

We use numerical simulations to study the effect of nonlinear MHD waves in a stratified, self-gravitating molecular cloud that is bounded by a hot and tenuous external medium. In a previous paper, we had shown the details of a standard model and studied the effect of varying the dimensionless amplitude. In this paper, we present the results of varying two other important free parameters: beta_0, the initial ratio of gas to magnetic pressure at the cloud midplane, and the dimensionless frequency of driving. Furthermore, we present the case of a temporally random driving force. Our results demonstrate that a very important consideration for the actual level of turbulent support against gravity is the ratio of driving wavelength lambda_0 to the the size of the initial non-turbulent cloud; maximum cloud expansion is achieved when this ratio is close to unity. The best consistency with the observational correlation of magnetic field strength, turbulent line width, and density is achieved by cloud models with beta_0 approx 1. We also calculate the spatial power spectra of the turbulent clouds, and show that significant power is developed on scales larger than the scale length H_0 of the initial cloud, even if the input wavelength of turbulence lambda_0 approx H_0. The cloud stratification and resulting increase of Alfven speed toward the cloud edge allows for a transfer of energy to wavelengths significantly larger than lambda_0. This explains why the relevant time scale for turbulent dissipation is the crossing time over the cloud scale rather than the crossing time over the driving scale.

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arXiv2004

A Mushroom-shaped Structure from the Impact of a Cloud with the Galactic Disk

We propose that the mushroom-shaped structure of the Galactic worm GW 123.4--1.5 is created by a cloud collision with the Galactic gas disk. A hydrodynamic simulation shows that a mushroom-shaped structure is created after the cloud crosses the Galactic midplane. The lifetime of the mushroom-shaped structure is of order the dynamical time scale of the disk, \sim 10^7 years. We find that the velocities across the cap of the mushroom-shaped structure in the simulation are consistent with the observed values. The simulation also predicts a structure on the opposite side of the Galactic plane which is created by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability after the cloud passes through the disk.

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arXiv2000

Two-Dimensional MHD Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection Triggered by A Supernova Shock in Interstellar Medium, Generation of X-Ray Gas in Galaxy

We examine the magnetic reconnection triggered by a supernova (or a point explosion) in interstellar medium, by performing two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulations with high spatial resolution. We found that the magnetic reconnection starts long after a supernova shock (fast-mode MHD shock) passes a current sheet. The current sheet evolves as follows: (i) Tearing-mode instability is excited by the supernova shock, and the current sheet becomes thin in its nonlinear stage. (ii) The current-sheet thinning is saturated when the current-sheet thickness becomes comparable to that of Sweet-Parker current sheet. After that, Sweet-Parker type reconnection starts, and the current-sheet length increases. (iii) ``Secondary tearing-mode instability'' occurs in the thin Sweet-Parker current sheet. (iv) As a result, further current-sheet thinning occurs and anomalous resistivity sets in, because gas density decreases in the current sheet. Petschek type reconnection starts and heats interstellar gas. Magnetic energy is released quickly while magnetic islands are moving in the current sheet during Petschek type reconnection. The released magnetic energy is determined by the interstellar magnetic field strength, not energy of initial explosion nor distance to explosion. We suggest that magnetic reconnection is a possible mechanism to generate X-ray gas in Galaxy.

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arXiv1999

General Relativistic Simulations of Jet Formation by a Rapidly Rotating Black Hole

Recent observations of Galactic Black Hole Candidates (BHCs) suggest that those that are superluminal jet sources have more rapid black hole spin rates than otherwise normal BHCs. This provides observational support for models of relativistic jet formation that extract rotational energy of the central black hole. To investigate this mechanism, we have developed a new general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic code in Kerr geometry. Here we report on the first numerical simulation of the formation of a relativistic jet in a rapidly-rotating (a=0.95) Kerr black hole magnetosphere. We assume that the initial velocity of the disk is zero. We find that the maximum velocity of the jet reaches 0.93c (Lorentz factor, 2.7) and the terminal velocity of the jet is 0.85c (Lorentz factor, 1.9). On the other hand, for a non-rotating (a=0) Schwarzschild black hole, the maximum outflow velocity is less than 0.6c for initial magnetospheric conditions similar to to those of the Kerr black hole case. These numerical results show the importance of the rapidly rotating black hole for the relativistic jet formation.

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arXiv1999

General Relativistic Simulations of Jet Formation in a Rapidly Rotating Black Hole Magnetosphere

To investigate the formation mechanism of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei and micro-quasars, we have developed a new general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic code in Kerr geometry. Here we report on the first numerical simulation of jet formation in a rapidly-rotating (a=0.95) Kerr black hole magnetosphere. We study cases in which the Keplerian accretion disk is both co-rotating and counter-rotating with respect to the black hole rotation. In the co-rotating disk case, our results are almost the same as those in Schwarzschild black hole cases: a gas pressure-driven jet is formed by a shock in the disk, and a weaker magnetically-driven jet is also generated outside the gas pressure-driven jet. On the other hand, in the counter-rotating disk case, a new powerful magnetically-driven jet is formed inside the gas pressure-driven jet. The newly found magnetically-driven jet in the latter case is accelerated by a strong magnetic field created by frame dragging in the ergosphere. Through this process, the magnetic field extracts the energy of the black hole rotation.

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