Global Simulations of Protoplanetary Disk Outflows with Coupled Non-ideal Magnetohydrodynamics and Consistent Thermochemistry

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 874; no. 1; pp. 90 - 110
• Main Authors: Wang, Lile, Bai, Xue-Ning, Goodman, Jeremy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20.03.2019; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Accretion disks; accretion, accretion disks; Astrochemistry; Astrophysics; circumstellar matter; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Deposition; Fluid flow; Flux density; Ionization; Irradiation; Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamic simulation; Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence; Magnetohydrodynamics; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); methods: numerical; Outflow; Planet formation; planets and satellites: formation; Protoplanetary disks; Protoplanets; Radiation; Radiative transfer; Stellar winds; Thermochemistry; Wind

Magnetized winds may be important in dispersing protoplanetary disks and influencing planet formation. We carry out global magnetohydrodynamic simulations in axisymmetry, coupled with ray-tracing radiative transfer, consistent thermochemistry, and non-ideal MHD diffusivities. Magnetized models lacki...