MHD simulations of star-disk magnetospheres and the formation of outflows and jets

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Author	Fendt, Christian
Copyright Year	2007
Description	In this review the recent development concerning the large-scale evolution of stellar magnetospheres in interaction with the accretion disk is discussed. I put emphasis on the generation of outflows and jets from the disk and/or the star. In fact, tremendous progress has occurred over the last decade in the numerical simulation of the star-disk interaction. The role of numerical simulations is essential in this area because the processes involved are complex, strongly interrelated, and often highly time-dependent. Recent MHD simulations suggest that outflows launched from a very concentrated region tend to be un-collimated. I present preliminary results of simulations of large-scale star-disk magnetospheres loaded with matter from the stellar, resp. the disk surface demonstrating how a disk jet collimates the wind from the star and also how the stellar wind lowers the collimation degree of the disk outflow.
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Ending Page	276
Page Count	12
Starting Page	265
ISSN	17439213
e-ISSN	17439221
DOI	10.1017/s1743921307009623
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Issue Number	S243
Volume Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2007-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Astronomy and Astrophysics Accretion Disks Numerical Formation Magnetic Fields Mass Loss Winds Jets and Outflows
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science