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Ultra-high-resolution magnetohydrodynamic simulations for the small-scale properties of accretion disk turbulence

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K14509
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 16010:Astronomy-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Kawazura Yohei  東北大学, 学際科学フロンティア研究所, 助教 (80725375)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords降着円盤 / プラズマ乱流 / 電磁流体力学 / 並列計算 / ブラックホール / 磁気回転乱流 / プラズア乱流 / プラズマ / 乱流
Outline of Research at the Start

降着円盤におけるプラズマは,磁気回転不安定性(MRI)によって駆動される乱流状態になっていると考えられている.MRI乱流の微小なスケールにおける特性を明らかにすることは,Event Horizon Telescopeによって得られた降着円盤からの放射分布の物理的解釈をする上で重要である.本研究では電磁流体力学の超高解像度シミュレーションを行い,MRI乱流の微小スケール特性を明らかにする.特に,降着円盤におけるイオンと電子の温度比を決定するために必要なファクターである「圧縮的な揺動と非圧縮的な揺動の比」を求めることを目標とする.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed a pseudospectral code to accurately solve the local turbulence in accretion disks and succeeded in performing the highest-resolution magnetorotational turbulence simulation ever using the Fugaku supercomputer. As a result, while it has been known that magnetic energy exceeds kinetic energy in previous magnetorotational turbulence studies, we discovered that at smaller scales, magnetic energy and kinetic energy are energetically equipartitioned, leading to an 'Alfven turbulence state' where the spectrum follows a -3/2 power law of the wavenumber. Additionally, we found that the energy of slow magnetosonic waves is twice that of Alfven waves. These results perfectly match our previous predictions derived from a reduced magnetohydrodynamic model.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

降着円盤における乱流の特性は30年以上の未解決問題であった。本研究は、富岳を用いた超高解像度シミュレーションによってその答えを世界で初めて導いたという点において学術的な意味が大きい。また、その結果が簡約化磁気流体モデルの予測と一致するため、今後は降着円盤の微小スケールに関する研究は、高解像度シミュレーションを使わなくても、簡約化電磁流体で僅かな数値資源のシミュレーションで十分であるということを意味しており、数値計算に必要な環境負荷の低減につながるだろう。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] メリーランド大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Hall magnetohydrodynamics in a relativistically strong mean magnetic field2023

    • Author(s)
      Yohei Kawazura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Plasma Physics

      Volume: 89 Pages: 175890602-175890602

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Yet another modification of relativistic magnetohydrodynamic waves: Electron thermal inertia2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawazura Yohei
    • Journal Title

      Physics Letters A

      Volume: 443 Pages: 128199-128199

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.physleta.2022.128199

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Energy partition between Alfvenic and compressive fluctuations in magnetorotational turbulence with near-azimuthal mean magnetic field2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawazura Y.、Schekochihin A.A.、Barnes M.、Dorland W.、Balbus S.A.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Plasma Physics

      Volume: 88 Issue: 3 Pages: 905880311-905880311

    • DOI

      10.1017/s0022377822000460

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Integrating Factor Runge-Kutta Method in Shearing Coordinates2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawazura Yohei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

      Volume: 91 Issue: 11 Pages: 115002-115002

    • DOI

      10.7566/jpsj.91.115002

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] CALLIOPE: Pseudospectral Shearing Magnetohydrodynamics Code with a Pencil Decomposition2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawazura Y.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 928 Issue: 2 Pages: 113-113

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac4f63

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Ion versus Electron Heating in Compressively Driven Astrophysical Gyrokinetic Turbulence2020

    • Author(s)
      Y. Kawazura, A.A. Schekochihin, M. Barnes, J.M. TenBarge, Y. Tong, K.G. Klein, and W. Dorland
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review X

      Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 041050-041050

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevx.10.041050

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hall magnetohydrodynamics in relativistically strong mean magnetic field2023

    • Author(s)
      Yohei Kawazura
    • Organizer
      7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 局所MRI乱流の超高解像度シミュレーション2022

    • Author(s)
      川面 洋平,木村 成生
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2022年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Yohei Kawazura2022

    • Author(s)
      Inertial range of magnetorotational turbulence: reduced magnetohydrodynamics and ultra-high resolution simulations
    • Organizer
      6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 天体プラズマ乱流中のイオンと電子の加熱配分に関する研究2022

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平
    • Organizer
      第77回日本物理学会年次大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ion versus Electron Heating in Compressively Driven Astrophysical Gyrokinetic Turbulence2021

    • Author(s)
      Y. Kawazura, A. A. Schekochihin, M. Barnes, J. M. TenBarge, Y. Tong, K. G. Klein, W. Dorland
    • Organizer
      High Energy Density Science 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] ほぼトロイダルな背景磁場を持つMRI乱流におけるAlfven的揺動と圧縮的揺動の分配2021

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平, Alexander Schekochihin, Michael Barnes, William Dorland, Steven Balbus
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2021年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 簡約化電磁流体力学を用いた磁気回転乱流におけるAlfven的揺動と圧縮的揺動のデカップリングの解析2021

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平, Alexander Schekochihin, Michael Barnes, William Dorland, Steven Balbus
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2021年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ion versus electron heating in collisionless accretion flows2021

    • Author(s)
      Y. Kawazura
    • Organizer
      The 30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 2次元分割擬スペクトル法コードCalliopeによる超高解像度MRI乱流シミュレーション2021

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平
    • Organizer
      高エネルギー宇宙物理学研究会2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] MRI乱流におけるAlfveen的揺動と圧縮的揺動の散逸比2020

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平, A. Schekochihin, M. A. Barnes, W. Dorland, S. A. Balbus
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会春期大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ほぼトロイダルな外部磁場を持つMRI乱流におけるAlfvenic揺動と圧縮性揺動の比2020

    • Author(s)
      川面洋平, A. Schekochihin, M. Barnes, S. Balbus, W. Dorland
    • Organizer
      高エネルギー宇宙物理学研究会2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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