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1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Numerical Method for the Structure of Rotating Axisymmetric Stars and its Thermally Driven Circulation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 63540190
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Astronomy
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

ERIGUCHI Yoshiharu  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (80175231)

Project Period (FY) 1988 – 1989
KeywordsRotating Stars / Meridional Circulation / Angular Velocity Distribution / Accretion Disk
Research Abstract

We have computed equilibrium models for self-gravitating and stationary rotating toroids with viscous beating. We have chosen two kinds of rotation laws: linear velocity constant case and specific angular momentum constant case. As for the heat source we mimic heat generation due to viscosity as follows: epsilon = nuR^2 (d OMEGA/dR)^2, where nu is the kinematic viscosity whose value is uncertain and so we treat as a parameter.
When we choose ring source model, its beat generation is so large that the energy cannot be transferred by radiation diffusion. Thus convective motion is excited in the central toroidal region. However, for the viscous source models, the main structure is determined by the balance between the self-gravity and centrifugal force. Thus the large energy which is mainly generated in the region near the rotation axis must be transferred by the meridional circulation because the structure itself is convectively stable. The excited meridional circulation is symmetric about the equatorial plane and its flow is clock wise direction in the upper half meridional plane. If we choose configuration whose innermost surface is very near the rotation axis or the value of kinematic viscosity to be large, the radiation pressure becomes important and toroidal convective region appears.
Since the meridional circulation transfer the angular momentum, the angular velocity distribution will be changed. If we suppose that the state will settle down to a stationary state in which no circulation is allowed, the temperature constant surfaces should be shifted inward to the rotation axis much more than the pressure constant surfaces. Therefore the angular velocity distribution comes to satisfy the condition (d OMEGA/dz) < 0. Since such a distribution is unstable to Goldreich-Schubert instability, configuration will be oscillating between barotropic state and baroclinic state.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] H.Komatsu: "Rapidly rotating general relativistic stars-I.Numerical method and application to umiformly rotating poly tropes" Monthly Notices of Royal Astromomical Society. 237. 355-379 (1989)

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  • [Publications] H.Komatsu: "Rapidly rotating general relativistic stars-II.Differentially rotuting polytropes" Monthly Notices of Royal Astromomical Society. 239. 153-171 (1989)

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  • [Publications] Y.Eriguchi: "Close encounter:tidally-induced non-radial oscillation of a fluis star" Astronomy and Astrophysics. (1990)

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  • [Publications] Y.Eriguchi: "Disk evolution caused by gravitationd radiation reaction" Astronomy and Astrophysics. (1990)

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  • [Publications] Y.Eriguchi: "Structure of rapidly rotating axisymmetric stars I.Numerical method for stellar structure and meridimul circulation" Astronomy and Astrophysus. (1990)

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  • [Publications] Y.Eriguchi: "Structure of rapidly rotating axisymmetric stars II.Structure and circulation of self-gravitating toroids" Astronomy and Astrophysus. (1990)

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  • [Publications] H. Komatsu: "Rapidly rotating general relativistic stars - I. Numerical method and its application to uniformly rotating polytropes" Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 237, pp.355-379, 1989.

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  • [Publications] H. Komatsu: "Rapidly rotating general relativistic stars - II. Differentially rotating polytropes" Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 239, pp.153-171, 1989.

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  • [Publications] Y. Eriguchi: "Close encounter : tidally-induced nonradial oscillation of a fluid star" Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1990.

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  • [Publications] Y. Eriguchi: "Disk evolution caused by gravitational radiation reaction" Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1990.

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  • [Publications] Y. Eriguchi: "Structure of rapidly rotating axi-symmetric stars - I. Numerical method for structure and meridional circulation" Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1990.

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  • [Publications] Y. Eriguchi: "Structure of rapidly rotating axi-symmetric stars - II. Structure and circulation of self-gravitating toroids" Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1990.

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Published: 1993-03-26  

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