Effects of Magnetic Field Loops on the Dynamics of Advective Accretion Flows and Jets around a Schwarzschild Black Hole

Abstract

Abstract Magnetic fields advected along with low angular momentum accretion flows predominantly become toroidal owing to the strong azimuthal velocity close to a black hole. We study self-consistently the movements of these flux tubes inside an advective disk and how they dynamically influence the flow. We find that the centrifugal barrier slows down the radial motion of the flux tubes. In this case, the large magnetic flux tubes with a significant drag force escape along the vertical axis owing to buoyancy. Magnetic pressure rises close to the black hole and, together with the centrifugal force, combats gravity. The tug-of-war among these forces causes the centrifugal-pressure-supported shock to oscillate radially. We study the effects of successive injection of flux tubes and find how the flux tube could be trapped inside the disk in regions of highest entropy. Most interestingly, the shock wave remains at its average location and is not destroyed. We show that the toroidal field loops contribute significantly to collimate and accelerate the outflows from the centrifugal barrier and suggest that this mechanism is a way to collimate and accelerate jets.