Predicting the time variation of radio emission from MHD simulations of a flaring T-Tauri star

Waterfall, C. O. G., P. K. Browning, G. A. Fuller, M. Gordovskyy, S. Orlando, and F. Reale, Predicting the time variation of radio emission from MHD simulations of a flaring T-Tauri star, MNRAS, 496, 2715-2725 (2020) (ADS)

The cartoon

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Modeling flare behavior on a T-Tauri star offers striking similarities to the solar paradigm, plus the usual intriguing discrepancies. Here the big difference is the presence of the massive accretion disk, obviously a major player when it comes to energy, momentum, and particle acceleration. See also the Argiroffi, Montmerle, Simon, Shu, and Uchida-Sakurai cartoons for related ideas.

      But really, can that outermost "field line" really go right through the accretion disk, without getting lost?

Date: 2020 October 05