F. Casse et J. Ferreira, Magnetized accretion-ejection structures IV. Magnetically-driven jets fromresistive, viscous, Keplerian discs, ASTRON ASTR, 353(3), 2000, pp. 1115-1128
We present steady-state calculations of self-similar magnetized accretion d
iscs driving cold, adiabatic, non-relativistic jets. For the first time, bo
th the magnetic torque due to the jets and a turbulent "viscous" torque are
taken into account. This latter torque allows a dissipation of the accreti
on power as radiation at the disc surfaces, while the former predominantly
provides jets with power.
The parameter space of these structures has been explored. It is characteri
zed by four free parameters, namely the disc aspect ratio and three MHD tur
bulence parameters, related to the anomalous magnetic diffusivities and vis
cosity. It turns out that launching cold jets from thin, dissipative discs
implies anisotropic turbulent dissipation. Jets that asymptotically reach a
high Alfvenic Mach number are only produced by weakly dissipative discs.
We obtained general analytical relations between disc and jet quantities th
at must be fulfilled by any steady-state model of cold jets, launched from
a large radial extension of thin discs. We also show that such discs cannot
have a dominant viscous torque. This is because of the chosen geometry, im
posing the locus of the Alfven surface.
Some observational consequences of these cold magnetized accretion-ejection
structures are also briefly discussed.