Seminar/Group Meeting: Santhiya P S

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Seminar/Group Meeting: Santhiya P S

April 10, 2026
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
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Dynamo and Jet interconnections in GRMHD simulations of black hole accretion disks

We present global 3D GRMHD simulations of black hole (BH) accretion disks designed to investigate how MRI-driven dynamo action regulates jet formation and evolution. Unlike standard SANE/MAD setups that impose a coherent large-scale poloidal loop, our "sub-SANE" initial conditions use multiple same-polarity small-scale magnetic loops. Rapid reconnection erases magnetic memory and enables large-scale dynamo to emerge early from MRI turbulence. These dynamo-generated fields are advected inward with minimal time lag, producing correlated peaks in both poloidal and toroidal field strengths from the disk density maximum to the horizon. Though jets form at early times, the sub-SANE runs eventually undergo jet shutdown. Our results show that both dynamo-driven field evolution and horizon magnetic-field coherence critically regulate jet longevity, establishing a direct dynamo-jet connection in GRMHD disks.