Collisionless Shock & Accretion Disk

[HEDS9-03(Invited)] Magnetorotational Instability in electron-ion plasma: Shearing-box simulations

*Evgeny A Gorbunov¹, Fabio Bacchini^1,2 (1. KU Leuven, 2. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence)

With a novel shearing-box method, we study collisionless MRI turbulence in electron-ion plasmas in accretion disks. Our goal is to construct a first-principles electron-ion heating ratio prescription for accurate modeling of accretion flows.