3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
[PEM10-05] Wave reflection-driven accretion in active solar-type star winds
Keywords:Wave, MHD, stellar wind, accretion
In MHD simulations for winds from active solar-type stars by Suzuki et al.(2013), intermittent but long-time accretion phenomena were observed even though the Poynting flux associated with Alfven waves is directed outward. In this talk, we present the detailed mechanism how this counter-streaming accretion takes place. Alfven waves generated from a stellar surface are stochastically trapped in a transient density hole, and the magnetic pressure with the waves further dig the density hole. Eventually, this hole works as an efficient mirror against out-going Alfven waves. As a result, out-going waves are reflected and the reflected component excites counter streaming flow.