文摘
The Rossby wave instability (RWI) theory has been considered as one of the top topics in astrophysics due to the fact that it deals with some ambiguous questions, such as the angular momentum transport in the poorly ionized regions of the protoplanetary discs. Based on the theoretical and simulation works, two important factors in the study of the RWI are the viscosity and magnetic field, which are directly connected to each other because the large-scale toroidal magnetic fields are produced by the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Therefore, it is essential to consider more details about the toroidal magnetic field both in the steady state and perturbation state. In this paper, the role of the strength and gradient of the toroidal magnetic field is investigated on the RWI at the dead zone in the regions of bump. The obtained results show that the gradient of the toroidal magnetic field or its strength have a major role in the RWI occurrence, which have received relatively less attention in previous works. Also, the role of the gradient of the toroidal magnetic field in the RWI is important even in the weak magnetic fields. Hence, the obtained results are very different from what we previously expected, and it seems crucial to research and develop this issue in the theoretical and simulation works. This paper can be helpful on the study of the angular momentum transport in the cold accretion discs, such as accretion discs in quiescent dwarf novae or around the white-dwarf primary.
