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Numerical Simulations of Super-Eddington Accretion Flows

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2024-09-02 v1

Abstract

In this chapter, we summarize recent progress on the properties of accretion disks when the accretion rate exceeds the so-called Eddington limit based on multi-dimensional radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations. We first summarize the classical models that are used to describe the accretion disks in the super-Eddington regime with an emphasis on the key uncertainties in these models. Then we show that radiation-driven outflows are ubiquitously found by numerical simulations of super-Eddington accretion disks. Some key physical processes on energy transport inside the disk are also identified by numerical simulations. Radiative and mechanical output as a function of mass accretion rates, black hole mass, spin, and magnetic field topology are summarized. Applications of super-Eddington accretion disks to different astrophysical systems, particularly tidal disruption events, are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2408.16856,
  title  = {Numerical Simulations of Super-Eddington Accretion Flows},
  author = {Yan-Fei Jiang and Lixin Dai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.16856},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

22 pages, 4 figures, invited review chapter for the book "New Frontiers in GRMHD Simulations"