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Unipolar outflows and global meridional circulations in rotating accretion flows

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Using two-dimensional simulations of non-radiative viscous rotating black hole accretion flows, we show that the flows with alpha~0.1-0.3 self-organize to form stationary unipolar or bipolar outflows accompanied by global meridional circulations. The required energy comes, with efficiency \~0.001-0.01, from the matter directly accreted onto black hole. Observational implications are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9912170,
  title  = {Unipolar outflows and global meridional circulations in rotating accretion flows},
  author = {Igor V. Igumenshchev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9912170},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted by MNRAS