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Magnetic fields are fundamental to the dynamics of both accretion disks and the jets that they often drive. We review the basic physics of these phenomena, the past and current efforts to model them numerically with an emphasis on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 John F. Hawley , Christian Fendt , Martin Hardcastle , Elena Nokhrina , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

Combined influence of rotation of a black hole and ambient magnetic fields creates conditions for powerful astrophysical processes of accretion and outflow of matter which are observed in many systems across the range of masses; from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Ondrej Kopacek , Vladimir Karas

We perform two-dimensional, axisymmetric, magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the collapse of a rotating star of 40 Msun and in the light of the collapsar model of gamma-ray burst. Considering two distributions of angular momentum, up to…

In the current paradigm of star formation magnetic fields play a very central role. Indeed, they probably help or even channel the initial gravitational collapse of the parent molecular cloud. But their most spectacular effect is certainly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan Ferreira

An accretion scenario in which the material captured by a black hole from its environment is assumed to be magnetized (\beta ~ 1) is discussed. We show that the accretion picture in this case is strongly affected by the magnetic field of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-20 N. R. Ikhsanov , L. A. Pustil'nik , N. G. Beskrovnaya

The characteristic properties of blazars (rapid variability, strong polarization, high brightness) are widely attributed to a powerful relativistic jet oriented close to our line of sight. Despite the spectral energy distributions (SEDs)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 E. J. D. Jolley , Z. Kuncic , G. V. Bicknell , S. Wagner

We discuss the importance of large scale strong magnetic field in the removal of angular momentum outward, as well as the possible origin of different kinds of magnetic barrier in advective, geometrically thick, sub-Keplerian accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Tushar Mondal , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

A spinning black hole accreting from a disk of strongly magnetized plasma via a magnetically arrested disk is known to produce an efficient electromagnetic jet powered by the black hole's spin energy. We present general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-11 Angelo Ricarte , Ramesh Narayan , Brandon Curd

We show that a large-scale, weak magnetic field threading a turbulent accretion disk tends to be advected inward, contrary to previous suggestions that it will be stopped by outward diffusion. The efficient inward transport is a consequence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 David M. Rothstein , Richard V. E. Lovelace

The Poynting-Robertson Cosmic Battery proposes that the innermost part of the accretion disk around a black hole is threaded by a large scale dipolar magnetic field generated in situ, and that the return part of the field diffuses outward…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Ioannis Contopoulos , Demetrios B. Papadopoulos

A review is made of recent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory and simulations of origin of jets from accretion disks. Many compact astrophysical objects emit powerful, highly-collimated, oppositely directed jets. Included are the extra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. V. E. Lovelace , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba

Magnetic fields are important for accretion disc structure. Magnetic fields in a disc system may be transported with the accreted matter. They can be associated with either the central body and/or jet, and be fossil or dynamo excited in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 David Moss , Dmitri Sokoloff , Valery Suleimanov

A protostellar disk is threaded by a static magnetic field that is perpendicular to the disk-surface. The magnetic field acts to brake the protostellar disk and cause the disk material to move towards the protostar. General analytic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Kurt Liffman

We investigate the dynamics of radiation in an astrophysical accretion disk around a Kerr black hole. The source of the radiation is the accretion disk itself, and not a central object as in previous studies of the Poynting-Robertson…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Leela E. Koutsantoniou , Ioannis Contopoulos

In this paper we study the wind accretion onto a rotating black hole in the close binary system harboring a young massive star. It is shown that the angular momentum of the accreted stellar wind material is not sufficient for the formation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Maxim V. Barkov , Dmitry V. Khangulyan

Because the magneto-rotational instability is capable of exponentially amplifying weak preexisting magnetic fields, it might be hoped that the character of the magnetic field in accretion disks is independent of the nature of the seed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kris Beckwith , John F. Hawley , Julian H. Krolik

We summarize results from a survey of radiation-dominated black hole accretion flows across a wide range of mass accretion rates, as well as two values of black hole spin and initial magnetic field geometry. These models apply an algorithm…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-16 Lizhong Zhang , James M. Stone , Patrick D. Mullen , Shane W. Davis , Yan-Fei Jiang , Christopher J. White

We present a comprehensive analysis of four near-Eddington black hole accretion models computed by solving the GRMHD equations with full radiation transport. This study focuses on the dynamical effects of magnetic field topology and black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Lizhong Zhang , James M. Stone , Shane W. Davis , Yan-Fei Jiang , Patrick D. Mullen , Christopher J. White

We report the results of 3-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a jet formation by the interaction between an accretion disk and a large scale magnetic field. The disk is not treated as a boundary condition but is solved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Kigure , K. Shibata

Non-relativistic, magnetically-driven jets are constructed by taking self-consistently into account the feedback on the underlying accretion disc. It is shown that such jets are mostly described by the ejection index $\xi= \mbox{d} \ln \dot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan Ferreira