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X-ray observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate AT 2019avd show drastic variabilities in flux and spectral shape over hundreds of days, providing clues on the accretion disc-corona evolution. We utilize a disc-corona model,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-27 Haichao Xu , Xinwu Cao , Yanan Wang , Andrzej A. Zdziarski

We use global three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the properties of inner regions of accretion disks around a 5\times 10^8 solar mass black hole with mass accretion rates reaching 7% and 20% of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Yan-Fei Jiang , Omer Blaes , James Stone , Shane W. Davis

The global nonlinear time dependent evolution of accretion disk-corona systems in X-ray binary sources has been investigated to provide an understanding of the low frequency ($\sim 0.04$~Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Marek A. Abramowicz , Xingming Chen , Ronald E. Taam

We investigate the generation of magnetic fields above black hole accretion discs due to the non-zero curl of the disc radiation field. By self consistently computing the components of the radiation flux and their curl, we show that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-16 Mukesh Kumar Vyas , Asaf Pe'er

I review our current theoretical understanding of the different possible rotating modes of accretion onto a black hole. I discuss both thick adiabatic flows and radiatively efficient thin disc solutions. I present a new self-consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Merloni

Understanding the properties of the hot corona is important for studying the accretion disks in black hole X-ray binary systems. Using the Monte-Carlo technique to simulate the inverse Compton scattering between photons emitted from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yangsen Yao , S. Nan Zhang , Xiaoling Zhang , Yuxin Feng , Craig R. Robinson

It is believed that the hard X-ray emission in the luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is from the hot corona above the cool accretion disk. However, the formation of the corona is still debated. Liu et al. investigated the spectrum of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-14 J. Y. Liu , ErLin Qiao , B. F. Liu

The steady-state structure of a disc with a corona is analyzed when the vertical component of the gravitational force due to the self-gravity of the disc is considered. For the energy exchange between the disc and the corona, we assume a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Fazeleh Khajenabi , Peter Duffy

We study the effects of thermal conduction in a hot, active corona above an accretion disk. We assume that all of the dissipative heating takes place in the corona. We find that the importance of conduction decreases with increases in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Andrzej Maciolek-Niedzwiecki , Julian H. Krolik , Andrzej A. Zdziarski

The corona is a key component of most luminous accreting black holes, carrying 5 - 30 % of the power and in non-jetted Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), creating all the X-ray emission above $\simeq 1-2$ keV. Its emission illuminates the inner…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-14 Nikita Kamraj , Andrew Fabian , Anne Lohfink , Mislav Baloković , Claudio Ricci , Kristin Madsen

Using a non-linear Monte-Carlo code we investigate the radiative response of an accretion disk corona system to static homogeneous flares. We model a flare by a rapid (comparable to the light crossing time) energy dissipation in the corona…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Julien Malzac , Elisabeth Jourdain

This study investigates the thermal stability of thin accretion disks in high-energy astrophysical systems, incorporating the effects of magnetic fields, winds, and coronae. We analyze how these factors influence disk stability, focusing on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Arezoo Tajmohamadi , Shahram Abbassi

The condensation of matter from a corona to a cool, optically thick inner disk is investigated for black hole X-ray transient systems in the low hard state. A description of a simple model for the exchange of energy and mass between corona…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. F. Liu , Ronald E. Taam , E. Meyer-Hofmeister , F. Meyer

Active galactic nuclei host an accretion disc with an X-ray producing corona around a supermassive black hole. In bright sources, such as the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 335, reflection of the coronal emission off the accretion disc has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-15 L. Keek , D. R. Ballantyne

A common assumption used in the study of accretion disks is that the magnetic energy density and the kinetic energy density should be in equipartition. This assumption relies on the faster growth rate of the magnetic field strength against…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-30 John Wallace , Asaf Pe'er

We solved the set of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for optically thin black hole accretion flows incorporating toroidal component of magnetic field. Following global and local MHD simulations of black hole accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Fatemeh Zahra Zeraatgari , Amin Mosallanezhad , Shahram Abbassi , Ye-Fei Yuan

The formation of a cool disk in the innermost regions of black hole X-ray transient systems in the low hard state is investigated. Taking into account the combined cooling associated with the Compton and conductive energy transport…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ronald E. Taam , B. F. Liu , F. Meyer , E. Meyer-Hofmeister

Understanding the nature of the accretion disk, its interplay with the X-ray corona, and assessing black hole spin demographics are some open challenges in astrophysics. In this work, we examine the predictions of the standard $\alpha$-disk…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Labani Mallick , Ciro Pinto , John Tomsick , Alex Markowitz , Andrew Fabian , Samar Safi-Harb , James Steiner , Fabio Pacucci , William Alston

IPCVs contain a magnetic, rotating white dwarf surrounded by a magnetically truncated accretion disk. To explain their strong flickering X-ray emission, accretion has been successfully taken into account. Nevertheless, observations suggest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Enrico Barbera , Salvatore Orlando , Giovanni Peres

Most of the luminosity of accreting black hole is emitted in the X-ray band. This radiation is believed to emerge, through inverse Compton process, from a hot (Te ~ 10^8 -10^9 K) optically thin (Thomson optical depth ~ 1) plasma probably…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 Julien Malzac