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Accretion in black hole X-ray binaries is commonly believed to be supplied by the Roche lobe overflow or the stellar wind. The former is thought to form a geometrically thin disc while the diffuse wind could form a geometrically thick hot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 Yilong Wang , B. F. Liu , Mingjun Liu

We calculate the structure of a standard accretion disk with corona surrounding a massive Kerr black hole in general relativistic frame, in which the corona is assumed to be heated by the reconnection of the strongly buoyant magnetic fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Bei You , Xinwu Cao , Ye-Fei Yuan

The time dependent evolution of the accretion disk around black hole is computed. The classical description of the $\alpha$-viscosity is adopted so the evolution is driven by the instability operating in the innermost radiation-pressure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Agnieszka Janiuk , Bozena Czerny , Aneta Siemiginowska

A hot corona is suggested to be above the standard thin disk. The anisotropy of hard X-ray emission in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei implies that the corona is not static and probably moves outwards like winds. We perform…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Xiao-Hong Yang , De-Fu Bu , Qi-Xiu Li

Using the black hole transient X-ray source A0620-00 as an example we study the physical interplay of three theoretical constituents for modelling these transient sources: (1) the advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) onto the central…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Meyer-Hofmeister , F. Meyer

Accretion discs properties should deviate from standard theory when magnetic pressure exceeds the thermal pressure. To quantify these deviations, we present a systematic study of the dynamical properties of magnetically arrested discs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-26 Nicolas Scepi , Mitchell C. Begelman , Jason Dexter

Here, we present numerical simulations of magnetic flux buoyantly rising from a granular convection zone into the low corona. We study the complex interaction of the magnetic field with the turbulent plasma. The model includes the radiative…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Fang Fang , Ward Manchester , William P. Abbett , Bart van der Holst

In this paper we consider two outstanding intertwined problems in modern high-energy astrophysics: (1) the vertical thermal structure of an optically thick accretion disk heated by the dissipation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Dmitri A. Uzdensky

Black-hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) in the hard and hard-intermediate spectral states commonly exhibit prominent type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in their X-ray power spectra. Despite extensive observational and theoretical efforts,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-27 Apostolos Mastichiadis

We present a detailed study of the observable effects of photoionization and Comptonization of line and continuum radiation from a cold accretion disk with a thin, warm, photoionized transition layer in the framework of self-consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Boettcher , E. P. Liang , I. A. Smith

Accreting black holes show a complex and diverse behaviour in their soft spectral states. Although these spectra are dominated by a soft, thermal component which almost certainly arises from an accretion disc, there is also a hard X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 P. T. Zycki , C. Done , D. A. Smith

Energetic X-ray radiations emitted from various accretion systems are widely considered to be produced by Comptonization in the hot corona. The corona and its interaction with the disc play an essential role in the evolution of the system…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-10 Xiao-lin Yang , Jian-cheng Wang , Chu-yuan Yang

The current status of understanding of the X-ray emission from Seyfert galaxies involves Comptonization of soft photons by hot subrelativistic electrons. After briefly reviewing the early theoretical basis for the presence of hot optically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Laura Maraschi , Francesco Haardt

The truncation of an optically thick, geometrically thin accretion disk is investigated in the context of low luminosity AGN (LLAGN). We generalize the disk evaporation model used in the interpretative framework of black hole X-ray binaries…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Ronald E. Taam , B. F. Liu , W. Yuan , E. Qiao

We develop a new method to describe the accretion flow in the corona above a thin disk around a black hole in vertical and radial extent. The model is based on the same physics as the earlier one-zone model, but now modified including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 E. Meyer-Hofmeister , F. Meyer

We suggest that magnetic fields in the accretion disks of AGN reach into the coronae above and have a profound effect on the mass flow rate in the corona. This strongly affects the location where the accretion flow changes from a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Meyer , E. Meyer-Hofmeister

Magnetohydrodynamic accretion disk simulations suggest that much of the energy liberated by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) can be channeled into large-scale toroidal magnetic fields through dynamo action. Under certain conditions,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 Mitchell C. Begelman , Philip J. Armitage , Christopher S. Reynolds

X-ray binaries and AGN show observational evidence for magnetized hot plasmas. Despite years of data, very little is known on these {\it coronae} especially on the mechanisms responsible for their heating, and most models simply assume…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-20 R. Belmont , M. Tagger

Disk accretion onto a magnetized star occurs in a variety of astrophysical contexts, from young stars to X-ray pulsars. The magnetohydrodynamic interaction between the stellar field and the accreting matter can have a strong effect on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dmitri A. Uzdensky , Arieh Konigl , Christof Litwin

The vertical structure of black hole accretion disks in which radiation dominates the total pressure is investigated using a three-dimensional radiation-MHD calculation. The domain is a small patch of disk centered 100 Schwarzschild radii…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. J. Turner