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In the classical theory of thin disc accretion discs, the constraints of mass and angular momentum conservation lead to a diffusion-like equation for the turbulent evolution of the surface density. Here, we revisit this problem, extending…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 Steven A Balbus

A numerical model of a steady state, thin accretion disk with a constant effective speed of sound is presented. We demonstrate that `zero torque' inner boundary condition is a reasonable approximation provided that the disk thickness,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 Niayesh Afshordi , Bohdan Paczynski

We look at the properties of high frequency eigenmodes for the damped wave equation on a compact manifold with an Anosov geodesic flow. We study eigenmodes with spectral parameters which are asymptotically close enough to the real axis. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Gabriel Riviere

We present solutions to the relativistic thin disc evolutionary equation using an ${\alpha}$-model for the turbulent stress tensor. Solutions with a finite stress at the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) give rise to bolometric light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Andrew Mummery , Steven A. Balbus

We establish the dynamical instability of a static, spherically symmetric, and infinitesimally thin shell in general relativity. The shell is made up of a perfect fluid with a barotropic equation of state, and it produces a Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-08 Tristan Pitre , Berend Schneider , Eric Poisson

We present steady-state solutions for a one-dimensional, magnetically-driven accretion disk wind model based on magnetohydrodynamic equations. We assume a geometrically thin, gas-pressure-dominated accretion disk, incorporating both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Mageshwaran Tamilan , Kimitake Hayasaki , Takeru K. Suzuki

Recent numerical cosmological radiation-magnetohydrodynamic-thermochemical-star formation simulations have resolved the formation of quasar accretion disks with Eddington or super-Eddington accretion rates onto supermassive black holes…

A self-consistent solution for a thin accretion disk with turbulent convection is presented. The disk viscosity and the convective flux are derived from a physical model for turbulence, and expressed in terms of the local physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Itzhak Goldman , Amri Wandel

We present a modal analysis of instabilities of counter-rotating, self-gravitating collisionless stellar discs, using the recently introduced modified WKB formulation of spiral density waves for collisionless systems (Gulati \& Saini). The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Mamta Gulati , Tarun Deep Saini

In this paper, we investigate the time evolution an accreting magneto-fluid with finite conductivity. For the case of a thin disk, the fluid equations along with Maxwell equations are derived in a simplified, one-dimensional model that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-12 F. Habibi , R. Pazhouhesh , M. Shaghaghian

It is shown that pure exponential discs in spiral galaxies are capable of supporting slowly varying discrete global lopsided modes, which can explain the observed features of lopsidedness in the stellar discs. Using linearized fluid…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Saha , F. Combes , C. Jog

Simulations and analytic arguments suggest that the turbulence driven by magnetorotational instability (MRI) in accretion discs can amplify the toroidal (azimuthal) component of the magnetic field to a point at which magnetic pressure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. C. Begelman , J. E. Pringle

By taking into account the local energy balance per unit volume between the viscous heating and the advective cooling plus the radiative cooling, we investigate the vertical structure of radiation pressure-supported accretion disks in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-31 Wei-Min Gu

The conditions that limit the possible excitation of ideal MHD axisymmetric ballooning modes in thin accretion disks are discussed. As shown earlier by Coppi and Coppi (2001), these modes are well-localized in the vertical direction but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Coppi , E. A. Keyes

We present the simplest model that permits a largely analytical exploration of the m=1 counter-rotating instability in a "hot" nearly Keplerian disc of collisionless self-gravitating matter. The model consists of a two-component softened…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Sridhar , Tarun Deep Saini

Using the anelastic approximation of linearized hydrodynamic equations, we investigate the development of axially symmetric small perturbations in thin Keplerian discs. Dispersion relation is found as a solution of general Sturm-Liouville…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-15 Konstantin Malanchev , Konstantin Postnov , Nikolai Shakura

In the standard thin disc formalism the dimensionless $\alpha$ parameter is usually assumed to be constant. However, there are good theoretical reasons for believing, as well as evidence from simulations, that $\alpha$ is dependent on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-08 William J. Potter , Steven A. Balbus

We perform numerical analyses of the structure induced by gravitational instabilities in cooling gaseous accretion discs. For low enough cooling rates a quasi-steady configuration is reached, with the instability saturating at a finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Cossins , Giuseppe Lodato , Cathie Clarke

We consider a static and axially symmetric metric containing two quadrupole parameters. In the present contribution, we study the quadrupole moments constraints on the properties of the relativistic accretion disc models, also explore the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-11 Shokoufe Faraji

We present a numerical study of the response of a thick accretion disc to a localized, external perturbation with the aim of exciting internal modes of oscillation. We find that the perturbations efficiently excite global modes recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eduardo Rubio-Herrera , William H. Lee