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We present 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic(GRMHD) simulations of zero angular momentum accretion around a rapidly rotating black hole, modified by the presence of initially uniform magnetic fields. We consider serveral angles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Sean M. Ressler , Eliot Quataert , Christopher J. White , Omer Blaes

A large-scale closed magnetic field can transfer angular momentum and energy between a black hole (BH) and its surrounding accretion flow. We investigate the effects of this magnetic coupling (MC) process on the dynamics of a hot accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Y. Ma , F. Yuan , D. X. Wang

We characterize the nature of thin, axisymmetric, inviscid, accretion flows of cold adiabatic gas with zero specific energy in the vicinity of a black hole by the specific angular momentum. Using two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Dongsu Ryu , Sandip K. Chakrabarti , Diego Molteni

The radiative efficiency of super-Eddington accreting black holes (BHs) is explored for magnetically-arrested disks (MADs), where magnetic flux builds-up to saturation near the BH. Our three-dimensional general relativistic radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-23 Jonathan C. McKinney , Lixin Dai , Mark Avara

We perform two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamical simulations of accretion flows onto a black hole (BH) with a mass of $10^3\leq M_{\rm BH}/M_{\odot} \lesssim 10^6$ in order to study rapid growth of BHs in the early Universe. For…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 E. Takeo , K. Inayoshi , K. Ohsuga , H. R. Takahashi , S. Mineshige

By taking into account the effect of toroidal magnetic field and its correspond heating, we determine the thickness of advection-dominated accretion flows. We consider an axisymetric, rotating, steady viscous-resistive, magnetized accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Maryam Samadi , Shahram Abbassi , Mahdi Khajavi

We solve the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations governing axisymmetric flows around neutron stars and black holes and found all possible solution topologies for adiabatic accretion. We divide the parameter space spanned by the conserved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Santabrata Das , Sandip K. Chakrabarti

We investigate accretion onto a central star, with the size, rotation rate, and magnetic dipole of a young stellar object, to study the flow pattern (velocity and density) of the fluid within and outside of the disc. We perform resistive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 R. Mishra , M. Čemeljić , W. Kluźniak

We present a comprehensive analysis of super-Eddington black hole accretion simulations that solve the GRMHD equations coupled with angle-discretized radiation transport. The simulations span a range of accretion rates, two black hole…

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

The merger of binary neutron stars, or of a neutron star and a stellar-mass black hole, can result in the formation of a massive rotating torus around a spinning black hole. In addition to providing collimating media for gamma-ray burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Daniel M. Siegel , Brian D. Metzger

Using high-resolution general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations, we investigate accretion flows around spinning black holes and identify three distinct accretion states. Our results suggest the origin of the complex…

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Supermassive binary black holes in galactic centers are potential multimessenger sources in gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation. To find such objects, isolating unique electromagnetic signatures of their accretion flow is key.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Sean M. Ressler , Luciano Combi , Bart Ripperda , Elias R. Most

Black hole low-mass X-ray binaries undergo quiescence-outburst cycles. During the outbursts, they typically go through a q-shaped pattern in the hardness-intensity diagram (HID), known as the hysteresis q-diagram, while the physical nature…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Jiahui Huang , Hua Feng , Lian Tao

Numerical simulations of black hole hot accretion flows have shown the existence of strong wind. Those works focus only on the region close to black hole thus it is unknown whether or where the wind production stops at large radii. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-01 De-Fu Bu , Feng Yuan , Zhao-Ming Gan , Xiao-Hong Yang

We examine the effects of a hydrodynamical wind on advection dominated accretion flows with thermal conduction in the presence of a toroidal magnetic field under a self-similar treatment. The disk gas is assumed to be isothermal. For a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-16 S. Abbassi , J. Ghanbari , M. Ghasemnezhad

To understand the decaying phase of outbursts in the black hole (BH) X-ray binaries (BH-XRBs), we performed very long general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of a geometrically thin accretion disk around a Kerr BH with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-29 I. K. Dihingia , Y. Mizuno , P. Sharma

In general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations, accreted magnetic flux on the black hole horizon episodically decays, during which magnetic reconnection heats up the plasma near the horizon, potentially powering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-26 He Jia , Bart Ripperda , Eliot Quataert , Christopher J. White , Koushik Chatterjee , Alexander Philippov , Matthew Liska

We prove that the sonic surface of axisymmetric meridional stationary flows is always attached to the accretor, however small, if the adiabatic index of the gas is gamma=5/3. Using local expansions near a point-like accretor, we extend…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thierry Foglizzo , Maximilian Ruffert

An axisymmetric MHD model is examined analytically to illustrate some key aspects of the physics of hot and magnetized outflows which originate in the near environment of a central gravitating body. By analyzing the asymptotical behaviour…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Sauty , K. Tsinganos , E. Trussoni

Magnetic field dragged from the galactic disk along with inflowing gas can provide vertical support to the geometrically and optically thick pc-scale torus in AGN. Using the Soloviev solution initially developed for Tokamaks we derive an…

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