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We conduct a systematic study of the properties of tilted accretion flows around spinning black holes, covering a range of tilt angles and black hole spins, using the general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code Athena++. The same initial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-25 Christopher J. White , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

We discuss the problem of the formation of a large-scale magnetic field in the accretion disks around black holes, taking into account the nonuniform vertical structure of the disk. The high electrical conductivity of the outer layers of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-04-27 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , R. V. E. Lovelace

The structure of the inner edge of the accretion disk around a black hole can be altered, if the matter inside the marginally stable orbit is magnetically connected to the disk. In this case, a non-zero torque is exerted on its inner edge,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Xinwu Cao , Y. D. Xu

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

The radiative and jet efficiencies of thin magnetized accretion disks around black holes (BHs) are affected by BH spin and the presence of a magnetic field that, when strong, could lead to large deviations from Novikov-Thorne (NT) thin disk…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Mark J. Avara , Jonathan C. McKinney , Chris S. Reynolds

Recent studies have focused on how spinning black holes (BHs) within a binary system containing a strongly magnetized neutron star, then immersed in external magnetic fields, can acquire charge through mechanisms like the Wald process and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-04 Audrey Trova , Eva Hackmann

We consider thin accretion disks in the field of a class of rotating regular black holes. For this purpose, we obtain the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit, $r_{ISCO}$ and efficiency of accretion disk in converting matter into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-28 Kuantay Boshkayev , Talgar Konysbayev , Yergali Kurmanov , Orlando Luongo , Marco Muccino , Aliya Taukenova , Ainur Urazalina

Models of X-ray production in black-hole sources are reviewed and compared with recent observations. Possible diagnostics of the hot-disk and disk-corona models are discussed in the light of spectral and temporal data. A new model of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Andrei M. Beloborodov

Accretion disks, swirling structures of matter spiraling into black holes, play a pivotal role in our understanding of binary star systems and their intricate evolutionary processes. While current models often simplify these complex…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-26 Seyyed Masoud Hoseyni , Jamshid Ghanbari , Mahboobe Moeen Moghaddas

We simulate the viscous evolution of an accretion disc around a spinning black hole. In general any such disc is misaligned, and warped by the Lense-Thirring effect. Unlike previous studies we use effective viscosities constrained to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Chris Nixon , Andrew King

If a Kerr black hole is connected to a disk rotating around it by a magnetic field, the rotational energy of the Kerr black hole provides an energy source for the radiation of the disk in addition to disk accretion. The black hole exerts a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Li-Xin Li

We examine the evolution and influence of viscosity-induced diskoseismic modes in simulated black hole accretion disks. Understanding the origin and behavior of such oscillations will help us to evaluate their potential role in producing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Sean M. O'Neill , Christopher S. Reynolds , M. Coleman Miller

Accretion onto a compact object must occur through a disc when the material has some initial angular momentum. Thin discs and the thicker low radiative efficiency accretion flows are solutions to this problem that have been widely studied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Guillaume Dubus

We present an extended scheme for the calculation of the profiles of emission lines from accretion discs around rotating black holes. The scheme includes discs with angular momenta which are parallel and antiparallel with respect to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 T. Dauser , J. Wilms , C. S. Reynolds , L. W. Brenneman

Inner accretion disc around a black hole provides a rare, natural probe to understand the fundamental physics of the strong gravity regime. A possible tilt of such a disc, with respect to the black hole spin equator, is important. This is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-02 Chandrachur Chakraborty , Sudip Bhattacharyya

We demonstrate the formation of magnetically arrested minidisks (MAM) around equal-mass, nonspinning binary black holes with magnetohydrodynamic simulations of circumbinary disk accretion in full 3+1 general relativity. The initial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-02 Vikram Manikantan , Vasileios Paschalidis

Accreting black holes (BHs) produce intense radiation and powerful relativistic jets, which are affected by the BH's spin magnitude and direction. While thin disks might align with the BH spin axis via the Bardeen-Petterson effect, this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-19 Jonathan C. McKinney , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Roger D. Blandford

We investigate the structure and emission properties of a thin accretion disk around a rotating charged black hole described by an effective higher-curvature-inspired spacetime, constructed as a phenomenological deformation of the Kerr…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-14 Mohammad Hassani , Kourosh Nozari , Sara Saghafi

We provide a description of a thin accretion disc for a static spherically symmetric black holes in $f(R)$ gravity. In this regard, we first study the horizons of black holes in $f(R)$ gravity. The equation of motion and effective potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-02 Saheb Soroushfar , Sudhaker Upadhyay

In this paper we consider the process of alignment of a spinning black hole and a surrounding misaligned accretion disc. We use a simplified set of equations, that describe the evolution of the system in the case where the propagation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Lodato , J. E. Pringle