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We present a detailed study of localised magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) instabilities occuring in two--dimensional magnetized accretion disks. We model axisymmetric MHD disk tori, and solve the equations governing a two--dimensional magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 J. W. S. Blokland , R. Keppens , J. P. Goedbloed

The origin of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole accretion flow remains uncertain, particularly regarding the role of magnetic field configurations in shaping disk structure and variability signatures. We investigate this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-28 Jing-Ze Xia , Hong-Xuan Jiang , Indu K. Dihingia , Yosuke Mizuno

We carry out idealized three-dimensional general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of prograde, weakly magnetized, and geometrically thick accretion flows where the gas distribution is misaligned from the black hole spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-17 Sajal Gupta , Jason Dexter

This paper deals with the steady-state polytropic fluid accretion onto a higher-dimensional Reissner-Nordstr$\ddot{o}$m black hole. We formulate the generalized mass flux conservation equation, energy flux conservation and relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-11 M. Sharif , Sehrish Iftikhar

We analyze the steady radial accretion of matter into a nonrotating black hole. Neglecting the self-gravity of the accreting matter, we consider a rather general class of static, spherically symmetric and asymptotically flat background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-06 Eliana Chaverra , Olivier Sarbach

We present a comprehensive analysis of four near-Eddington black hole accretion models computed by solving the GRMHD equations with full radiation transport. This study focuses on the dynamical effects of magnetic field topology and black…

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

For the first time, {\it all} available pseudo-Schwarzschild potentials are exhaustively used to investigate the possibility of shock formation in hydrodynamic, invicid, black hole accretion discs. It is shown that a significant region of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Tapas Kumar Das

Isolated stellar-mass BH accrete gas, often at supersonic speeds, and can form outflows that can influence the accreted gas. The latter process, known as mechanical feedback, can significantly affect the accretion rate. We use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Valenti Bosch-Ramon

Discretized numerical simulations are a powerful tool for investigation of nonlinear MHD turbulence in accretion disks. However, confidence in their quantitative predictions requires a demonstration that further refinement of the spatial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 John F. Hawley , Xiaoyue Guan , Julian H. Krolik

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

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) plays a crucial role in regulating the accretion efficiency in astrophysical accretion disks. In low-luminosity disks around black holes, such as Sgr A* and M87, Coulomb collisions are infrequent,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-25 Astor Sandoval , Mario Riquelme , Anatoly Spitkovsky , Fabio Bacchini

We investigate the significance of large scale azimuthal, magnetic and velocity modes for the MRI turbulence in accretion disks. We perform 3D global ideal MHD simulations of global stratified proto-planetary disk models. Our domains span…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Flock , N. Dzyurkevich , H. Klahr , N. Turner , Th. Henning

In this paper, we constructed the magnetized thick disk model analytically around the static black hole in the presence of an external distribution of matter up to the quadrupole moment. This space-time is a solution to Einstein's field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-14 Shokoufe Faraji , Audrey Trova

We perform 3D stratified shearing-box MHD simulations on the gas dynamics of protoplanetary disks threaded by net vertical magnetic field Bz. All three non-ideal MHD effects, Ohmic resistivity, the Hall effect and ambipolar diffusion are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Xue-Ning Bai

We examine the steady-state spherically symmetric accretion of relativistic fluids, with a polytropic equation of state, onto a higher dimensional Schwarzschild black hole. The mass accretion rate, critical radius, and flow parameters are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-14 Anslyn J. John , Sushant G. Ghosh , Sunil D. Maharaj

We examine the accretion process in a thin disk surrounding a supermassive black hole within the framework of Einstein-Maxwell-scalar (EMS) gravity. Our investigation aims to elucidate how variations in model parameters affect different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-21 Yingdong Wu , Haiyuan Feng , Wei-Qiang Chen

Strongly magnetized accretion discs around black holes have attractive features that may explain enigmatic aspects of X-ray binary behaviour. The structure and evolution of these discs are governed by a dynamo-like mechanism, which channels…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 Greg Salvesen , Jacob B. Simon , Philip J. Armitage , Mitchell C. Begelman

We perform detailed variability analysis of two-dimensional viscous, radiation hydrodynamic numerical simulations of Shakura-Sunyaev thin disks around a stellar mass black hole. Disk models are initialized on both the gas-, as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-08 Bhupendra Mishra , Wlodek Kluźniak , P. Chris Fragile

Discerning the likelihood of the so-called runaway instability of thick accretion disks orbiting black holes is an important issue for most models of cosmic gamma-ray bursts. To this aim we investigate this phenomenon by means of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jose A. Font , Frederic Daigne

We present results from two long-duration GRMHD simulations of advection-dominated accretion around a non-spinning black hole. The first simulation was designed to avoid significant accumulation of magnetic flux around the black hole. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Ramesh Narayan , Aleksander Sadowski , Robert F. Penna , Akshay K. Kulkarni