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Numerical, two-dimensional, time-dependent hydrodynamical models of geometrically thick accretion discs around black holes are presented. Accretion flows with non-effective radiation cooling (ADAFs) can be both convectively stable or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Igor V. Igumenshchev

We examine here the inner region accretion flows onto black holes. A variety of models are presented. We also discuss viscosity mechanisms under a variety of circumstances, for standard accretion disks onto galactic black holes and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Menas Kafatos , Prasad Subramanian

In low-mass disks, turbulent torques are probably the most important way of redistributing angular momentum. Here we present the theory of turbulent accretion disks. We show the molecular viscosity is far too small to account for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Caroline E. J. M. L. J. Terquem

We review the current understanding of accretion flows around compact objects with a special emphasis on advective disks. We discuss the influence of the centrifugal pressure supported high density region around compact objects (where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sandip K. Chakrabarti

We review models which include advective accretion disks onto compact objects and discuss the influence of the centrifugal pressure supported high density region close to the compact objects on the emitted spectra. We show that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sandip K. Chakrabarti

I briefly review the theoretical models of radiatively efficient, geometrically thin and optically thick accretion disk spectra that currently exist for AGN. I then discuss three recent observational developments that have real potential to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Omer Blaes

We report on a new class of solutions of black hole accretion disks that we have found through three-dimensional, global, radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations in general relativity. It combines features of the canonical thin, slim and…

Two-dimensional accretion flows near black holes have been investigated by time-dependent hydrodynamical calculations. We assume that the flow is axisymmetric and that radiative losses of internal energy are negligible, so that the disc is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Igor V. Igumenshchev , Xingming Chen , Marek A. Abramowicz

We investigate a family of spherically symmetric, static, charged regular black hole solutions derived within the framework of Einstein-nonlinear electrodynamics. Our study focuses on examining the characteristics of accretion disks in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-25 Yergali Kurmanov , Kuantay Boshkayev , Talgar Konysbayev , Orlando Luongo , Nazym Saiyp , Ainur Urazalina , Gulfeiruz Ikhsan , Gulnara Suliyeva

We present the results of our studies on accretion disks in the proximity of astrophysical black holes. These disks can be of varying degrees of opacity, geometrical shapes, sizes, and volumes. The central compact object is a Schwarzschild…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-27 Leela Elpida Koutsantoniou

For the first time ever, we derive equations governing the time-evolution of fully relativistic slim accretion disks in the Kerr metric, and numerically construct their detailed non-stationary models. We discuss applications of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Li Xue , Aleksander Sądowski , Marek A. Abramowicz , Ju-Fu Lu

When gas accretes onto a black hole, at a rate either much less than or much greater than the Eddington rate, it is likely to do so in an "adiabatic" or radiatively inefficient manner. Under fluid (as opposed to MHD) conditions, the disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Roger D. Blandford , Mitchell C. Begelman

We provide a unified description of thermal equilibria of black hole accretion disks, including the newly-discovered advection-dominated solutions. We classify the solutions on the basis of optical depth and importance of advection cooling.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Xingming Chen , Marek A. Abramowicz , Jean-Pierre Lasota , Ramesh Narayan , Insu Yi

We examine radiation and its effects on accretion disks orbiting astrophysical black holes. These disks are thermally radiating and can be geometrically and optically thin or thick. In this first paper of the series, we discuss the physics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-06 Leela Elpida Koutsantoniou

We study the coupled disc-jet system around the black hole where the outflow solutions are obtained in terms of the inflow parameters. We observe that an advective accretion disc can eject outflows/jets for wide range of viscosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-28 Santabrata Das , Indranil Chattopadhyay , Anuj Nandi , Biplob Sarkar

We discuss the solution of accretion disk when the black hole is chosen to be rotating. We study, how the fluid properties get affected for different rotation parameters of the black hole. We know that no cosmic object is static in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

This chapter provides a general overview of the theory and observations of black holes in the Universe and on their interpretation. We briefly review the black hole classes, accretion disk models, spectral state classification, the AGN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-18 Sourabh Nampalliwar , Cosimo Bambi

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

The equations governing the vertical structure of a stationary keplerian accretion disc are presented. The model is based on the alpha-viscosity, includes self-gravity, convective transport and turbulent pressure. A few properties of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jean-Marc Hure

We review some of the interesting consequences that tilts, warps, and eccentricities can introduce into the dynamics, thermodynamics, and observational appearance of accreting systems, with an emphasis on disks around black holes and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-04 P. Chris Fragile , Adam Ingram , Gibwa Musoke , Gordon I. Ogilvie