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We present general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) numerical simulations of the accretion flow around the supermassive black hole in the Galactic centre, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The simulations include for the first time radiative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Salomé Dibi , Samia Drappeau , P. Chris Fragile , Sera Markoff , Jason Dexter

We present the combination of dynamical accretion model based on 3D GRMHD simulations and general relativistic (GR) polarized radiative transfer. We write down the formalism of and perform the GR ray-tracing of cyclo-synchrotron radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-14 Roman V. Shcherbakov , Robert F. Penna

We obtain estimates of Sgr A* accretion flow and black hole parameters by fitting polarized sub-mm observations with spectra computed using three-dimensional (3D) general relativistic (GR) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) (GRMHD) simulations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Roman V. Shcherbakov , Robert F. Penna , Jonathan C. McKinney

In spite of a large number of global three-dimensional (3D) magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of accretion flows and jets being made recently, their astrophysical relevance for realistic situations is not well known. In order to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Ohsuga , Y. Kato , S. Mineshige

We present models of Galactic Center emission in the vicinity of Sagittarius A* that use parametrizations of the electron temperature or energy density. These models include those inspired by two-temperature general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 Richard Anantua , Sean Ressler , Eliot Quataert

The candidate supermassive black hole in the Galactic Centre, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is known to be fed by a radiatively inefficient accretion flow (RIAF), inferred by its low accretion rate. Consequently, radiative cooling has in general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 Doosoo Yoon , Koushik Chatterjee , Sera Markoff , David van Eijnatten , Ziri Younsi , Matthew Liska , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

The radio source Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is believed to be a hot, inhomogeneous, magnetized plasma flowing near the event horizon of the 3 million solar mass black hole at the galactic center. At a distance of 8000 parsecs the black hole…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Scott C. Noble , Po Kin Leung , Charles F. Gammie , Laura G. Book

By solving radiative transfer equations, we examine three-dimensional radiative properties of a magnetohydrodynamic accretion flow model confronting with the observed spectrum of Sgr A*, in the vicinity of supermassive black hole at the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Y. Kato , M. Umemura , K. Ohsuga

We present results of simulations of the spectrum of the accretion flow onto the supermassive black hole in our Galactic Centre, Sagittarius A*, generated with a coupling of Monte-Carlo (MC) radiation and general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Guy Hilburn , Edison Liang , Siming Liu , Hui Li

Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, undergoes large-amplitude near-infrared (NIR) flares that can coincide with the continuous rotation of the NIR emission region. One promising explanation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-18 Arpiar Avetis Grigorian , Jason Dexter

We present 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of the accretion flow surrounding Sagittarius A* that are initialized using larger-scale MHD simulations of the $\sim$ 30 Wolf--Rayet (WR) stellar winds in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Sean M. Ressler , Christopher J. White , Eliot Quataert , James M. Stone

We describe results from a new technique for the prediction of complete, self-consistent X-ray spectra from three-dimensional General Relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of black hole accretion flows. Density and cooling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-01 Brooks E. Kinch , Jeremy D. Schnittman , Timothy R. Kallman , Julian H. Krolik

We present axisymmetric numerical simulations of radiatively inefficient accretion flows onto black holes combining general relativity, magnetohydrodynamics, self-consistent electron thermodynamics, and frequency-dependent radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Benjamin R. Ryan , Sean M. Ressler , Joshua C. Dolence , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Charles F. Gammie , Eliot Quataert

Wind-fed models offer a unique way to form predictive models of the accretion flow surrounding Sagittarius A*. We present 3D, wind-fed MHD and GRMHD simulations spanning the entire dynamic range of accretion from parsec scales to the event…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Sean M. Ressler , Christopher J. White , Eliot Quataert

The interplay between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their environments is believed to command an essential role in galaxy evolution. The majority of these SMBHs are in the radiative inefficient accretion phase where this interplay…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-30 Shawn R. Roberts , Yan-Fei Jiang , Q. Daniel Wang , Jeremiah P. Ostriker

We perform three-dimensional general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of a near-maximally spinning black hole (spin parameter, a = 0.998) with varying initial magnetic field geometries, systematically exploring the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Rohan Raha , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Koushik Chatterjee

Sagittarius A* is a compact radio source at the Galactic center, powered by accretion of fully ionized plasmas into a supermassive black hole. However, the radio emission cannot be produced through the thermal synchrotron process by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-04-02 Kyle W. Martin , Siming Liu , Chris Fragile , Cong Yu , Chris L. Fryer

We present global radiation GRMHD simulations of strongly magnetized accretion onto a spinning, stellar mass black hole at sub-Eddington rates. Using a frequency-dependent Monte Carlo procedure for Compton scattering, we self-consistently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-04 Jason Dexter , Nicolas Scepi , Mitchell C. Begelman

The accretion flow around the Galactic Center black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is expected to have an electron temperature that is distinct from the ion temperature, due to weak Coulomb coupling in the low-density plasma. We present four…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-31 Andrew Chael , Michael E. Rowan , Ramesh Narayan , Michael D. Johnson , Lorenzo Sironi

General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations are an indispensable tool in studying accretion onto compact objects. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) frequently uses libraries of ideal GRMHD simulations to interpret…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-27 Vedant Dhruv , Ben Prather , George Wong , Charles F. Gammie
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