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We analyze the dynamics of 2D stationary line-driven winds from accretion disks in cataclysmic variables (CVs), by generalizing the Castor, Abbott and Klein theory. In paper 1, we have solved the wind Euler equation, derived its two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Achim Feldmeier , Isaac Shlosman , Peter Vitello

We use an analytic framework to calculate the evolution of binary orbits under a physically-motivated model that accounts for angular momentum loss associated with winds from an accretion disk around the compact objected accretor. Our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-28 Monica Gallegos-Garcia , Jonatan Jacquemin-Ide , Vicky Kalogera

We report on a 120 ks Chandra/HETG spectrum of the black hole GRS 1915+105. The observation was made during an extended and bright soft state in June, 2015. An extremely rich disk wind absorption spectrum is detected, similar to that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 J. M. Miller , J. Raymond , A. C. Fabian , E. Gallo , J. Kaastra , T. Kallman , A. L. King , D. Proga , C. S. Reynolds , A. Zoghbi

Accretion flows may produce profuse winds when they have positive specific energy. Winds deplete matter from the inner region of the disk and makes the inner region thinner, optically. Since there are fewer electrons in this region, it…

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

We summarize recent developments in modeling of mass outflows from accretion disks in AGN. We illustrate how the hydrodynamical and magnetohydrodynamical wind structures revealed in numerical simulations relate to observations. Important…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Proga

Many astrophysical sources, e.g., cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, exhibit a wind outflow, when they reveal a multicolor blackbody spectrum, hence harboring a geometrically thin Keplerian accretion disk. Unlike…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-14 Nagendra Kumar , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We present theoretical CIV 1548,1550 absorption line profiles for QSOs calculated assuming the accretion disk wind (ADW) scenario. The results suggest that the multiple absorption troughs seen in many QSOs may be due to the discontinuities…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-11-22 Nicolas A. Pereyra

We study the effects of outflow/wind on the gravitational stability of accretion discs around supermassive black holes using a set of analytical steady-state solutions. Mass-loss rate by the outflow from the disc is assumed to be a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Fazeleh Khajenabi

We present the results of four three-dimensional radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accretion disks around a $10^8$ solar mass black hole, which produce the far ultraviolet spectrum peak and demonstrate a robust physical mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-16 Yan-Fei Jiang , Omer Blaes , Ish Kaul , Lizhong Zhang

Optical emission from actively accreting X-ray binaries is dominated by X-ray reprocessing on the outer disk. In the regime of supercritical accretion, strong radiation will power a massive wind that is optically thick and nearly spherical,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Yuhan Yao , Hua Feng

We calculate spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of steady accretion discs at high accretion rates, as appropriate for bright QSOs, under the assumption that the outer parts are heated sufficiently to maintain marginal gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Edwin Sirko , Jeremy Goodman

We construct Super-Eddington Slim Disks models around both stellar and super-massive black holes by allowing the formation of a porous layer with a reduced effective opacity. We show that at high accretion rates, the inner part of the disks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Calanit Dotan , Nir J. Shaviv

(abridged) The accretion disk in AGN is expected to produce strong outflows, in particular a UV-line driven wind. Despite providing a good fit to the data, current spectral models of the X-ray spectrum of AGN observed through an accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. J. Schurch , C. Done

FU Ori is the prototype of FU Orionis systems which are outbursting protoplanetary disks. Magnetic fields in FU Ori's accretion disks have previously been detected using spectropolarimetry observations for Zeeman effects. We carry out…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Zhaohuan Zhu , Yan-Fei Jiang , James M. Stone

In the last decade, X-ray spectroscopy has enabled a wealth of discoveries of photoionised absorbers in X-ray binaries. Studies of such accretion disc atmospheres and winds are of fundamental importance to understand accretion processes and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 M. Díaz Trigo , L. Boirin

Black hole accretion disks appear to produce invariably plasma outflows that result in blue-shifted absorption features in their spectra. The X-ray absorption-line properties of these outflows are quite diverse, ranging in velocity from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Keigo Fukumura , Demosthenes Kazanas , Chris Shrader , Ehud Behar , Francesco Tombesi , Ioannis Contopoulos

We investigate accretion disk winds commonly observed in galactic black hole (BH) X-ray binaries (XRB), which manifest as blueshifted absorption features in X-ray spectra. We model these winds as ideal magnetohydrodynamic outflows of hot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-30 Atsushi Tanimoto , Keigo Fukumura , Shoji Ogawa , Hirokazu Odaka , Francesco Tombesi , Marco Laurenti , Pierpaolo Condo , Alfredo Luminari

Accretion disk winds are thought to produce many of the characteristic features seen in the spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasi-stellar objects (QSOs). These outflows also represent a natural form of feedback between the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Nick Higginbottom , Daniel Proga , Christian Knigge , Knox S. Long , James H. Matthews , Stuart A. Sim

In the absence of direct kinematic measurements, the mass of an accreting black hole is sometimes inferred from the X-ray spectral parameters of its accretion disk; specifically, from the temperature and normalization of a disk-blackbody…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. Soria , Z. Kuncic

We perform an analytic investigation of the stability of line-driven disk winds, independent of hydrodynamic simulations. Our motive is to determine whether or not line-driven disk winds can account for the wide/broad UV resonance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Nicolas A. Pereyra , Stanley P. Owocki , D. John Hillier , David A. Turnshek