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Using long-duration general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of radiatively inefficient accretion discs, the energy, momentum and mass outflow rates from such systems are estimated. Outflows occur via two fairly distinct modes:…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Sadowski , R. Narayan , R. Penna , Y. Zhu

We present the results of nine simulations of radiatively-inefficient magnetically arrested disks (MADs) across different values of the black hole spin parameter $a_*$: $-0.9$, $-0.7$, $-0.5$, $-0.3$, 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9. Each…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Ramesh Narayan , Andrew Chael , Koushik Chatterjee , Angelo Ricarte , Brandon Curd

We show that the 5-GHz radio flux of transient ballistic jets in black hole binaries correlates with the dimensionless black hole spin parameter a* estimated via the continuum-fitting method. The data suggest that jet power scales either as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-12-06 Ramesh Narayan , Jeffrey E. McClintock

Rotating black holes are known to launch relativistic jets and accelerate particles provided they accrete a magnetized plasma. However, it remains unclear how the global magnetic field orientation affects the jet powering efficiency. Here,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 Enzo Figueiredo , Benoît Cerutti , Kyle Parfrey

Theoretical models for the production of relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei predict that jet power arises from the spin and mass of the central black hole, as well as the magnetic field near the event horizon. The physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , A. Celotti , T. Sbarrato

Magnetic field threading a black hole ergosphere is believed to play the key role in both driving the powerful relativistic jets observed in active galactic nuclei and extracting the rotational energy from a black hole via Blandford-Znajek…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-23 E. Nokhrina

This is the fourth paper of our series of works studying winds from hot accretion flows around black holes. In the first two papers, we have shown the existence of strong winds in hot accretion flows using hydrodynamical and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Hai Yang , Feng Yuan , Ye-fei Yuan , Christopher J. White

The power of jets from black holes are expected to depend on both the spin of the black hole and the structure of the accretion disk in the region of the last stable orbit. We investigate these dependencies using two different physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Rodrigo S. Nemmen , Richard G. Bower , Arif Babul , Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

Numerical simulations indicate that black holes carrying linear momentum and/or orbital momentum can power jets. The jets extract the kinetic energy stored in the black hole's motion. This could provide an important electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-29 Robert F. Penna

We study magnetic field strengths along the jet in NGC~315. First, we estimated the angular velocity of rotation in the jet magnetosphere by comparing the measured velocity profile of NGC~315 with the magneto-hydrodynamic jet model of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-29 Motoki Kino , Hyunwook Ro , Masaaki Takahashi , Tomohisa Kawashima , Jongho Park , Kazuhiro Hada , Yuzhu Cui

Unbounded outflows in the form of highly collimated jets and broad winds appear to be a ubiquitous feature of accreting black hole systems. The most powerful jets are thought to derive a significant fraction, if not the majority, of their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Andrew J. Benson , Arif Babul

It has for long been an article of faith among astrophysicists that black hole spin energy is responsible for powering the relativistic jets seen in accreting black holes. Two recent advances have strengthened the case. First, numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Ramesh Narayan , Jeffrey E. McClintock , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

From Liu and Han (2014), the accretion-dominated jet power has a linear proportionality with the accretion rate, whereas the power law index is <=0.5 at lower accretion rate. Attributing the jet power in low accretion rate AGN to the black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-10 Xiang Liu , Zhen Zhang , Zhenhua Han

We estimated the magnetic field strength at the horizon radius of black holes, that is derived by the magnetic coupling process and depended on the black hole mass $M_{BH}$ and the accretion rate $\dot{M}$. Our estimation is based on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-01 M. Yu. Piotrovich , N. A. Silant'ev , Yu. N. Gnedin , T. M. Natsvlishvili

Theoretical models show that the power of relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei depends on the spin and mass of the central supermassive black holes, as well as the accretion. Here we report an analysis of archival observations of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-09 Yongyun Chen , Qiusheng Gu , Junhui Fan , Hongyan Zhou , Yefei Yuan , Weimin Gu , Qinwen Wu , Dingrong Xiong , Xiaotong Guo , Nan Ding , Xiaoling Yu

In certain scenarios, the accreted angular momentum of plasma onto a black hole could be low; however, how the accretion dynamics depend on the angular momentum content of the plasma is still not fully understood. We present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-23 Ho-Sang Chan , Prasun Dhang , Jason Dexter , Mitchell C. Begelman

We present 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic(GRMHD) simulations of zero angular momentum accretion around a rapidly rotating black hole, modified by the presence of initially uniform magnetic fields. We consider serveral angles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Sean M. Ressler , Eliot Quataert , Christopher J. White , Omer Blaes

The origin of jets emitted from black holes is not well understood, however there are two possible energy sources, the accretion disk or the rotating black hole. Magnetohydrodynamic simulations show a well-defined jet that extracts energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vladimir Semenov , Sergey Dyadechkin , Brian Punsly

One of the major open questions related to the production of jets by accreting black holes is: why do sources with similar accretion powers produce so vastly different jet powers? What conditions are required to make a powerful jet? If jets…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-19 Tuomas Savolainen , Wara Chamani

Relativistic jets from black holes can extract energy not only from accretion but also directly from the black hole's spin, as described by the Blandford-Znajek mechanism. A longstanding question is whether magnetic flux can accumulate near…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 Antonios Nathanail
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