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We study the 2-D, time-dependent hydrodynamics of radiation-driven winds from luminous accretion disks threaded by a strong, large-scale, ordered magnetic field. The radiation force is due to spectral lines and is calculated using a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Proga

We present steady-state solutions for a one-dimensional, magnetically-driven accretion disk wind model based on magnetohydrodynamic equations. We assume a geometrically thin, gas-pressure-dominated accretion disk, incorporating both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Mageshwaran Tamilan , Kimitake Hayasaki , Takeru K. Suzuki

We have carried out radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of thermally-driven accretion disc winds in low-mass X-ray binaries. Our main goal is to study the luminosity dependence of these outflows and compare with observations. The simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 Nick Higginbottom , Christian Knigge , Knox S. Long , James H. Matthews , Edward J. Parkinson

We study the two-dimensional, time-dependent MHD of radiation-driven winds from luminous accretion disks initially threaded by a purely axial magnetic field. The radiation force is mediated primarily by spectral lines. We use ideal MHD to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Proga

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

Disc winds play a crucial role in many accreting astrophysical systems across all scales. In accreting white dwarfs (AWDs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN), radiation pressure on spectral lines is a promising wind-driving mechanism.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Amin Mosallanezhad , Christian Knigge , Nicolas Scepi , James H. Matthews , Knox S. Long , Stuart A. Sim , Austen Wallis

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

The prevalence and consequences of convection perpendicular to the plane of accretion discs have been discussed for several decades. Recent simulations combining convection and the magnetorotational instability have given fresh impetus to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Loren E. Held , Henrik N. Latter

Thin viscous Keplerian accretion disks are considered asymptotically stable, even though they can show significant dynamic activity on short timescales. In this paper the dynamics of non-axisymmetric hydrodynamical disturbances of disks are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Paola Rebusco , Orkan M. Umurhan , Wlodek Kluzniak , Oded Regev

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

(Abridged) We analyse the stability and evolution of power-law accretion disc models. These have midplane densities that follow radial power-laws, and have either temperature or entropy distributions that are power-law functions of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Richard P. Nelson , Oliver Gressel , Orkan M. Umurhan

The interaction between the accretion disc and its corona plays a critical role in the energy balance and emission mechanisms in astrophysical systems such as active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries. However, the detailed physics of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-13 Lixin Zhang , Li Xue , Jingyi Luo , Chengzhi Li

We present three-dimensional (3-D) hydrodynamical simulations of gas flows in the vicinity of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) powered by a precessing accretion disk. We consider the effects of the radiation force from such a disk on its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ryuichi Kurosawa , Daniel Proga

We analyze the dynamics of 2-D stationary, line-driven winds from accretion disks in cataclysmic variable stars. The driving force is that of line radiation pressure, in the formalism developed by Castor, Abbott & Klein for O stars. Our…

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

Previous work has shown that interactions between a central binary system and a circumbinary disc (CBD) can lead to the binary orbit either shrinking or expanding, depending on the properties of the disc. In this work, we perform…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-22 George Turpin , Richard Nelson

A simple 1D dynamical model of thermally driven disc winds is proposed, based on the results of recent, 2.5D axi-symmetric simulations. Our formulation of the disc wind problem is in the spirit of the original Parker (1958) and Bondi (1952)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Timothy R. Waters , Daniel Proga

We investigate linear dynamics of non-axisymmetric perturbations in incompressible, vertically stratified Keplerian discs with a weak vertical magnetic field in the shearing box approximation. Perturbations are decomposed into shearing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 G. R. Mamatsashvili , G. D. Chagelishvili , G. Bodo , P. Rossi

According to the standard thin disc theory, it is predicted that the radiation-pressure-dominated inner region of a thin disc is thermally unstable, while observations suggest that it is common for a thin disc of more than 0.01 Eddington…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-25 Yu Zhao , Xiao-Hong Yang , Li Xue , Shuang-Liang Li

Giant planets that reside in close proximity to their host stars are subject to extreme irradiation, which gives rise to thermal ionization of trace Alkali metals in their atmospheres. On objects where the atmospheric electrical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Konstantin Batygin , Sabine Stanley

We construct a two-parameter family of models for self-collimated, radially self-similar magnetized outflows from accretion disks. A flow at zero initial poloidal speed leaves the surface of a rotating disk and is accelerated and redirected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Eve C. Ostriker