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We present a new numerical code which solves the general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (GRMHD) equations coupled to the Einstein equations for the evolution of a dynamical spacetime within the conformally-flat approximation. This code…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pablo Cerdá-Durán , José A. Font , Luis Antón , Ewald Müller

The extreme hypothesis that essentially all types of ultrarelativistic outflow -- specifically AGN jets, pulsar wind nebulae and GRB --are electromagnetic, rather than gas dynamical, phenomena is considered. Electromagnetic flows are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. D. Blandford

The planet Mercury possesses a small but highly dynamic magnetosphere in which the role and dynamics of electrons are still largely unknown. We aim at modeling the global dynamics of solar wind electrons impinging on Mercury's…

Electromagnetic waves arise in many area of physics. Solutions are difficult to find in the general case. In this paper, we numerically integrate Maxwell equations in a 3D spherical polar coordinate system. Straightforward finite difference…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-26 J. Petri

A minimal model for magnetic reconnection and, generally, low-frequency dynamics in low-beta plasmas is proposed. The model combines analytical and computational simplicity with physical realizability: it is a rigorous limit of gyrokinetics…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-10-25 Alessandro Zocco , Alexander Schekochihin

High-energy astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei, quasars, X-ray binaries, and gamma-ray bursts are powered by mechanisms that convert gravitational or rotational energy into radiation, jets, and relativistic outflows.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-03 Parth Bambhaniya , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

The high-energy particle production in the accretion flow onto black holes can be a key physics to explain the high-energy neutrino background. While the single-zone approximation has been commonly adopted in studies of the high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 Tomohisa Kawashima , Katsuaki Asano

Magnetar phenomena are likely intertwined with the location and structure of magnetospheric currents. General-relativistic effects are important in shaping the force-free equilibria describing static configurations, though most studies have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Petros Stefanou , Arthur G. Suvorov , José A. Pons

Force-Free Flectrodynamics (FFE) is a non-linear system of equations modeling the evolution of the electromagnetic field, in the presence of a magnetically dominated relativistic plasma. This configuration arises on several astrophysical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-20 Federico Carrasco , Oscar Reula

Adopting our new method for matching general relativistic, ideal magnetohydrodynamics to its force-free limit, we perform the first systematic simulations of force-free pulsar magnetospheres in general relativity. We endow the neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Milton Ruiz , Vasileios Paschalidis , Stuart L. Shapiro

We construct asymptotically flat, static spherically symmetric black holes with regular centre in $f(R,T)$ gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics Lagrangian. We obtain generalized metric function of the Bardeen and Hayward black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-29 Takol Tangphati , Menglong Youk , Supakchai Ponglertsakul

We describe global, 3D, time-dependent, non-radiative, general-relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accreting black holes (BHs). The simulations are designed to transport a large amount of magnetic flux to the center, more than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Ramesh Narayan , Jonathan C. McKinney

Motivated by a new model of nonlinear electrodynamics known as Modified Maxwell (ModMax) theory, an exact analytical solution for black holes is obtained by coupling ModMax nonlinear electrodynamics and $F(R)$ gravity. Then, the effects of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-26 Behzad Eslam Panah

Local conformal symmetry introduces the conformal curvature (Weyl tensor) that gets split into its (gravito-) electric and magnetic (tensor) parts. Newtonian tidal forces are expected from the gravitoelectric field, whereas…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-05 A. Danehkar

We present the largest 3D Particle-in-Cell shearing-box simulations of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability, for the first time employing the realistic proton-to-electron mass ratio. We investigate the energy partition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-24 Evgeny A. Gorbunov , Fabio Bacchini , Vladimir Zhdankin , Gregory R. Werner , Mitchell C. Begelman , Dmitri A. Uzdensky

A model of nonlinear electrodynamics with two parameters, coupled with general relativity, is investigated. We study the magnetized black hole and obtain solutions. The asymptotic of the metric and mass functions at $r\rightarrow\infty$ and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-24 S. I. Kruglov

This paper presents results from axisymmetric simulations of magneto-rotational stellar core collapse to neutron stars in general relativity using the passive field approximation for the magnetic field. These simulations are performed using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Cerdá-Durán , J. A. Font , H. Dimmelmeier

Some very interesting solutions of the field equations of Einstein's general theory of relativity have been constructed in the framework of nonlinear electrodynamics. In particular, magnetically charged black hole solutions in the framework…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-12 Askar Ali , Khalid Saifullah

Current state-of-the-art simulations of accretion flows onto black holes require a significant level of numerical sophistication, in order to allow the three-dimensional modelling of relativistic magnetised plasma in a regime of strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-09 Matteo Bugli

The theory of cold, relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic outflows is generalized by the inclusion of an intense radiation source. In some contexts, such the breakout of a gamma-ray burst jet from a star, the outflow is heated to a high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Matthew Russo , Christopher Thompson