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There is a special interest to understand the dynamical properties of the accretion disk created around the newly formed black hole due to the supermassive black hole binaries which merge inside the gaseous disk. The newly formed black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Orhan Donmez , Anwar Al-Kandari , Ahlam Abu Seedo

There is a supermassive black hole, a gaseous accretion disk and compact star cluster in the center of active galactic nuclei, as known today. So the activity of AGN can be represented as the result of interaction of these three subsystems.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-11 Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev

The formation of the most massive quasars observed at high redshifts requires extreme inflows of gas down to the length scales of the central compact object. Here, we estimate the maximum inflow rate allowed by gravity down to the surface…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 L. Haemmerlé , R. S. Klessen , L. Mayer , L. Zwick

Disk accretion to rotating stars with complex magnetic fields is investigated using full three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. The studied magnetic configurations include superpositions of misaligned dipole and quadrupole…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Long , M. M. Romanova , R. V. E. Lovelace

It is widely believed that stellar-mass black holes (sMBHs) exist within the accretion disks of active galactic nuclei (AGN), forming a distinct population termed ``accretion-modified star" (AMS). Gas from the dense disk accretes onto these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-27 Jun-Rong Liu , Jian-Min Wang , Hua Feng

We present a 3-D ideal MHD simulation of magnetospheric accretion onto a non-rotating star. The accretion process unfolds with intricate 3-D structures driven by various mechanisms. First, the disc develops filaments at the magnetospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-18 Zhaohuan Zhu , James M. Stone , Nuria Calvet

The vast majority of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the local universe exhibit levels of activity much lower than those expected from gas supplying rates onto the galactic nuclei, and only a small fraction of silent SMBHs can turn into…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 Kohei Inayoshi , Kohei Ichikawa , Luis C. Ho

The proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna is expected to detect gravitational waves from neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes spiraling into supermassive black holes in distant galactic nuclei. Analysis of the inspiral events…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ramesh Narayan

The co-evolution between black holes and galaxies suggests that feedback of active galactic nuclei influence host galaxies through ejecting radiative and kinetic energies to surroundings. Larger scale outflow in local universe are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-09 Zhenzhen Li , Hongyan Zhou , Lei Hao , Xiheng Shi

Disks of gas accreting onto supermassive black holes, powering active galactic nuclei (AGN), can capture stars from nuclear star clusters or form stars in situ via gravitational instability. The density and thermal conditions of these disks…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-26 Alexander J. Dittmann , Adam S. Jermyn , Matteo Cantiello

Massive stars can form within or be captured by AGN disks, influencing both the thermal structure and metallicity of the disk environment. In a previous work, we investigated isotropic accretion onto massive stars from a gas-rich,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-21 Yi-Xian Chen , Yan-Fei Jiang , Jeremy Goodman

The centers of our galaxy and the nearby Messier 87 are known to contain supermassive black holes, which support accretion flows that radiate across the electromagnetic spectrum. Although the composition of the accreting gas is unknown, it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-05 George N. Wong , Charles F. Gammie

An interplay of magnetic fields and gravitation drives accretion and outflows near black holes. However, a specific mechanism is still a matter of debate; it is very likely that different processes dominate under various conditions. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Ondřej Kopáček , Vladimír Karas

In this paper, perturbations of an accretion disk by a star orbiting around a black hole are studied. We report on a numerical experiment, which has been carried out by using a parallel-machine code originally developed by D\"{o}nmez…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Orhan Donmez

We present the results of three-dimensional global resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of black hole accretion flows. General relativistic effects are simulated by using the pseudo-Newtonian potential. Initial state is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto

Supermassive black holes are a key ingredient of galaxy evolution. However, their origin is still highly debated. In one of the leading formation scenarios, a black hole of $\sim100$ M$_{\odot}$ results from the collapse of the inner core…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-12 Davide Fiacconi , Elena M. Rossi

We report results of a high-resolution numerical-relativity simulation for the merger of black hole-magnetized neutron star binaries on Japanese supercomputer "K". We focus on a binary that is subject to tidal disruption and subsequent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-30 Kenta Kiuchi , Yuichiro Sekiguchi , Koutarou Kyutoku , Masaru Shibata , Keisuke Taniguchi , Tomohide Wada

The tidal disruption of a star by a supermassive black hole is expected to lead to a short bright flare followed by an extended period of low-level emission. Existing models of the late-time accretion of the stellar debris via a thin disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kristen Menou , Eliot Quataert

Within the magnetospheric radius, the geometry of accretion flow in X-ray pulsars is shaped by a strong magnetic field of a neutron star. Starting at the magnetospheric radius, accretion flow follows field lines and reaches the stellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-21 A. A. Mushtukov , A. Ingram , V. F. Suleimanov , N. DiLullo , M. Middleton , S. S. Tsygankov , M. van der Klis , S. Portegies Zwart

Active Galactic Nuclei are powered by geometrically-thin accretion disks surrounding a central supermassive black hole. Here we explore the evolution of stars embedded in these extreme astrophysical environments (AGN stars). Because AGN…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Matteo Cantiello , Adam S. Jermyn , Douglas N. C. Lin
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