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Astrophysical events that occur in active galactic nucleus (AGN) disks are believed to differ significantly from the ordinary in the interstellar medium. We show that stars located in the outer region of the AGN disk would explode near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-23 Fu-Lin Li , Yu Liu , Xiao Fan , Mao-Kai Hu , Xuan Yang , Jin-Jun Geng , Xue-Feng Wu

Some catastrophic stellar explosions, such as supernovae (SNe), compact binary coalescences, and micro-tidal disruption events, are believed to be embedded in the accretion disks of active galactic nuclei (AGN). We show high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Jin-Ping Zhu , Kai Wang , Bing Zhang

Supernova (SN) explosions can potentially affect the structure and evolution of circumnuclear disks in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Some previous studies have suggested that a relatively low rate of SN explosions can provide an effective…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-13 A. Moranchel-Basurto , F. J. Sánchez-salcedo , Raúl O. Chametla , P. F. Velázquez

The disks of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), traditionally studied as the feeders of the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their centers, have recently triggered a lot of interest also as hosts to massive stars and hence their neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 Rosalba Perna , Davide Lazzati , Matteo Cantiello

Supernova (SN) shocks that originate from stars on orbits embedded in dense active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks evolve differently from those that occur in the interstellar medium. We aim to assess how shocks evolve in this dense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-01 Harrison E. Cook , Wladimir Lyra , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , K. E. Saavik Ford , Barry McKernan

In the inner region of the disc of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the collision of two white dwarfs (WDs) through Jacobi capture might be inevitable, leading to a Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosion. This transient event, influenced by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-29 Shu-Rui Zhang , Yan Luo , Xiao-Jun Wu , Jian-Min Wang , Luis C. Ho , Ye-Fei Yuan

Stars can either be formed in or captured by the accretion disks in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). These AGN stars are irradiated and subject to extreme levels of accretion, which can turn even low-mass stars into very massive ones ($M > 100…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Adam S. Jermyn , Alexander J. Dittmann , Matteo Cantiello , Rosalba Perna

The disks of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are expected to be populated by numerous stars, either formed in the outer regions of the disk via gravitational instability, or captured from the nearby nuclear star cluster. Regardless of their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-07 Gaia Fabj , Alexander J. Dittmann , Matteo Cantiello , Rosalba Perna , Johan Samsing

White dwarfs (WDs) embedded in gaseous disks of active galactic nucleus (AGNs) can rapidly accrete materials from the disks and grow in mass to reach or even exceed the Chandrasekhar limit. Binary WD (BWD) mergers are also believed to occur…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-14 Jin-Ping Zhu , Yuan-Pei Yang , Bing Zhang , Liang-Duan Liu , Yun-Wei Yu , He Gao

The disks of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have emerged as a rich environment for the evolution of stars and their compact remnants. The very dense medium favors rapid accretion, while torques and migration traps enhance binary formation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-07 Rosalba Perna , Hiromichi Tagawa , Zoltan Haiman , Imre Bartos

An increasing number of ambiguous nuclear transients, including some extreme nuclear transients with very shallow light-curve declines and weak AGN activity in their host galaxies, have been reported. Stars form in or are captured by AGN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-27 Xiangli Lei , Qingwen Wu , Ya-Ping Li , Wei-Hua Lei

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are powered by the accretion of disks of gas onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Stars and stellar remnants orbiting the SMBH in the nuclear star cluster (NSC) will interact with the AGN disk. Orbiters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-02 Gaia Fabj , Syeda S. Nasim , Freddy Caban , K. E. Saavik Ford , Barry McKernan , Jillian M. Bellovary

Neutron star mergers are believed to occur in accretion disks around supermassive black holes. Here we show that a putative jet launched from the merger of a binary neutron star (BNS) or a neutron star--black hole (NSBH) merger occurring at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-15 Jin-Ping Zhu , Bing Zhang , Yun-Wei Yu , He Gao

The disks of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) have emerged as rich environments for the production and capture of stars and the compact objects that they leave behind. These stars produce long Gamma-Ray Bursts (LGRBs) at their deaths, while…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-03 Yihan Wang , Davide Lazzati , Rosalba Perna

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are highly energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes in galaxies, which present unique observational signatures covering the full electromagnetic spectrum (and more) over…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Stefano Bianchi , Vincenzo Mainieri , Paolo Padovani

The most rapidly evolving regions of galaxies often display complex optical spectra with emission lines excited by massive stars, shocks and accretion onto supermassive black holes. Standard calibrations (such as for the star formation…

We investigate the thermodynamics of close encounters between stellar mass black holes (BHs) in the gaseous discs of active galactic nuclei (AGN), during which binary black holes (BBHs) may form. We consider a suite of 2D viscous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-24 Henry Whitehead , Connar Rowan , Tjarda Boekholt , Bence Kocsis

Galaxy-galaxy mergers and close interactions have long been regarded as a viable mechanism for channeling gas toward the central supermassive black holes (SMBHs) of galaxies which are triggered as active galactic nuclei (AGNs). AGN pairs,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-11 Xin Liu , Yue Shen , Michael A. Strauss , Lei Hao

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) disk provide dense environments to influence on the star formation, evolution, and migration. In AGN disks, pressure gradients and migration accelerations could create the anisotropy of the core-collapse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 Jiao-Zhen She , Tong Liu , Bao-Quan Huang , Yun-Feng Wei , Fu-Lin Li , Jin-Jun Geng , Xue-Feng Wu

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been proposed as plausible sites for hosting a sizable fraction of the binary black hole (BBH) mergers measured through gravitational waves (GWs) by the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra (LVK) experiment. These GWs could…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-20 J. C. Rodríguez-Ramírez , C. R. Bom , B. Fraga , R. Nemmen
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