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We present magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations of the late post-supernova hypercritical accretion to understand its effect on the magnetic field of the new-born neutron star. We consider as an example the case of a magnetic field loop…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Cristian G. Bernal , Dany Page , William H. Lee

Magnetic flux redistribution lies at the heart of the problem of star formation in dense cores of molecular clouds that are magnetized to a realistic level. If all of the magnetic flux of a typical core were to be dragged into the central…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Ruben Krasnopolsky , Zhi-Yun Li , Hsien Shang , Bo Zhao

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

When a neutron star (NS) intercepts gas from a non-degenerate star, e.g., in a tidal disruption event, a common-envelope phase, or the collapsing core of a massive star, photons become trapped in the hot flow around the NS. This gas forms a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-06 Luciano Combi , Christopher Thompson , Daniel M. Siegel , Alexander Philippov , Bart Ripperda

The hard to soft state transition of the outbursts in X-ray binaries (XRBs) is triggered by the rising of the mass accretion rate due to the disk instability. In order to explain the observed correlation between the hard X-ray transition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-20 Xinwu Cao , Bei You , Zhen Yan

We present new numerical simulations in the thin-disk approximation which characterize the burst mode of protostellar accretion. The burst mode begins upon the formation of a centrifugally balanced disk around a newly formed protostar. It…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. I. Vorobyov , Shantanu Basu

We revisit our original papers on the burst mode of accretion by incorporating a detailed energy balance equation into a thin-disk model for the formation and evolution of circumstellar disks around low-mass protostars.Our model includes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Eduard I. Vorobyov , Shantanu Basu

We posit that accreting compact objects, including stellar mass black holes and neutron stars as well as supermassive black holes, may undergo extended periods of accretion during which the angular momentum of the disk at large scales is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 P. Chris Fragile , Peter Anninos , Omer M. Blaes , Jay D. Salmonson

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

Disk accretion onto magnetic stars occurs in a variety of systems, including accreting neutron stars (with both high and low magnetic fields), white dwarfs, and protostars. We review some of the key physical processes in magnetosphere-disk…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Dong Lai

Aql X--1 is one of the most prolific low mass X-ray binary transients (LMXBTs) showing outbursts almost annually. We present the results of our spectral analyses of RXTE/PCA observations of the 2000 and the 2011 outbursts. We investigate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-09 Can Güngör , Kazım Yavuz Ekşi , Ersin Göğüş , Tolga Güver

X-ray observations of the tidal disruption event (TDE) candidate AT 2019avd show drastic variabilities in flux and spectral shape over hundreds of days, providing clues on the accretion disc-corona evolution. We utilize a disc-corona model,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-27 Haichao Xu , Xinwu Cao , Yanan Wang , Andrzej A. Zdziarski

An analysis is presented of a numerical investigation of the dynamics and geometry of accretion discs in binary systems with mass ratios q < 0.1, applicable to ultra-compact X-ray binaries, AM CVn stars and very short period cataclysmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael Truss

Context: Accretion onto galactic and supermassive black holes occurs in different modes, which are documented in hard and soft spectral states, commonly attributed to an advection-dominated flow (ADAF) inside a truncated disk and standard…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Meyer , B. F. Liu , E. Meyer-Hofmeister

We have extended the analytical model proposed earlier to estimate the inner disk radius of accreting neutron stars in the strong-propeller (SP) phase, and the conditions for the transitions between the strong and weak propeller (WP) phases…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 Unal Ertan

This work investigates Bondi accretion to a rotating magnetized star in the "propeller" regime using axisymmetric resistive, magnetohydrodynamic simulations. In this regime accreting matter tends to be expelled from the equatorial region of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. M. Romanova , O. D. Toropina , Yu. M. Toropin , R. V. E. Lovelace

We present results of global three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of accretion onto magnetized stars where both the magnetic and rotational axes of the star are tilted about the rotational axis of the disc. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-06 M. M. Romanova , A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , A. A. Blinova , D. Lai , R. V. E. Lovelace

We perform a series of 3D simulations to study the accretion of giant planet embedded in protoplanetary discs (PPDs) over gap-opening timescales. We find that the accretion mass flux mainly comes from the intermediate latitude above the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-05 Ya-Ping Li , Yi-Xian Chen , Douglas N. C. Lin

A protostellar disk is threaded by a static magnetic field that is perpendicular to the disk-surface. The magnetic field acts to brake the protostellar disk and cause the disk material to move towards the protostar. General analytic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Kurt Liffman

We discuss results of global 3D MHD simulations of accretion on to a rotating magnetized star with a tilted dipole magnetic field, where the accretion is driven by the magneto-rotational instability (MRI). The simulations show that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. M. Romanova , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba , R. V. E. Lovelace