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The study of the physics of accretion discs developed around the supermassive black hole (BH) candidates are essential theoretical tools to test their nature. Here, we study the accretion flow and associated emission using generalised…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-01 C. Millauro , C. R. Argüelles , F. L. Vieyro , V. Crespi , M. F. Mestre

We develop a model of thin turbulent accretion discs supported by magnetic pressure of turbulent magnetic fields. This applies when the turbulent kinetic and magnetic energy densities are greater than the thermal energy density in the disc.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. I. Pariev , E. G. Blackman , S. A. Boldyrev

We model gas inflow patterns onto circumstellar disks and the evolution of the pseudodisk using three-dimensional resistive MHD simulations. Starting from a prestellar core without turbulence and with a misalignment between the initial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-10 Masahiro N. Machida , Shingo Hirano , Shantanu Basu

In this third study of the 'Resolving supermAssive Black hole Binaries In galacTic hydrodynamical Simulations' (RABBITS) series we develop and implement a geometrically thin relativistic accretion disc model, which self-consistently evolves…

We studied the thermal stability of non-self-gravitating turbulent $\alpha$-discs around supermassive black holes (SMBHs) to test a new type of high-amplitude galactic nucleus flares. By calculating the disc structures, we computed the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-01 G. V. Lipunova , A. S. Tavleev , K. L. Malanchev

We present an extension to the general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic code HARMRAD to account for emission and absorption by thermal cyclo-synchrotron, double Compton, bremsstrahlung, low-temperature OPAL opacities as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-26 Jonathan C. McKinney , Jens Chluba , Maciek Wielgus , Ramesh Narayan , Aleksander Sadowski

While supermassive binary black holes inspiral toward merger they may also experience significant accretion of matter from a surrounding disk. We study the dynamics of this system, simultaneously describing the evolving spacetime and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-17 Mark J. Avara , Julian H. Krolik , Manuela Campanelli , Scott C. Noble , Dennis Bowen , Taeho Ryu

We develop an analytical model for the accretion and gravitational drag on a point mass that moves hypersonically in the midplane of a gaseous disk with a Gaussian vertical density stratification. Such a model is of interest for studying…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 J. Cantó , A. Esquivel. F. J. Sánchez-Salcedo , A. C. Raga

This paper continues the analysis of a set of general relativistic 3D MHD simulations of accreting tori in the Kerr metric with different black hole spins. We focus on bound matter inside the initial pressure maximum, where the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Julian H. Krolik , John F. Hawley , Shigenobu Hirose

A relativistic model of geometrically thin and optically thick accretion disks is worked out for a class of magnetically charged black holes, which are solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory with a dilaton-coupled Euler-Heisenberg…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-13 Yu-Hao Jiang , Towe Wang

The theory of jet emitting disks (JEDs) provides a mathematical framework for a self-consistent treatment of steady-state accretion and ejection. A large-scale vertical magnetic field threads the accretion disk where magnetic turbulence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-11 N. Zimniak , J. Ferreira , J. Jacquemin-Ide

Cold steady-state disk wind theory from near Keplerian accretion disks requires a large scale magnetic field at near equipartition strength. However the minimum magnetization has never been tested. We investigate the time evolution of an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Gareth C. Murphy , Jonathan Ferreira , Claudio Zanni

We report new global ideal MHD simulations for thin accretion disks (with thermal scale height H/R=0.1 and 0.05) threaded by net vertical magnetic fields. Our computations span three orders of magnitude in radius, extend all the way to the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Zhaohuan Zhu , James M. Stone

With the fundamental stress mechanism of accretion disks identified--correlated MHD turbulence driven by the magneto-rotational instability--it has become possible to make numerical simulations of accretion disk dynamics based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-12 J. H. Krolik

Transitional disks are protoplanetary disk around young stars that display inner holes in the dust distribution within a few AU, which is accompanied nevertheless by some gas accretion onto the central star. These cavities could possibly be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-03 Tobias W. A. Müller , Wilhelm Kley

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

We perform magnetohydrodynamic simulations in full general relativity of disk accretion onto nonspinning black hole binaries with mass ratio 36:29. We survey different disk models which differ in their scale height, total size and magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-27 Abid Khan , Vasileios Paschalidis , Milton Ruiz , Stuart L. Shapiro

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) around super massive black holes (SMBHs) are a potential laboratory to study super-Eddington accretion disks and sometimes result in powerful jets or outflows which may shine in the radio and sub millimeter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Brandon Curd , Razieh Emami , Freek Roelofs , Richard Anantua

We present simulations of collapsing 100 M_\sun mass cores in the context of massive star formation. The effect of variable initial rotational and magnetic energies on the formation of massive stars is studied in detail. We focus on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Seifried , R. Banerjee , R. S. Klessen , D. Duffin , R. E. Pudritz

We present a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) three dimensional simulation of a nonradiative accretion flow originating in a pressure supported torus. The evolution is controlled by the magnetorotational instability which produces…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 John F. Hawley , Steven A. Balbus , James M. Stone
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