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We discuss the results of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations, using a pseudo-Newtonian potential, of thin disk (h/r ~ 0.1) accretion onto black holes. We find (i) that magnetic stresses persist within the marginally stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Christopher S. Reynolds , Philip J. Armitage , James Chiang

We present 2.5-D global, ideal MHD simulations of magnetically and rotationally driven protostellar jets from Keplerian accretion discs, wherein only the initial magnetic field strength at the inner radius of the disc, $B_{\rm i}$, is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-06 Jon P. Ramsey , David A. Clarke

Accretion disks are likely threaded by external vertical magnetic flux, which enhances the level of turbulence via the magnetorotational instability (MRI). Using shearing-box simulations, we find that such external magnetic flux also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Xue-Ning Bai , James M. Stone

The dynamics of two massive black holes in a rotationally supported nuclear disc of 10^8 solar masses is explored using N-Body/SPH simulations. Gas and star particles are co-present in the disc. Described by a Mestel profile, the disc has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Dotti , M. Colpi , F. Haardt , L. Mayer

We present full 2 Pi global 3-D stratified MHD simulations of accretion disks. We interpret our results in the context of proto-planetary disks. We investigate the turbulence driven by the magneto-rotational instability (MRI) using the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Flock , N. Dzyurkevich , H. Klahr , N. J. Turner , Th. Henning

Global three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of turbulent accretion disks are presented which start from fully equilibrium initial conditions in which the magnetic forces are accounted for and the induction equation is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. R. Parkin , G. V. Bicknell

Multi-scale simulations have made it possible to follow gas inflows onto massive black holes (BHs) from galactic scales to the accretion disk. When sufficient gas is driven towards the BH, gravitational instabilities generically form…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-22 Philip F. Hopkins , Christopher C. Hayward , Desika Narayanan , Lars Hernquist

Recent results of the event horizon-scale images of M87* and Sagittarius A* from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration show that strong magnetic fields are likely present around the central black holes (BHs) in these sources.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-19 Koushik Chatterjee , Matthew Liska , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Sera Markoff , Ramesh Narayan

Luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) and X-Ray binaries (XRBs) often contain geometrically thin, radiatively cooled accretion discs. According to theory, these are -- in many cases -- initially highly misaligned with the black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-11 M. Liska , C. Hesp , A. Tchekhovskoy , A. Ingram , M. van der Klis , S. B. Markoff , M. Van Moer

The radiative and jet efficiencies of thin magnetized accretion disks around black holes (BHs) are affected by BH spin and the presence of a magnetic field that, when strong, could lead to large deviations from Novikov-Thorne (NT) thin disk…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Mark J. Avara , Jonathan C. McKinney , Chris S. Reynolds

Observations of jets from young stellar objects reveal the asymmetric outflows from some sources. A large set of $2.5$D MHD simulations has been carried out for axisymmetric viscous/diffusive disc accretion to rotating magnetized stars for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Sergei Dyda , Richard V. E. Lovelace , Galina V. Ustyugova , Patrick S. Lii , Marina M. Romanova , Alexander V. Koldoba

Strongly magnetized accretion discs around black holes have attractive features that may explain enigmatic aspects of X-ray binary behaviour. The structure and evolution of these discs are governed by a dynamo-like mechanism, which channels…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 Greg Salvesen , Jacob B. Simon , Philip J. Armitage , Mitchell C. Begelman

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

The accretion of material onto a black hole modifies the properties of that hole owing to the capture of both matter and radiation. Adding matter to the hole through an accretion disc generally acts to increase the hole's spin parameter,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-13 Andrew Mummery

We present results from axisymmetric, time-dependent hydrodynamical (HD) and magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of a gaseous envelope collapsing onto a black hole (BH). We consider gas with so small angular momentum that after an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Proga

In this paper, we report on the first 3D general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of large supercritical accretion discs that are tilted with respect to the black hole spin axis. We explore a range of black hole spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 P. Chris Fragile , Matthew J. Middleton , Brooks Brasseur , Deepika A. Bollimpalli , Zach Smith

The exact two-dimensional non-stationary solution for the evolution of the magnetic field during accretion with nearly spherical symmetry, using Newton's solution and considering both Keplerian and sub-Keplerian flows around the black hole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-19 Malihe Mousapour Gharghabi , Jamshid Ghanbari , Mahboobe Moeen Moghaddas

We investigate outflows driven by a giant protoplanet using three-dimensional MHD nested grid simulations. We consider a local region around the protoplanet in the protoplanetary disk, and calculate three models: (a) unmagnetized disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Masahiro N. Machida , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tomoaki Matsumoto

We present two general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics (GRRMHD) simulations of magnetically arrested disks (MADs) around non-spinning ($a_*=0$) and spinning ($a_*=0.9$) supermassive black holes (BHs). In each simulation, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Brandon Curd , Ramesh Narayan

The acceleration of an outflow along inclined magnetic field lines emanating from an accretion disc can be studied in the local approximation, as employed in the computational model known as the shearing box. By including the slow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Gordon I. Ogilvie