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We present a self-consistent, semi-analytical dynamical model of disk driven outflows in AGNs that are accelerated by a combination of magnetic stresses and radiation pressure. This model will make it possible to examine scenarios in which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. E. Everett , A. Konigl , J. F. Kartje

We study line driven winds for models with different radial intensity profiles: standard Shakura-Sunyaev radiating thin discs, uniform intensity discs and truncated discs where driving radiation is cutoff at some radius. We find that global…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 Sergei Dyda , Daniel Proga

X-ray obscuration of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is considered in the context of ionized winds of stratified structure launched from accretion disks. We argue that a Compton-thick layer of a large-scale disk wind can obscure continuum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-18 Keigo Fukumura , Missagh Mehdipour , Ehud Behar , Chris Shrader , Mauro Dadina , Demosthenes Kazanas , Stefano Marchesi , Francesco Tombesi

We present a unified model for the structure and appearance of accretion powered sources across their entire luminosity range from galactic X-ray binaries to luminous quasars, with emphasis on AGN and their phenomenology. Central to this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-06-25 Demosthenes Kazanas , Keigo Fukumura , Ehud Behar , Ioannis Contopoulos , Chris Shrader

We study the 2-D, time-dependent hydrodynamics of radiation-driven winds from luminous accretion disks threaded by a strong, large-scale, ordered magnetic field. The radiation force is due to spectral lines and is calculated using a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Proga

We consider a sample of type-I active galactic nuclei (AGN) that were observed by Chandra/HETG and resulted in high signal-to-noise grating spectra, which we study in detail. All objects show signatures for very high ionization outflows.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-19 Doron Chelouche

Accretion disk winds are commonly observed in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The winds may be associated with the changing spectral properties of such sources, yet such connections have not been studied in detail so far. This paper presents…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-29 Hagai Netzer

We describe the physical mechanisms of launching and acceleration of wind from an active galactic nucleus (AGN) accretion disk. We focus on the radiation line force driven and magnetic driven wind models, which operate on the accretion disk…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 De-Fu Bu , Feng Yuan

We present the 2D ionization structure of self-similar MHD winds off accretion disks around irradiated by a central X-ray source. Based on earlier observational clues and theoretical arguments, we focus our attention on a subset of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Keigo Fukumura , Demosthenes Kazanas , Ioannis Contopoulos , Ehud Behar

The global influence of AGN-driven outflows remains uncertain, due to a lack of large samples with accurately-determined outflow properties. In the second paper of this series, we determine the mass and energetics of ionized outflows is 234…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 Dalya Baron , Hagai Netzer

Winds launched at the scale of the accretion disc or dusty torus in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are thought to drive energy-conserving outflows that shape galaxy evolution. The key signature of such outflows, the presence of a hot ($T…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-06 Ivan Almeida , Tiago Costa , Chris M. Harrison , Samuel R. Ward

We analyze three observations of GRS 1915+105 in 2017 by Insight-HXMT when the source was in a spectrally soft state. We find strong absorption lines from highly ionized iron, which are due to absorption by disk wind outflowing at a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-12 Honghui Liu , Yuhan Fu , Cosimo Bambi , Jiachen Jiang , Michael L. Parker , Long Ji , Lingda Kong , Liang Zhang , Shu Zhang , Yuexin Zhang

We present time-dependent numerical hydrodynamic models of line-driven accretion disk winds in cataclysmic variable systems and calculate wind mass-loss rates and terminal velocities. The models are 2.5-dimensional, include an energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nicolas A. Pereyra , Timothy R. Kallman

We study the two-dimensional, time-dependent MHD of radiation-driven winds from luminous accretion disks initially threaded by a purely axial magnetic field. The radiation force is mediated primarily by spectral lines. We use ideal MHD to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Proga

We investigate the relation between the two modes of outflow (wind and jet) in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). For this study we have carried out a systematic and homogeneous analysis of XMM-Newton spectra of a sample of 16…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-08 Missagh Mehdipour , Elisa Costantini

We present a brief summary of the main results from our multi-dimensional, time-dependent simulations of gas dynamics in AGN. We focus on two types of outflows powered by radiation emitted from the AGN: disk winds and winds driven from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-02-26 Daniel Proga , Ryuichi Kurosawa

Disc winds from active galactic nuclei (AGN) can be launched by radiation pressure acting on spectral lines. However, launching a line-driven wind in the X-ray rich environment of AGN is challenging, as the wind easily gets over-ionized.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-26 Nicolas Scepi , Christian Knigge , Amin Mosallanezhad , Knox S. Long , James H. Matthews , Stuart A. Sim , Austen Wallis

We present observational evidence supporting the presence of a stratified accretion disk wind in active galactic nuclei (AGN), based on multi-wavelength spectroscopic analysis of broad and narrow emission lines. The diversity in emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-30 P. Marziani , E. Bon , S. Panda , N. Bon , A. Del Olmo , A. Deconto-Machado , K. Garnica , D. Dultzin

Disc winds play a crucial role in many accreting astrophysical systems across all scales. In accreting white dwarfs (AWDs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN), radiation pressure on spectral lines is a promising wind-driving mechanism.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Amin Mosallanezhad , Christian Knigge , Nicolas Scepi , James H. Matthews , Knox S. Long , Stuart A. Sim , Austen Wallis

The winds of ionized gas driven by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) can be studied through absorption lines in their X-ray spectra. A recurring feature of these outflows is their broad ionization distribution, including essentially all…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Jonathan Stern , Ehud Behar , Ari Laor , Alexei Baskin , Tomer Holczer