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We present a series of numerical solutions of spherically symmetric stationary flows with nuclear burning accreted by a neutron star (or black hole). We consider the accretion of matter composed of carbon and oxygen, which mimics the flow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-06 Narenraju Nagarajan , Toshikazu Shigeyama

We present the results of hydrodynamical simulations of nonaxisymmetric gas flow past a gravitating compact object in two dimensions. Calculations were performed with uniform flow as well as with transverse velocity and density gradients.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 J. S. Benensohn , D. Q. Lamb , R. E. Taam

We study the solution of viscous accretion disks around rotating compact/central object having hard surface i.e. neutron star, strange star and any other highly gravitating objects. We choose pseudo-Newtonian approach to describe the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Shubhrangshu Ghosh

Accretion onto a compact object must occur through a disc when the material has some initial angular momentum. Thin discs and the thicker low radiative efficiency accretion flows are solutions to this problem that have been widely studied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Guillaume Dubus

We investigate the structure of relativistic, low-angular momentum, inviscid advective accretion flow in a stationary axisymmetric Kerr-like wormhole (WH) spacetime, characterized by the spin parameter ($a_{\rm k}$), the dimensionless…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-21 Gargi Sen , Debaprasad Maity , Santabrata Das

The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamical behaviour of hot accretion flow with thermal conduction. The importance of thermal conduction on hot accretion flow is confirmed by observations of the hot gas that surrounds Sgr A$^*$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-11 Kazem Faghei

We examine the effect of thermal conduction on the low-angular momentum hot accretion flow (HAF) around non-rotating black holes accreting mass at very low rate. While doing so, we adopt the conductive heat flux in the saturated form, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 Samik Mitra , Sayyedeh Masoumeh Ghoreyshi , Amin Mosallanezhad , Shahram Abbassi , Santabrata Das

Realization of the stationary integral solutions of steady state transonic accretion flow in spherical symmetry helps to understand accretion phenomena on various astrophysical objects. In recent years, attempts have been made to study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-06 Souvik Ghose , Tapas K. Das

We report on the first phase of our study of slightly rotating accretion flows onto black holes. We consider inviscid accretion flows with a spherically symmetric density distribution at the outer boundary, but with spherical symmetry…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Proga , M. C. Begelman

Flows around compact objects are necessarily transonic. Due to their dissipative nature, finding of sonic points is not trivial. Becker and Le in 2003 (BL03) proposed a novel methodology to obtain global transonic solutions, using iterative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-13 Shilpa Sarkar , I. M. Kulikov

Theoretical studies of transonic accretion onto black holes reveal a wide range of possible solutions, broadly classified into smooth flows and flows featuring shocks. Accretion solutions that involve the formation of shocks are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-16 Raj Kishor Joshi , Antonios Tsokaros , Sanjit Debnath , Indranil Chattopadhyay , Ramiz Aktar

We examine the effect of variable viscosity parameter ($\alpha$) in relativistic, low angular momentum advective accretion flow around rotating black holes. Following the recent simulation studies of magnetohydrodynamic disk that reveal the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-27 Monu Singh , Santabrata Das

Low-angular-momentum, axisymmetric, inviscid accretion flows onto a black hole have been studied using the vertical equilibrium disc model, considering multiple pseudo-Schwarzschild potentials and two thermodynamic equations of state. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Ripon Sk , Sangita Chatterjee , Sankhasubhra Nag

Analytical studies of black hole accretion usually presumes the stability of the stationary transonic configuration. Various authors in the past several decades demonstrated the validity of such an assumption for inviscid hydrodynamic flow.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-29 Deepika B. Ananda , Soumini Chaudhury , Tapas K. Das , Ishita Maity , Sankhasubhra Nag

Here we study the accretion process around a neutron star, especially for the cases where shock does form in the accretion disk. In case of accretion flows around a black hole, close to the horizon matter is supersonic. On the other hand…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We discuss various aspects of the post-Newtonian approximation in general relativity. After presenting the foundation based on the Newtonian limit, we use the (3+1) formalism to formulate the post-Newtonian approximation for the perfect…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hideki Asada , Toshifumi Futamase

In a novel approach to studying viscous accretion flows, viscosity has been introduced as a perturbative effect, involving a first-order correction in the $\alpha$-viscosity parameter. This method reduces the problem of solving a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee , Atri Bhattacharya , Tapas K. Das , Arnab K. Ray

We present the generalization of a recently introduced modified gravitational potential for self-gravitating fluids. The use of this potential allows for an accurate approximation of general relativistic effects in an otherwise Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bernhard Mueller , Harald Dimmelmeier , Ewald Mueller

Using mathematical formalism borrowed from dynamical systems theory, a complete analytical investigation of the critical behaviour of the stationary flow configuration for the low angular momentum axisymmetric black hole accretion provides…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 S. Nag , S. Acharya , A. K. Ray , Tapas K. Das

For inviscid, rotational accretion flows driven by a general pseudo-Newtonian potential on to a Schwarzschild black hole, the only possible fixed points are saddle points and centre-type points. For the specific choice of the Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Arnab K. Ray , Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee