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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

An asymptotic treatment of thin accretion disks, introduced by Klu\'zniak & Kita (2000) for a steady-state disk flow, is extended to a time-dependent problem. Transient growth of axisymmetric disturbances is analytically shown to occur on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Oded Regev

Thin viscous Keplerian accretion disks are considered asymptotically stable, even though they can show significant dynamic activity on short timescales. In this paper the dynamics of non-axisymmetric hydrodynamical disturbances of disks are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Paola Rebusco , Orkan M. Umurhan , Wlodek Kluzniak , Oded Regev

The inward flow of matter through accretion disks is driven by MHD turbulence. Global general relativistic MHD simulations shed quantitative light on this process, revealing a number of aspects of accretion previously unrecognized. Among…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. H. Krolik , J. F. Hawley

Despite observational evidence for cold neutral astrophysical accretion disks, the viscous process which may drive the accretion in such systems is not yet understood. While molecular viscosity is too small to explain the observed accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Niayesh Afshordi , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Ramesh Narayan

We study a truncated accretion disk using a well-resolved, semi-global magnetohydrodynamic simulation that is evolved for many dynamical times (6096 inner disk orbits). The spectral properties of hard state black hole binary systems and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 J. Drew Hogg , Christopher S. Reynolds

Migration commonly occurs during the epoch of planet formation. For emerging gas giant planets, it proceeds concurrently with their growth through the accretion of gas from their natal protoplanetary disks. Similar migration process should…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 Ya-Ping Li , Yi-Xian Chen , Douglas N. C. Lin

We calculate upper bounds on the inner radii of geometrically thin accretion disks in galactic black-hole systems by relating their rapid variability properties to those of neutron stars. We infer that the inner disk radii do not exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tiziana Di Matteo , Dimitrios Psaltis

Two-dimensional (axially symmetric) numerical hydrodynamical calculations of accretion flows which cannot cool through emission of radiation are presented. The calculations begin from an equilibrium configuration consisting of a thick torus…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 James M. Stone , James E. Pringle , Mitchell C. Begelman

The local gravitational instability of rotating discs is believed to be an important mechanism in different astrophysical processes, including the formation of gas and stellar clumps in galaxies. We aim to study in three dimensions the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-24 Carlo Nipoti , Cristina Caprioglio , Cecilia Bacchini

We present the two-dimensional inflow-outflow solutions of radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) equations of supercritical accretion flows. Compared with prior studies, we include all components of the viscous stress tensor. We assume steady state…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 Fatemeh Zahra Zeraatgari , Amin Mosallanezhad , Ye-Fei Yuan , De-Fu Bu , Liquan Mei

The main purpose of this paper is to obtain analytical solutions for radiative transfer equations related to the vertical structure of accretion discs with finite optical depth. In the non-gray atmosphere, we employ the optical-depth…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 Maryam Samadi , Fahimeh Habibi , Shahram Abbassi

The Accretion-Ejection Instability (AEI) is explored numerically using a global 2d model of the inner region of a magnetised accretion disk. The disk is initially currentless but threaded by an external vertical magnetic field created by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stuart Caunt , Michel Tagger

The effect of a possible hydrodynamical wind on the nature of hot accretion disk solutions is studied. It is found that the advection dominated branch, in the presence of a wind, maintains the self-similar solution for the disk structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Ranjeev Misra , Ronald E. Taam

Planet--disc interactions, despite being fundamentally three-dimensional, are often studied in the two-dimensional `thin-disk' approximation. The overall morphology of planet--disc interactions has ben shown to be similar in both 2D and 3D…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-29 Amelia J. Cordwell , Alexandros Ziampras , Joshua J. Brown , Roman R. Rafikov

We obtained steady solutions of optically thin, single temperature, magnetized black hole accretion disks assuming thermal bremsstrahlung cooling. Based on the results of 3D MHD simulations of accretion disks, we assumed that the magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 H. Oda , M. Machida , K. E. Nakamura , R. Matsumoto

Heat transport in one-dimensional (1D) momentum-conserving lattices is generally assumed to be anomalous, thus yielding a power-law divergence of thermal conductivity with system length. However, whether heat transport in two-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-01-29 Jian Wang , Tian-xing Liu , Xiao-zhi Luo , Xiu-Lian Xu , Nianbei Li

Migration typically occurs during the formation of planets and is closely linked to the planetary formation process. In classical theories of non-accreting planetary migration, both type I and type II migration typically result in inward…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-27 JunPeng Pan , Ya-Ping Li , Yi-Xian Chen , Shigeru Ida , Douglas N. C. Lin

Rapid inward migration driven by Type I torques threatens the survival of low-mass planets in their nascent protoplanetary disks (PPDs). Positive co-rotation torques offer a potential solution, but require viscous diffusion to remain…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 M. Lehmann , M. K. Lin

We investigate accretion onto a central star, with the size, rotation rate, and magnetic dipole of a young stellar object, to study the flow pattern (velocity and density) of the fluid within and outside of the disc. We perform resistive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 R. Mishra , M. Čemeljić , W. Kluźniak