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The clumpy disc, or inhomogeneous accretion flow, has been proposed to explain the properties of accreting black hole systems. However, the observational evidences remain to be explored. In this work, we calculate the profiles of Fe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Xiao-Di Yu , Ren-Yi Ma , Ya-Ping Li , Hui Zhang , Tao-Tao Fang

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

When gas accretes onto a black hole, at a rate either much less than or much greater than the Eddington rate, it is likely to do so in an "adiabatic" or radiatively inefficient manner. Under fluid (as opposed to MHD) conditions, the disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Roger D. Blandford , Mitchell C. Begelman

We present the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) light curve of the intermediate polar YY Draconis (YY Dra, also known as DO Dra). The power spectrum indicates that while there is stream-fed accretion for most of the…

We describe a new type of dynamical model for hot gas in galaxy groups and clusters in which gas moves simultaneously in both radial directions. Circulation flows are consistent with (1) the failure to observe cooling gas in X-ray spectra,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 William G. Mathews , Fabrizio Brighenti , David A. Buote

We investigate the alignment processes of spinning black holes and their surrounding warped accretion disks in a frame of two different types of feeding at the outer boundaries. We consider (1) fixed flows in which gas is continually fed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-30 Yan-Rong Li , Jian-Min Wang , Cheng Cheng , Jie Qiu

We carry out numerical simulation of accretion flows around a black hole in presence of both viscous and cooling effects. Instead of using a constant $\alpha$ parameter throughout the simulation grid, we assume that $\alpha$ is maximum on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-09 Kinsuk Giri , Sandip K. Chakrabarti

The low accretion rate inferred for the GC source Sgr A* requires a distinct type of accretion disk -- a starving disk. We investigate the structure of this type of disk within the framework of thin Keplerian disk models taking into account…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Falcke , O. M. Heinrich

We carry out a general study of the stability of astrophysical flows that appear steady in a uniformly rotating frame. Such a flow might correspond to a stellar pulsation mode or an accretion disk with a free global distortion giving it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. C. B. Papaloizou

Understanding how mass and angular momentum flow through accretion discs remains a fundamental unsolved problem in astrophysics. Accreting white dwarfs offer an ideal laboratory for addressing this question: their variability occurs on…

We present an observational reconstruction of the radial water vapor content near the surface of the TW Hya transitional protoplanetary disk, and report the first localization of the snow line during this phase of disk evolution. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 K. Zhang , K. M. Pontoppidan , C. Salyk , G. A. Blake

General properties of advection-dominated accretion flows are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the optically thin branch of solutions, which has very high ion and electron temperatures and is thermally stable. This solution branch…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ramesh Narayan

We numerically investigate the dynamics of a 2D non-magnetised protoplanetary disc surrounded by an inflow coming from an external envelope. We find that the accretion shock between the disc and the inflow is unstable, leading to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Geoffroy Lesur , Patrick Hennebelle , Sébastien Fromang

We study the accretion flow of a hot gas captured by the black hole gravity in the presence of a thin cold accretion disk. Such geometrical arrangement is expected in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and in galactic X-ray binary systems because…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei Nayakshin

Despite early theoretical expectations that large-scale, massive outflows would be triggered by accretion onto black holes and neutron stars, their presence was not firmly established until the 2000s. Since then, these accretion disc winds…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-30 Teo Muñoz-Darias , María Díaz Trigo , Chris Done , Gabriele Ponti , Ryota Tomaru

We discuss the expected X-ray spectral and variability properties of black hole accretion discs at high luminosity, under the hypothesis that radiation pressure dominated discs are subject to violent clumping instabilities and, as a result,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 A. Merloni , J. Malzac , A. C. Fabian , R. R. Ross

Accreting white dwarfs are known to show signatures of wind-type outflows in the ultraviolet. At optical wavelengths, however, wind detections have only been reported for a few sources. We present GTC-10.4m optical spectroscopy of four…

V407 Vul (= RXJ1914.4+2457) shows pulsations in X-ray flux on a period of 9.5 minutes, which have been ascribed to accretion onto a magnetic white dwarf, with the X-ray pulses seen as the accreting pole moves into and out of view. The X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. R. Marsh , D. Steeghs

Ion transport in perm-selective media has been extensively investigated in recent years owing to its applications in advancements of fundamental understanding of nanoscale electrokinetics as well as innovative engineering applications. A…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-31 Junsuk Kim , Keon Huh , Ali Mani , Sung Jae Kim

We present results from a temporal analysis of the longest and the most sensitive X-ray observations of TV Columbae--an intermediate polar. The observations were carried out with the RXTE PCA, ROSAT PSPC, and ASCA. Data were analyzed using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. R. Rana , K. P. Singh , E. M. Schlegel , P. Barrett