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To understand the origin of hard X-ray emissions from black hole X-ray binaries during their low/hard states, we calculate the X-ray spectra of black-hole accretion flow for the following three configurations of hot and cool media: (a) an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Ryoji Kawabata , Shin Mineshige

In order to provide an explanation for the unexpected radial brightness distribution of the steady accretion discs seen in nova-like variables, Nixon & Pringle (2019) proposed that the accretion energy is redistributed outwards by means of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-15 C. J. Nixon , J. E. Pringle

Straight-forward models of X-ray reflection in the inner region of accretion discs predict that primary X-ray flux and the flux reflected off the surface of the disc should vary together, albeit a short light travel time delay. Most of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergei Nayakshin

Solar flares result from the rapid conversion of stored magnetic energy within the Sun's corona. These energy releases are associated with coronal magnetic loops, which are rooted in dense photospheric plasma and are passively transported…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 M. Berretti , S. Mestici , L. Giovannelli , D. Del Moro , M. Stangalini , F. Giannattasio , F. Berrilli

The X-ray emission from bright active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is believed to originate in a hot corona lying above a cold, geometrically thin accretion disk. A highly concentrated corona located within $\sim10$ gravitational radii above the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-04 B. F. Liu , Ronald E. Taam , Erlin Qiao , Weimin Yuan

Coronal implosions - the convergence motion of plasmas and entrained magnetic field in the corona due to a reduction in magnetic pressure - can help to locate and track sites of magnetic energy release or redistribution during solar flares…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-06 Juntao Wang , P. J. A. Simoes , L. Fletcher , J. K. Thalmann , H. S. Hudson , I. G. Hannah

It is generally believed that high energy radiation (power-law components) can be mostly produced by a hot corona gas in the accreting black holes. There is a very popular hybrid disk radial coupling model that the inner part of cool…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 Rajiv Kumar , Ye-Fei Yuan

Giant flares on soft gamma-ray repeaters that are thought to take place on magnetars release enormous energy in a short time interval. Their power can be explained by catastrophic instabilities occurring in the magnetic field configuration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Y. Meng , J. Lin , L. Zhang , K. K. Reeves , Q. S. Zhang , F. Yuan

Magnetically mediated disk outflows are a leading paradigm to explain winds and jets in a variety of astrophysical sources, but where do the fields come from? Since accretion of mean magnetic flux may be disfavored in a thin turbulent disk,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Eric G. Blackman , Jonathan C. Tan

Outflows and convective motions in accretion flows have been intensively discussed recently in the context of advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) based on two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamical simulations. We,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto , and Shin Mineshige

Black-hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs) in the hard and hard-intermediate spectral (and temporal) states exhibit in their power spectra characteristic frequencies called type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). Various models that can explain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 A. Mastichiadis , M. Petropoulou , N. D. Kylafis

We consider the Comptonisation of the photons that make up the relativistically blurred reflection that is commonly detected from the accretion discs of AGN by the coronae of energetic particles believed to give rise to the powerful X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 D. R. Wilkins , L. C. Gallo

We present an analytic description of turbulent, MHD disk accretion around black holes that specifically addresses the relationship between radial and vertical, transport, thereby complementing and extending numerical simulations. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Zdenka Kuncic , Geoffrey V. Bicknell

We present a new scenario to explain the soft X-ray excess in Active Galactic Nucleus. The magnetic reconnection could happen in a thin layer on the surface of accretion disk. Electrons are accelerated by shock wave and turbulence triggered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Xiaogu Zhong , Jiancheng Wang

We attempt to explain the observed radio and gamma-ray emission produced in the surrounds of black holes by employing a magnetically-dominated accretion flow (MDAF) model and fast magnetic reconnection triggered by turbulence. In earlier…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 C. B. Singh , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , L. H. S. Kadowaki

We develop a theoretical model that explains the formation of hot coronae around strongly magnetized neutron stars -- magnetars. The starquakes of a magnetar shear its external magnetic field, which becomes non-potential and is threaded by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrei M. Beloborodov , Christopher Thompson

Flares from the supermassive black hole in our Galaxy, Sagittarius~A$^\star$ (Sgr A$^\star$), are routinely observed over the last decade or so. Despite numerous observational and theoretical efforts, the nature of such flares still remains…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-19 Ya-Ping Li , Feng Yuan , Q. Daniel Wang

The observations and simulations have revealed that large-scale magnetic field and outflows can exist in the inner regions of an advection-dominated accretion disc where the resistive diffusion may also be important. In the present paper,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 S. M. Ghoreyshi

We study a model of an accretion disc surrounded by an extended corona of the temperature 10^7 - 10^8 K. This corona modifies the disk spectrum since it redirects a significant fraction of the emission from the central parts towards the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Kurpiewski , J. Kuraszkiewicz , B. Czerny

We investigate the change in stellar magnetic topology across the fully-convective boundary and its effects on coronal properties. We consider both the magnitude of the open flux that influences angular momentum loss in the stellar wind and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-11 Pauline Lang , Moira Jardine , Jean-Francois Donati , Julien Morin , Aline Vidotto