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Combined influence of rotation of a black hole and ambient magnetic fields creates conditions for powerful astrophysical processes of accretion and outflow of matter which are observed in many systems across the range of masses; from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Ondrej Kopacek , Vladimir Karas

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is the leading candidate for driving turbulence, angular momentum transport, and accretion in astrophysical disks. I consider the linear theory of the MRI in a thin, equatorial disk in the Kerr…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Charles F. Gammie

Runaway instability operates in fluid tori around black holes. It affects systems close to the critical (cusp overflowing) configuration. The runaway effect depends on the radial profile l(R) of the angular momentum distribution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-28 Jaroslav Hamersky , Vladimir Karas

We investigate mass transport, mixing, and disk evolution in non-radiative black hole accretion flows using Lagrangian tracer particles embedded in general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulations. Our simulation suite spans…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-18 George N. Wong , Lia Medeiros , James M. Stone

In this paper, we report on the first 3D general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of large supercritical accretion discs that are tilted with respect to the black hole spin axis. We explore a range of black hole spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 P. Chris Fragile , Matthew J. Middleton , Brooks Brasseur , Deepika A. Bollimpalli , Zach Smith

Black hole (BH) accretion flows and jets are qualitatively affected by the presence of ordered magnetic fields. We study fully three-dimensional global general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of radially extended and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Jonathan C. McKinney , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Roger D. Blandford

Ten years have passed since the global solutions of advective accretion disks around black holes and neutron stars were first discovered. Since then they are enjoying support from observers almost on a daily basis, more so in recent days…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. K. Chakrabarti

Linear perturbation of general relativistic accretion of low angular momentum hydrodynamic fluid onto a Kerr black hole leads to the formation of curved acoustic geometry embedded within the background flow. Characteristic features of such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-28 Pratik Tarafdar , Tapas Kumar Das

The hydrodynamics of low-angular-momentum, multi-transonic, axisymmetric, inviscid accretion flow onto a rotating black hole has been systematically investigated using three distinct disc geometries and two thermodynamic equations of state,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Ripon Sk , Sangita Chatterjee , Sankhasubhra Nag

We perform magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accreting, equal-mass binary black holes in full general relativity focusing on the effect of spin and minidisks on the accretion rate and Poynting luminosity variability. We report on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-18 Jane C. Bright , Vasileios Paschalidis

We study the relativistic, time-independent, low angular momentum, inviscid, advective accretion flow around Kerr black hole. Considering the relativistic equation of state (REoS), we examine the transonic properties of the flow and find…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-23 Indu K. Dihingia , Santabrata Das , Anuj Nandi

This is a general review on the observations and physics of black hole X-ray binaries and microquasars, with the emphasize on recent developments in the high energy regime. The focus is put on understanding the accretion flows and measuring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-04 Shuang-Nan Zhang

We present 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic(GRMHD) simulations of zero angular momentum accretion around a rapidly rotating black hole, modified by the presence of initially uniform magnetic fields. We consider serveral angles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Sean M. Ressler , Eliot Quataert , Christopher J. White , Omer Blaes

We study the long-term evolution of the global structure of axisymmetric accretion flows onto a black hole (BH) at rates substantially higher than the Eddington value ($\dot{M}_{\rm Edd}$), performing two-dimensional hydrodynamical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-01 Haojie Hu , Kohei Inayoshi , Zoltán Haiman , Eliot Quataert , Rolf Kuiper

We study global transonic solution for a relativistic, magnetized, viscous advective accretion flow around a rotating black hole, incorporating the effects of mass and angular momentum loss through winds. Our model considers dominant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-17 Camelia Jana , Santabrata Das

We investigate stationary, self-gravitating, magnetised disks (or tori) around black holes. The models are obtained by numerically solving the coupled system of the Einstein equations and the equations of ideal general-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-05 Patryk Mach , Sergio Gimeno-Soler , Jose A. Font , Andrzej Odrzywolek , Michal Pirog

It is widely believed that in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) a supermassive black hole with an accretion disk is surrounded by an optically and geometrically thick torus at sub-parsec scale. However, it is not clear how is the mass supply…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-24 Yuki Kudoh , Keiichi Wada

In this chapter, I present a summary of observational tests of the basic picture of disk accretion. An emphasis is placed on tests relevant to black holes, but many of the fundamental results are drawn from studies of other classes of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Thomas J. Maccarone

We develop a new method to describe the accretion flow in the corona above a thin disk around a black hole in vertical and radial extent. The model is based on the same physics as the earlier one-zone model, but now modified including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 E. Meyer-Hofmeister , F. Meyer

We use global magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the influence of net vertical magnetic fields on the structure of geometrically thin ($H/r \approx 0.05$) accretion disks in the Newtonian limit. We consider initial mid-plane gas to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-23 Bhupendra Mishra , Mitchell C. Begelman , Philip J. Armitage , Jacob B. Simon