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A self-similar solution for the 3D axi-symmetric radiative MHD equations, which revisits the formation and acceleration of accretion-powered jets in AGNs and microquasars, is presented. The model relies primarily on electromagnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Hujeirat , R. Blandford

Powerful, highly collimated jets, surrounded by bipolar molecular outflows, are commonly observed near Young Stellar Objects (YSOs). In the usual theoretical picture of star formation, a jet is ejected from a magnetized accretion disk, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Lery , R. N. Henriksen , J. D. Fiege , T. P. Ray , A. Frank , F. Bacciotti

We present the results of nine simulations of radiatively-inefficient magnetically arrested disks (MADs) across different values of the black hole spin parameter $a_*$: $-0.9$, $-0.7$, $-0.5$, $-0.3$, 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9. Each…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Ramesh Narayan , Andrew Chael , Koushik Chatterjee , Angelo Ricarte , Brandon Curd

Magnetic fields are known to play a crucial role in the star formation process, particularly in the formation of jets and outflows from protostellar discs. The magnetic field structure in star forming regions is not always uniform and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Isabella A. Gerrard , Christoph Federrath , Rajika Kuruwita

Astrophysical accretion is arguably the most prevalent physical process in the Universe; it occurs during the birth and death of individual stars and plays a pivotal role in the evolution of entire galaxies. Accretion onto a black hole, in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-09 Peter B. Dobbie , Zdenka Kuncic , Geoffrey V. Bicknell , Raquel Salmeron

We study the spherical accretion of magnetized plasma with low angular momentum onto a supermassive black hole, utilizing global general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. Black hole-driven feedback in the form of magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-10 Alisa Galishnikova , Alexander Philippov , Eliot Quataert , Koushik Chatterjee , Matthew Liska

The formation and large-scale propagation of Poynting-dominated jets produced by accreting, rapidly rotating black hole systems are studied by numerically integrating the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations of motion to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Jonathan C. McKinney

Semi-analytical models of disk outflows have successfully described magnetically-driven, self-confined super-Alfv\'enic jets from near Keplerian accretion disks. These Jet Emitting Disks are possible for high levels of disk magnetization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-16 J. Jacquemin-Ide , J. Ferreira , G. Lesur

By means of a nonlinear separation of the variables in the governing full set of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for axisymmetric plasmas we analyse an exact model for magnetized and rotating outflows which are hotter and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Christophe Sauty , Edoardo Trussoni , Kanaris Tsinganos

Recent observations suggest that in black hole X-ray binaries jet/outflow formation is related to the hot plasma in the vicinity of the black hole, either in the form of an advection-dominated accretion flow at low accretion rates or in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Qingwen Wu , Xinwu Cao , Luis C. Ho , Ding-Xiong Wang

Low cooling plasmas associated with large kinetic energies are likely to be the origin of the kpc-extended and well collimated extra-galactic jets. It is proposed that jets are launched from a layer, governed by a highly diffusive,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Hujeirat , M. Camenzind , M. Livio

We have argued that magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in an accretion disk naturally produces hoop-stresses, and that in a geometrically-thick flow these stresses could both drive and collimate an outflow. We based this argument on an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter T. Williams

We argue the behavior of Poynting flux-dominated outflows from AGN in the galactic cluster systems by performing three-dimensional MHD simulations within the framework of the "magnetic tower" model. Of particular interests are the structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-12 Masanori Nakamura , Hui Li , Steven Diehl , Shengtai Li

Recently, microquasar jets have aroused the interest of many researchers focusing on the astrophysical plasma outflows and various jet ejections. In this work, we concentrate on the investigation of electromagnetic radiation and particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Theodora Papavasileiou , Odysseas Kosmas , Ioannis Sinatkas

Coronal jets are the captivating eruptions which are often found in the solar atmosphere, and primarily formed due to magnetic reconnection. Despite their short-lived nature and lower energy compared to many other eruptive events, e.g.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Sushree S Nayak , Samrat Sen , Arpit Kumar Shrivastav , R. Bhattacharyya , P. S. Athiray

Recent numerical simulations of MHD jets from accretion disks are briefly reviewed with emphasis on the scaling law for jet speed and the role of magnetic reconnection in relation to time variability in accretion disks, jets, and flares. On…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kazunari Shibata , Seiichiro Aoki

In this paper, steady-state MHD calculations of non-relativistic magnetized accretion discs driving jets are presented. For the first time, an energy equation describing the effects of entropy generation along streamlines is included. Using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fabien Casse , Jonathan Ferreira

We present the first-ever simulations of non-ideal magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) stellar winds coupled with disc-driven jets where the resistive and viscous accretion disc is self-consistently described. The transmagnetosonic, collimated MHD…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Fabien Casse , Zakaria Meliani , C. Sauty

MHD jet equilibria that depend on source properties are obtained using a simplified model for stationary, axisymmetric and rotating magnetized outflows. The present rotation laws are more complex than previously considered and include a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Thibaut Lery , Adam Frank

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
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