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We present a formulation for a local cooling function to be employed in the diffuse, hot corona region of 3D GRMHD simulations of accreting black holes. This new cooling function calculates the cooling rate due to inverse Compton scattering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Brooks E. Kinch , Scott C. Noble , Jeremy D. Schnittman , Julian H. Krolik

A soft X-ray excess above the 2-10 keV power law extrapolation is generally observed in AGN X-ray spectra. Presently there are two competitive models to explain it: blurred ionized reflection and warm Comptonisation. In the latter case,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 P. -O. Petrucci , D. Gronkiewicz , A. Rozanska , R. Belmont , S. Bianchi , B. Czerny , G. Matt , J. Malzac , R. Middei , A. De Rosa , F. Ursini , M. Cappi

We consider the radiative transfer problem in a plane-parallel slab of thermal electrons in the presence of an overcritical magnetic field. Under such conditions, the magnetic field behaves as a birefringent medium for the propagating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-19 C. Ceccobello , R. Farinelli , L. Titarchuk

The energy equilibrium between the corona and the underlying disk in a two-phase accretion flow sets a lower limit on the achievable photon index. A slab corona may not explain the hard state observations of X-ray binaries (XRBs). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-04 Sudeb Ranjan Datta , Michal Bursa , Michal Dovciak , Wenda Zhang

We calculate the structure of a standard accretion disk with corona surrounding a massive Kerr black hole in general relativistic frame, in which the corona is assumed to be heated by the reconnection of the strongly buoyant magnetic fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Bei You , Xinwu Cao , Ye-Fei Yuan

We construct a disk-corona model which accounts for the optical-to-X-ray spectral properties of Seyfert nuclei and QSOs. We study emission spectrum emerging from a vertical disk-corona structure composed of two-temperature plasma by solving…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Toshihiro Kawaguchi , Toshiya Shimura , Shin Mineshige

Cold optically thick accretion disks with hot coronae and radial advection have been investigated. Within the framework of $\alpha$-viscosity models, we assume that all the mass accretion and angular momentum transport take place in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Xingming Chen

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

Understanding the properties of the hot corona is important for studying the accretion disks in black hole X-ray binary systems. Using the Monte-Carlo technique to simulate the inverse Compton scattering between photons emitted from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yangsen Yao , S. Nan Zhang , Xiaoling Zhang , Yuxin Feng , Craig R. Robinson

In the X-ray spectra of AGNs, a noticeable excess of soft X-rays is typically detected beyond the extrapolation of the power-law trend observed between 2-10 keV. In the scenario of warm Comptonization, observations propose a warm corona…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-18 B. Palit , A. Rozanska , P. O. Petrucci , D. Gronkiewicz , S. Barnier , S. Bianchi , D. R. Ballantyne , V. E. Gianolli , R. Middei , R. Belmont , F. Ursini

We calculate the radiation spectrum and its time variability of the black hole accretion disk-corona system based on the three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation. In explaining the spectral properties of active galactic nuclei…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Norita Kawanaka , Yoshiaki Kato , Shin Mineshige

Using a non-linear Monte-Carlo code we investigate the radiative response of an accretion disk corona system to static homogeneous flares. We model a flare by a rapid (comparable to the light crossing time) energy dissipation in the corona…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Julien Malzac , Elisabeth Jourdain

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

We investigate the accretion process in high-luminosity AGNs (HLAGNs) in the scenario of the disk evaporation model. Based on this model, the thin disk can extend down to the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) at accretion rates higher…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Y. Liu , B. F. Liu , E. L. Qiao , S. Mineshige

Accurate photometric and kinematic modelling of disc galaxies requires the inclusion of radiative transfer models. Due to the complexity of the radiative transfer equation (RTE), sophisticated techniques are required. Various techniques…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Maarten Baes , Herwig Dejonghe

We present {\tt radpol} - a numerical scheme for integrating multifrequency polarized radiative transfer equations along rays propagating in a curved spacetime. The scheme includes radiative processes such as synchrotron emission,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Monika Moscibrodzka

A kinetic equation for Compton scattering is given that differs from the Kompaneets equation in several significant ways. By using an inverse differential operator this equation allows treatment of problems for which the radiation field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 George B. Rybicki

We discuss a model for the central region of radio-quiet AGN in which coronal accretion is the source of energy for X-ray emission. We start from the Haardt & Maraschi model but supplement it with pressure balance condition, two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 P. T. Zycki , S. Collin-Souffrin , B. Czerny

We present a model for a corona above a geometrically thin standard disk around a black hole. This corona is fed by matter from the thin disk which evaporates from the cool layers underneath. An equilibrium establishes between the cool…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Friedrich Meyer , Bifang Liu , Emmi Meyer-Hofmeister

The size and geometry of the X-ray emitting corona in AGNs are still not well constrained. Dov\v{c}iak & Done (2016) proposed a method based on calculations assuming a point-like lamp-post corona. To perform more self-consistent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-01 Wenda Zhang , Michal Dovčiak , Michal Bursa