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Berdina, L. A., V. S. Tsvetkova, and V. M. Shulga. "Super-Eddington accretion in the Q2237+0305 quasar?" Astronomy & Astrophysics 645 (January 2021): A78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039379.
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The interband time lags between the flux variations of the Q2237+0305 quasar have been determined from light curves in the Johnson-Cousins V, R, and I spectral bands. The values of the time lags for filter pairs R − V, I − R, and I − V are significantly higher than those predicted by the standard accretion disk model by Shakura and Sunyaev. To explain the discrepancy, the idea of a supercritical accretion regime in quasars considered in 1973 by Shakura and Sunyaev is applied. This regime has been shown by them to cause an extended scattering envelope around the accretion disk. The envelope efficiently scatters and re-emits the radiation from the accretion disk and thus increases the apparent disk size. We made use of analytical expressions for the envelope radius and temperature derived by Shakura and Sunyaev in their analysis of super-Eddington accretion and show that our results are consistent with the existence of such an envelope. The corresponding parameters of the accretion regime were calculated. They provide the radii of the envelope in the V, R, and I spectral bands consistent with the inter-band time lags determined in our work.
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Gu, Wei-Min, and Ju-Fu Lu. "Bimodal Accretion Disks: Shakura-Sunyaev Disk–Advection-dominated Accretion Flow Transitions." Astrophysical Journal 540, no. 1 (September 1, 2000): L33—L36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/312864.
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Lominadze, J. G. "Nature of Turbulence: Governing Factor of Accretion Disk Dynamics." Highlights of Astronomy 11, no. 2 (1998): 786–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1539299600018785.
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It has long been suggested that turbulence provide viscous torques to transport angular momentum outward and flow mass inward in accretion disks (von Weizsäcker 1948, Shakura & Sunyaev 1973). Recent advances in subject of understanding of accretion disk turbulence are mach linked with magnetised disks (cf. Vishniac & Diamond 1992, Balbus, Gammie & Hawley 1994, Brandenburg et al. 1995, Stone et al 1996). However, not all the disks are magnetically coupled (see Balbus, Hawley & Stone 1996). Two different sources that are able to sustain turbulence in not magnetised accretion disk are the following:
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Piotrovich, Mikhail, Stanislava Buliga, and Tinatin Natsvlishvili. "Determination of the Magnetic Field Strength and Geometry in the Accretion Disks of AGNs by Optical Spectropolarimetry." Universe 7, no. 6 (June 18, 2021): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe7060202.
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Based on the spectropolarimetric data of 33 Seyfert type 1 galaxies observed with the BTA-6m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory, we estimated the magnetic field values at the event horizon of the supermassive black hole BH and the exponents of the power-law dependence s of the magnetic field on the radius. We used the model of optically thick geometrically thin Shakura–Sunyaev accretion disk. The average value of logBH[G] was found to be ∼4, which is in good agreement with the results obtained by other methods. The average value of s is s≈1.7, and its distribution maximum span is in the range od 1.85<s<2.0. This is a rather interesting result, since s=5/4 is usually adopted in calculations for Shakura–Sunyaev accretion disks. In addition, for two objects PG 1545+210 and 2MASX J06021107+2828382, the measured degree of polarization is greater than the maximum possible value at the angle between the line of sight and the axis of the accretion disk i=45°. It was concluded that for these objects the angle should be closer to i=60°.
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Huré, Jean Marc, Suzy Collin, and Guillaume Pineau Des Forêts. "Structure of Outer Regions of Accretion Disks in AGN: Non Irradiated, Vertically Averaged Accretion Disks." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 159 (1994): 483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900176594.
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Radial structure of outer regions of α-disks (Shakura & Sunyaev 1973) is investigated in a more sophisticated way than in Collin-Souffrin & Dumont (1990). The vertically averaged equations for the disk structure hold but some of them are reconsidered : the equation of state (atoms, ions and molecules) with a the rigourous treatment of opacities is introduced. The radiative flux is treated as in Hubeny (1990), and finally a rigourous treatment of the self-gravitaty is included.
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Dudorov, A. E., and R. E. Pudritz. "An MHD Model of Be Stars with Disks." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 175 (2000): 611–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100056633.
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AbstractAn investigation of the formation and evolution of Be stars show that these stars could have dipolar fossil magnetic fields. This magnetic field should constrain the circumstellar magnetic disk and influence its dynamical features. For studying these effects we refine the alphamodel of accretion disks of Shakura and Sunyaev by incorporating into this model the evolution of large-scale magnetic fields. In the frame of our model we can investigate the rotational history of the star with the disk and the ionization and thermal properties of disks. We show in particular that in the magnetopause region a current sheet can form that can generate X-ray radiation.
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Kadam, Kundan, E. Vorobyov, Zs Regály, Á. Kóspál, and P. Ábráham. "Global Protoplanetary Disk Simulations: Dead Zone Formation and FUor Outbursts." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 14, S345 (August 2018): 324–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921319001650.
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AbstractWe conducted global hydrodynamic simulations of protoplanetary disk evolution with an adaptive Shakura-Sunyaev α prescription to represent the layered disk structure, and starting with the collapse phase of the molecular cloud. With the canonical values of model parameters, self-consistent dead zones formed at the scale of a few au. The instabilities associated with the dead zone and corresponding outbursts, similar to FUor eruptions, were also observed in the simulations.
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Mao, Shunyuan, Ruobing Dong, Lu Lu, Kwang Moo Yi, Sifan Wang, and Paris Perdikaris. "PPDONet: Deep Operator Networks for Fast Prediction of Steady-state Solutions in Disk–Planet Systems." Astrophysical Journal Letters 950, no. 2 (June 1, 2023): L12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acd77f.
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Abstract We develop a tool, which we name Protoplanetary Disk Operator Network (PPDONet), that can predict the solution of disk–planet interactions in protoplanetary disks in real time. We base our tool on Deep Operator Networks, a class of neural networks capable of learning nonlinear operators to represent deterministic and stochastic differential equations. With PPDONet we map three scalar parameters in a disk–planet system—the Shakura–Sunyaev viscosity α, the disk aspect ratio h 0, and the planet–star mass ratio q—to steady-state solutions of the disk surface density, radial velocity, and azimuthal velocity. We demonstrate the accuracy of the PPDONet solutions using a comprehensive set of tests. Our tool is able to predict the outcome of disk–planet interaction for one system in less than a second on a laptop. A public implementation of PPDONet is available at https://github.com/smao-astro/PPDONet.
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Mineshige, S. "Accretion Disk Instabilities." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 134 (1993): 83–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100013968.
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AbstractBasic properties of accretion disk instabilities are summarized. We first explain the standard disk model by Shakura and Sunyaev. In this model, the dominant sources of viscosity are assumed to be chaotic magnetic fields and turbulence in gas flow, and the magnitude of viscosity is prescribed by so-called a model. It is then possible to build a particular disk model. In the framework of the standard model, accretion disks are stationary, but when some of the basic assumptions are relaxed, various kinds of instabilities appear. In particular, we focus on the thermal limit-cycle instability caused by partial ionization of hydrogen (and helium). We demonstrate that the disk instability model well accounts for the basic observed features of outbursts of dwarf novae and X-ray nova. We then introduce other kinds of instabilities based on the α viscosity model. They are suspected to produce time variabilities observed on a wide range of timescales in close binaries and active galactic nuclei.
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Olson, Edward C. "Photometric Effects of Accretion Disks in Long-Period Eclipsing Binaries." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 107 (1989): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100087649.
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Accretion disks are invoked in a variety of astrophysical settings, ranging from stellar-mass black holes to active galactic nuclei. There is now little doubt that true accretion disks can also occur in binaries containing non-degenerate stars (Peters 1980; Plavec et al. 1984; Polidan 1987). In this paper, I will discuss some of the properties of disks observed photometrically in the long-period systems KU Cyg and RZ Oph.The most intensively-studied disks are of course those in cataclysmic binaries. Accretion disks in such binaries are thought to have the classical ′alpha′ structure of Shakura and Sunyaev (1973), in which viscous dissipation arising from differential rotation converts gravitational potential energy to thermal energy in supplying the disk luminosity. This physical process requires that the viscous time scale be comparable to the radiative decay time of the disk (Pringle 1981). Most of the disk′s volume is optically thick, so disk luminosity is estimated by integrating black-body or stellar atmospheric fluxes over the disk (see Kriz and Hubeny 1986 for qualifications).
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Lu, Ju-Fu, Wei-Min Gu, and Yi-Qing Lin. "Mode Transitions of Black Hole Accretion Disks." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 214 (2003): 91–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900194197.
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The model of a bimodal accretion disk, which consists of an Shakura-Sunyaev disk (SSD) as the outer part and an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) as the inner part, has been quite successfully applied to many black hole X-ray binaries. However, the precise physical mechanism through which such a transition occurs remains a matter of debate. We review briefly SSD-ADAF transition mechanisms presented in the literature, and offer a proposal that in the case of moderately strong viscosity, the thermal instability of a radiation pressure-supported SSD can trigger the transition.
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Bogovalov, Sergey. "Ratio of kinetic-to-bolometric luminosity at the “cold” disk accretion onto black holes." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 14, S342 (May 2018): 205–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921318003848.
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AbstractIn galactic nuclei (AGN), the kinetic energy flux of the jet may exceed the bolometric luminosity of the disk a few orders of magnitude. At the “cold” accretion the radiation from the disk is suppressed because the wind from the disk carries out almost all the angular momentum and the gravitational energy of the accreted material. We calculate an unavoidable radiation from such a disk and the ratio of the kinetic-to-bolometric luminosity from a super massive black hole in framework of the paradigm of the optically thick α-disk of Shakura & Sunyaev. The results confirm that the gravitational energy of the accreted material can be the only source of energy in AGNs.
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Lu, Ju-Fu, Yi-Qing Lin, and Wei-Min Gu. "The Shakura-Sunyaev Disk Can Smoothly Match an Advection-dominated Accretion Flow." Astrophysical Journal 602, no. 1 (February 2, 2004): L37—L40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/382209.
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Pan, Liu-bin, Ju-fu Lu, and Wei-min Gu. "Transition from a Shakura-Sunyaev disk to an advection-dominated accretion flow." Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 26, no. 1 (January 2002): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0275-1062(02)00038-3.
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MUKHOPADHYAY, BANIBRATA. "ESTIMATE OF THE SHAKURA–SUNYAEV VISCOSITY PARAMETER IN THE KEPLERIAN ACCRETION DISK FROM HYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE." International Journal of Modern Physics D 17, no. 03n04 (March 2008): 467–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218271808012139.
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Recently, in a series of papers, Mukhopadhyay and his collaborators have argued for possible pure hydrodynamic turbulence in a Keplerian accretion disk. This is essentially important to solving the puzzle of the transport mechanism in cold accretion disk systems where the temperature could be lower than 5000 K, where magnetorotational instability seems not to be working to trigger turbulence. Here we quantify the corresponding instability and turbulence in terms of turbulent viscosity and obtain the famous Shakura–Shunyaev viscosity parameter, α. It is exciting that the range of α obtained from our analysis is 0.1 ≳ α ≳ 0.0001 for a realistic parameter region. This range also suggests that once the hydrodynamic instability described by Mukhopadhyay and his collaborators leads to turbulence — an effect which should exist in systems independent of being hot or cold — the effect may compete with the magnetohydrodynamic effect even in hot accretion disks and thus may be effective in transporting matter in hot gas systems as well.
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Piotrovich, M. Yu, V. L. Afanasiev, S. D. Buliga, and T. M. Natsvlishvili. "Determination of supermassive black hole spins in active galactic nuclei." International Journal of Modern Physics A 35, no. 02n03 (January 30, 2020): 2040054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x20400540.
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Based on spectropolarimetry for a number of active galactic nuclei in Seyfert 1 type galaxies observed with the 6-m BTA telescope, we have estimated the spins of the supermassive black holes at the centers of these galaxies. We have determined the spins based on the standard Shakura-Sunyaev accretion disk model. More than 70% of the investigated active galactic nuclei are shown to have Kerr supermassive black holes with a dimensionless spin greater than 0.9.
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Bi, Jiaqing, and Jeffrey Fung. "Dust Dynamics in Transitional Disks: Clumping and Disk Recession." Astrophysical Journal 928, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac53ac.
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Abstract The role of radiation pressure in dust migration and the opening of inner cavities in transitional disks is revisited in this paper. Dust dynamics including radiation pressure is often studied in axisymmetric models, but in this work, we show that highly non-axisymmetric features can arise from an instability at the inner disk edge. Dust grains clump into high density features there, allowing radiation to leak around them and penetrate deeper into the disk, changing the course of dust migration. Our proof-of-concept, two-dimensional, vertically averaged simulations show that the combination of radiation pressure, shadowing, and gas drag can produce a net outward migration, or recession, of the dust component of the disk. The recession speed of the inner disk edge is on the order of 10−5 times Keplerian speed in our parameter space, which is faster than the background viscous flow, assuming a Shakura–Sunyaev viscosity α ≲ 10−3. This speed, if sustained over the lifetime of the disk, can result in a dust cavity as large as tens of astronomical units.
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Fujita, M., and T. Okuda. "Two-Dimensional Accretion Disk Models of a Neutron Star." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 188 (1998): 374–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900115608.
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We investigate the accretion disks around compact objects with high mass accretion rates near the Eddington's critical value ME, where radiation pressure and electron scattering are dominant. This raises next problems: (a) whether stable disks could exist in relation to the theory of thermal instabilities of the disk and (b) what characteristic features the disks have if the stable disks exist. A non-rotating neutron star with the mass M = 1.4M⊙, radius R* = 107cm and the accretion rate Mac = 2.0 and 0.5Mac (models 1 and 2) is considered as the compact object. We assume the α-model for the viscosity and solve the set of two-dimensional time-dependent hydrodynamic equations coupled with radiation transport. The numerical method used is basically the same as one described by Kley and Hensler (1987) and Kley (1989) but we include some improvements in solving the difference equations (Okuda et al. 1997). The initial configuration consists of a cold, dense, and optically thick disk which is given by the standard α-model (Shakura and Sunyaev 1973) and a rarefied optically thin atmosphere around the disk.
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Ma, Zhen Guo, and Xi Zhen Zhang. "Prediction of the Black-Hole Mass in 3C 273 by Multiband Observations." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 214 (2003): 281–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900194574.
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With the determined black-hole (BH) spin of 3C 273 by data-fitting to the detected iron Kα line emission in the soft X-ray band, the BH mass of the galaxy is predicted by formulations of both the observed disk-luminosity in the optical-UV band and the observed jet-precession in the radio band. The multiband synthesis suggests that the BH is supermassive, 2.4 × 109M⊙. Simultaneously, other physical parameters are self-consistently obtained at the precessing radius of 230.2rg: the accretion rate of the disk is 74.9M⊙ yr−1, the Shakura-Sunyaev viscosity α is 0.134, and the radial & orbital velocities of fluid elements are 4.3 × 10−8 and 6.6 × 10−2, respectively.
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Mishra, Bhupendra, P. Chris Fragile, Jessica Anderson, Aidan Blankenship, Hui Li, and Krzysztof Nalewajko. "The Role of Strong Magnetic Fields in Stabilizing Highly Luminous Thin Disks." Astrophysical Journal 939, no. 1 (October 31, 2022): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac938b.
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Abstract We present and analyze a set of three-dimensional, global, general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of thin, radiation-pressure-dominated accretion disks surrounding a nonrotating, stellar-mass black hole. The simulations are initialized using the Shakura–Sunyaev model with a mass accretion rate of M ̇ = 3 L Edd / c 2 (corresponding to L = 0.17L Edd). Our previous work demonstrated that such disks are thermally unstable when accretion is driven by an α-viscosity. In the present work, we test the hypothesis that strong magnetic fields can both drive accretion through magnetorotational instability and restore stability to such disks. We test four initial magnetic field configurations: (1) a zero-net-flux case with a single, radially extended set of magnetic field loops (dipole), (2) a zero-net-flux case with two radially extended sets of magnetic field loops of opposite polarity stacked vertically (quadrupole), (3) a zero-net-flux case with multiple radially concentric rings of alternating polarity (multiloop), and (4) a net-flux, vertical magnetic field configuration (vertical). In all cases, the fields are initially weak, with a gas-to-magnetic pressure ratio ≳100. Based on the results of these simulations, we find that the dipole and multiloop configurations remain thermally unstable like their α-viscosity counterpart, in our case collapsing vertically on the local thermal timescale and never fully recovering. The vertical case, on the other hand, stabilizes and remains so for the duration of our tests (many thermal timescales). The quadrupole case is intermediate, showing signs of both stability and instability. The key stabilizing factor is the ability of specific field configurations to build up and sustain strong, P mag ≳ 0.5P tot, toroidal fields near the midplane of the disk. We discuss the reasons why certain configurations are able to do this effectively and others are not. We then compare our stable simulations to the standard Shakura–Sunyaev disk.
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Granada, A., C. E. Jones, and T. A. A. Sigut. "The Viscosity Parameter for Late-type Stable Be Stars." Astrophysical Journal 922, no. 2 (November 26, 2021): 148. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac222f.
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Abstract Using hydrodynamic principles we investigate the nature of the disk viscosity following the parameterization by Shakura & Sunyaev adopted for the viscous decretion model in classical Be stars. We consider a radial viscosity distribution including a constant value, a radially variable α assuming a power-law density distribution, and isothermal disks, for a late-B central star. We also extend our analysis by determining a self-consistent temperature disk distribution to model the late-type Be star 1 Delphini, which is thought to have a nonvariable, stable disk as evidenced by Hα emission profiles that have remained relatively unchanged for decades. Using standard angular momentum loss rates given by Granada et al., we find values of α of approximately 0.3. Adopting lower values of angular momentum loss rates, i.e., smaller mass loss rates, leads to smaller values of α. The values for α vary smoothly over the Hα emitting region and exhibit the biggest variations nearest the central star within about five stellar radii for the late-type, stable Be stars.
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Martin, Rebecca G., Philip J. Armitage, Stephen H. Lubow, and Daniel J. Price. "Tidal Truncation of Circumplanetary Disks Fails above a Critical Disk Aspect Ratio." Astrophysical Journal 953, no. 1 (July 28, 2023): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace345.
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Abstract We use numerical simulations of circumplanetary disks to determine the boundary between disks that are radially truncated by the tidal potential and those where gas escapes the Hill sphere. We consider a model problem, in which a coplanar circumplanetary disk is resupplied with gas at an injection radius smaller than the Hill radius. We evolve the disk using the Phantom smoothed particle hydrodynamics code until a steady state is reached. We find that the most significant dependence of the truncation boundary is on the disk aspect ratio H/R. Circumplanetary disks are efficiently truncated for H/R ≲ 0.2. For H/R ≃ 0.3, up to about half of the injected mass, depending on the injection radius, flows outward through the decretion disk and escapes. As expected from analytic arguments, the conditions (H/R and Shakura–Sunyaev α) required for tidal truncation are independent of planet mass. A simulation with larger α = 0.1 shows stronger outflow than one with α = 0.01, but the dependence on transport efficiency is less important than variations of H/R. Our results suggest two distinct classes of circumplanetary disks: tidally truncated thin disks with dust-poor outer regions, and thicker actively decreting disks with enhanced dust-to-gas ratios. Applying our results to the PDS 70 c system, we predict a largely truncated circumplanetary disk, but it is possible that enough mass escapes to support an outward flow of dust that could explain the observed disk size.
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Panotopoulos, Grigoris, Ángel Rincón, and Ilídio Lopes. "Binary X-ray Sources in Massive Brans–Dicke Gravity." Universe 8, no. 5 (May 19, 2022): 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe8050285.
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This study focuses on the X-ray emission of low-mass black hole binaries in massive Brans–Dicke gravity. First, we compute the accretion disk with the well-known Shakura–Sunyaev model for an optically thick, cool, and geometrically thin disk. Moreover, we assume that the gravitational field generated by the stellar-mass black hole is an analogue of the Schwarzschild space-time of Einstein’s theory in massive Brans–Dicke gravity. We compute the most relevant quantities of interest, i.e., (i) the radial velocity, (ii) the energy and surface density, and (iii) the pressure as a function entirely of the radial coordinate. We also compute the soft spectral component of the X-ray emission produced by the disk. Furthermore, we investigate in detail how the mass of the scalar field modifies the properties of the binary as described by the more standard Schwarzschild solution.
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Trapman, Leon, Benoît Tabone, Giovanni Rosotti, and Ke Zhang. "Effect of MHD Wind-driven Disk Evolution on the Observed Sizes of Protoplanetary Disks." Astrophysical Journal 926, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac3ed5.
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Abstract It is still unclear whether the evolution of protoplanetary disks, a key ingredient in the theory of planet formation, is driven by viscous turbulence or magnetic disk winds. As viscously evolving disks expand outward over time, the evolution of disk sizes is a discriminant test for studying disk evolution. However, it is unclear how the observed disk size changes over time if disk evolution is driven by magnetic disk winds. Combining the thermo-chemical code DALI with the analytical wind-driven disk-evolution model presented in Tabone et al., we study the time evolution of the observed gas outer radius as measured from CO rotational emission (R CO,90%). The evolution of R CO,90% is driven by the evolution of the disk mass, as the physical radius stays constant over time. For a constant α DW , an extension of the α Shakura–Sunyaev parameter to wind-driven accretion, R CO,90% decreases linearly with time. Its initial size is set by the disk mass and the characteristic radius R c,0, but only R c,0 affects the evolution of R CO,90%, with a larger R c,0 resulting in a steeper decrease of R CO,90%. For a time-dependent α DW , R CO,90% stays approximately constant during most of the disk lifetime until R CO,90% rapidly shrinks as the disk dissipates. The constant α DW models are able to reproduce the observed gas disk sizes in the ∼1–3 Myr old Lupus and ∼5–11 Myr old Upper Sco star-forming regions. However, they likely overpredict the gas disk size of younger (⪅0.7 Myr) disks.
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Kolesnichenko, Aleksandr Vladimirovich. "Modification alpha formalism of Shakura–Sunyaev for the coefficient of turbulent viscosity in an astrophysical disk of finite thickness." Keldysh Institute Preprints, no. 1-e (2022): 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.20948/prepr-2022-1-e.
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In the approximation of one-fluid hydrodynamics, a closed system of Favre-averaged magneto-hydrodynamic equations is formulated, intended for the numerical simulation of compressible turbulent flows of electrically conductive media in the presence of a magnetic field. Special emphasis is paid to the method of obtaining, within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics, the constitutive relations for the turbulent flux heat and the total (kinetic plus magnetic) tensor of turbulent stresses. A new approach to modeling the coefficient of turbulent kinematic viscosity for an astrophysical disk is proposed, which takes into account the influence of an external and generated magnetic field, as well as the processes of convective heat transfer on turbulence in a stratified layer of finite thickness, and thereby modifies the Shakura–Sunyaev alpha formalism developed by for a thin disk and widely used in the astrophysical literature.
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Peterson, Bradley M. "Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project: A Leap Forward in Reverberation Mapping." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 12, S324 (September 2016): 215–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921316012680.
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AbstractIn 2014, a 179-orbit allocation of Hubble Space Telescope time anchored a massive reverberation-mapping program on the well-studied Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. Supporting imaging and spectrophotometric observations were provided by Swift, Chandra, Spitzer, and a world-wide network of ground-based telescopes. Understanding the data remains a significant challenge, partly because the level of detail is far beyond what has been seen before and partly because the behavior of the AGN was not typical of its past behavior. Based on analysis to date, the following conclusions can be reached: (1) the AGN accretion disk has a temperature profile that is consistent with that predicted by the Shakura–Sunyaev model, but is about three times larger than expected; (2) at least part of the broad-line region appears to be a Keplerian disk seen at intermediate inclination, and (3) the broad-line emission response from the far side of the disk is weaker than expected.
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Gurzadyan, Vahagn G. "General Discussion of Accretion Disks." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 194 (1999): 321–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900162205.
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Even 25 years after the Shakura-Sunyaev seminal paper on the α-disk, we cannot claim that we have a reliable theory of accretion disks in galactic nuclei. Why? Because the problem is extremely complicated, it is essentially nonlinear and contains a number of parameters (i.e. is many-dimensional). The key point is whether it is possible to determine the magneto-hydrodynamical viscosity self-consistently, i.e. as a function of parameters of the disk - the temperature, matter and radiation densities, magnetic field, radius, etc., both in the radiation dominated and matter dominated regions. Another class of fundamental problems concerns the stability of the disk; Krolik mentioned only one instability - in the radiation dominated region, but there are many other types of instabilities which are quite sensitive to the physical conditions in the disk, for example, to the anisotropy of the ion pressure in the outer regions and possible electron-positron pair production near the inner edge of the disk. The other problems include those of the radiative transfer within the disk in various conditions, Comptonization of the outgoing radiation, radiation reflections by the desk, etc. Therefore it is not suprising that one can ‘explain' almost whatever he wants - spectra, variability, jets, wind, etc., by proper fit of the ‘free’ (which are never free) parameters and ignoring the instabilities and so on.
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Chen, Yi-Xian, Yan-Fei Jiang, Jeremy Goodman, and Eve C. Ostriker. "3D Radiation Hydrodynamic Simulations of Gravitational Instability in AGN Accretion Disks: Effects of Radiation Pressure." Astrophysical Journal 948, no. 2 (May 1, 2023): 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc023.
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Abstract We perform 3D radiation hydrodynamic local shearing-box simulations to study the outcome of gravitational instability (GI) in optically thick active galactic nuclei (AGNs) accretion disks. GI develops when the Toomre parameter Q T ≲ 1, and may lead to turbulent heating that balances radiative cooling. However, when radiative cooling is too efficient, the disk may undergo runaway gravitational fragmentation. In the fully gas-pressure-dominated case, we confirm the classical result that such a thermal balance holds when the Shakura–Sunyaev viscosity parameter (α) due to the gravitationally driven turbulence is ≲0.2, corresponding to dimensionless cooling times Ωt cool ≳ 5. As the fraction of support by radiation pressure increases, the disk becomes more prone to fragmentation, with a reduced (increased) critical value of α (Ωt cool). The effect is already significant when the radiation pressure exceeds 10% of the gas pressure, while fully radiation-pressure-dominated disks fragment at t cool ≲ 50 Ω−1. The latter translates to a maximum turbulence level α ≲ 0.02, comparable to that generated by magnetorotational instability. Our results suggest that gravitationally unstable (Q T ∼ 1) outer regions of AGN disks with significant radiation pressure (likely for high/near-Eddington accretion rates) should always fragment into stars, and perhaps black holes.
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Bogovalov, S. V. "Ratio of the jet power to the bolometric luminosity of the disk during accretion onto a black hole." International Journal of Modern Physics D 28, no. 02 (January 2019): 1950032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218271819500329.
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Disk accretion onto black holes is accompanied by collimated outflows (jets). In active galactic nuclei (AGN), the kinetic energy flux of the jet (jet power or kinetic luminosity) may exceed the bolometric luminosity of the disk by a few orders of magnitude. This may be explained in the framework of the so-called “cold” disk accretion when the only source of the AGN energy is the energy released by accretion. The radiation from the disk is suppressed because the disk wind carries out almost all the angular momentum and the gravitational energy of the accreting material. In this paper, we calculate the “unavoidable” radiation from the “cold” disk and the ratio of the kinetic energy power of the outflow to the bolometric luminosity of the accretion disk around a super massive black hole in the framework of the Shakura and Sunyaev paradigm of an optically thick [Formula: see text]-disk. The exploration of the Fundamental Plane of Black Holes allows us to obtain equations that define the bolometric luminosity and the ratio of the luminosities as functions of the black hole mass and accretion rate. The application of our equations in the case of the M87 jet demonstrates good agreement with observations. In the case of Sgr A*, these equations allow us to predict the kinetic energy flux from the disk around the Galactic supermassive black hole.
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Liu, Hauyu Baobab, An-Li Tsai, Wen Ping Chen, Jin Zhong Liu, Xuan Zhang, Shuo Ma, Vardan Elbakyan, et al. "Millimeter-sized Dust Grains Surviving the Water-sublimating Temperature in the Inner 10 au of the FU Ori Disk." Astrophysical Journal 923, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 270. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac31b9.
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Abstract Previous observations have shown that the ≲10 au, ≳400 K hot inner disk of the archetypal accretion outburst young stellar object, FU Ori, is dominated by viscous heating. To constrain dust properties in this region, we have performed radio observations toward this disk using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in 2020 June–July, September, and November. We also performed complementary optical photometric monitoring observations. We found that the dust thermal emission from the hot inner disk mid-plane of FU Ori has been approximately stationary and the maximum dust grain size is ≳1.6 mm in this region. If the hot inner disk of FU Ori, which is inward of the 150–170 K water snowline, is turbulent (e.g., corresponding to a Sunyaev & Shakura viscous α t ≳ 0.1), or if the actual maximum grain size is still larger than the lower limit we presently constrain, then as suggested by the recent analytical calculations and the laboratory measurements, water-ice-free dust grains may be stickier than water-ice-coated dust grains in protoplanetary disks. Additionally, we find that the free–free emission and the Johnson B- and V-band magnitudes of these binary stars were brightening in 2016–2020. The optical and radio variability might be related to the dynamically evolving protostellar- or disk-accretion activities. Our results highlight that the hot inner disks of outbursting objects are important laboratories for testing models of dust grain growth. Given the active nature of such systems, to robustly diagnose the maximum dust grain sizes, it is important to carry out coordinated multiwavelength radio observations.
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Kara, Erin, Missagh Mehdipour, Gerard A. Kriss, Edward M. Cackett, Nahum Arav, Aaron J. Barth, Doyee Byun, et al. "AGN STORM 2. I. First results: A Change in the Weather of Mrk 817." Astrophysical Journal 922, no. 2 (November 26, 2021): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2159.
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Abstract We present the first results from the ongoing, intensive, multiwavelength monitoring program of the luminous Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817. While this active galactic nucleus was, in part, selected for its historically unobscured nature, we discovered that the X-ray spectrum is highly absorbed, and there are new blueshifted, broad, and narrow UV absorption lines, which suggest that a dust-free, ionized obscurer located at the inner broad-line region partially covers the central source. Despite the obscuration, we measure UV and optical continuum reverberation lags consistent with a centrally illuminated Shakura–Sunyaev thin accretion disk, and measure reverberation lags associated with the optical broad-line region, as expected. However, in the first 55 days of the campaign, when the obscuration was becoming most extreme, we observe a de-coupling of the UV continuum and the UV broad emission-line variability. The correlation recovered in the next 42 days of the campaign, as Mrk 817 entered a less obscured state. The short C iv and Lyα lags suggest that the accretion disk extends beyond the UV broad-line region.
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Homayouni, Y., Megan R. Sturm, Jonathan R. Trump, Keith Horne, C. J. Grier, Yue Shen, W. N. Brandt, et al. "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: UV–Optical Accretion Disk Measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope." Astrophysical Journal 926, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac478b.
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Abstract We present accretion-disk structure measurements from UV–optical reverberation mapping (RM) observations of a sample of eight quasars at 0.24 < z < 0.85. Ultraviolet photometry comes from two cycles of Hubble Space Telescope monitoring, accompanied by multiband optical monitoring by the Las Cumbres Observatory network and Liverpool Telescopes. The targets were selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping project sample with reliable black hole mass measurements from Hβ RM results. We measure significant lags between the UV and various optical griz bands using JAVELIN and CREAM methods. We use the significant lag results from both methods to fit the accretion-disk structure using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach. We study the accretion disk as a function of disk normalization, temperature scaling, and efficiency. We find direct evidence for diffuse nebular emission from Balmer and Fe ii lines over discrete wavelength ranges. We also find that our best-fit disk color profile is broadly consistent with the Shakura & Sunyaev disk model. We compare our UV–optical lags to the disk sizes inferred from optical–optical lags of the same quasars and find that our results are consistent with these quasars being drawn from a limited high-lag subset of the broader population. Our results are therefore broadly consistent with models that suggest longer disk lags in a subset of quasars, for example, due to a nonzero size of the ionizing corona and/or magnetic heating contributing to the disk response.
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Proga, Daniel, Janet E. Drew, and James M. Stone. "Radiation driven winds from CV accretion disks." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 163 (1997): 782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100043967.
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AbstractWe present some initial results of our numerical, 2D hydrodynamical models of line driven flows from the accretion disk in cataclysmic variables. We assume the disk radiation pressure pushes out the isothermal material from a flat, geometrically thin, Keplerian disk.We calculate the disk radiation field using the surface brightness of a standard “α disk” (Shakura & Sunyaev 1973). We do not include a bright boundary layer in the calculations. We approximate the total radiative line acceleration, adopting the formalism due to Castor, Abbott, & Klein (1975). We use our generalized 2D version of their force multiplier. The multiplier is still described by two parameters representing the number of lines and the ratio of optically thin to optically thick lines. The main modification of the original CAK force multiplier is in the depth parameter, which is now a function of the gradients of two velocity components instead of the single velocity gradient as in the ID case.We investigate how the disk structure and mass loss rate depend on the disk and central star luminosity, and boundary conditions such as the disk density.We find that transonic flows from disks do not relax toward steady states. However, their time averaged properties become constant after some time. Our models show that most of mass loss originates from close to the central star – a few stellar radii. Models without a central star radiation field produce flows more vertical than models in which one is present. However, other global, time averaged properties of flows such as the total wind mass, the wind mass loss rate, and velocity are similar. The ratio between the wind mass loss and disk accretion rate increases rapidly with the accrection rate.
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Afanasiev, V. L., Yu N. Gnedin, M. Yu Piotrovich, S. D. Buliga, and T. M. Natsvlishvili. "Determination of Supermassive Black Hole Spins Based on the Standard Shakura–Sunyaev Accretion Disk Model and Polarimetric Observations." Astronomy Letters 44, no. 6 (June 2018): 362–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1063773718060014.
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Rodriguez, Antonio C., and Lynne A. Hillenbrand. "Application of a Steady-state Accretion Disk Model to Spectrophotometry and High-resolution Spectra of Two Recent FU Ori Outbursts." Astrophysical Journal 927, no. 2 (March 1, 2022): 144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac496b.
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Abstract We apply a conventional accretion disk model to the FU Ori–type objects HBC 722 and Gaia 17bpi. Our base model is a steady-state, thin Keplerian disk featuring a modified Shakura–Sunyaev temperature profile, with each annulus radiating as an area-weighted spectrum given by a NextGen atmosphere at the appropriate temperature. We explore departures from the standard model by altering the temperature distribution in the innermost region of the disk to account for “boundary region”–like effects. We consider the overall spectral energy distribution as well as medium- and high-resolution spectra in evaluating best-fit models to the data. Parameter degeneracies are studied via a Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameter estimation technique. Allowing all parameters to vary, we find accretion rates for HBC 722 of M ̇ = 10 − 4.90 M ⊙ yr − 1 − 0.40 + 0.99 dex and for Gaia 17bpi of M ̇ = 10 − 6.70 M ⊙ yr − 1 − 0.36 + 0.46 dex ; the corresponding maximum disk temperatures are 7100 − 500 + 300 K and 7900 − 400 + 900 K, respectively. While the accretion rate of HBC 722 is on the same order as other FU Ori–type objects, Gaia 17bpi has a lower rate than previously reported as typical, commensurate with its lower luminosity. Alternate models that fix some disk or stellar parameters are also presented, with tighter confidence intervals on the remaining fitted parameters. In order to improve upon the somewhat large credible intervals for the M ̇ values, and to make progress on boundary layer characterization, flux-calibrated ultraviolet spectroscopy is needed.
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Gutiérrez, E. M., F. L. Vieyro, and G. E. Romero. "Nonthermal processes in hot accretion flows onto supermassive black holes: An inhomogeneous model." Astronomy & Astrophysics 649 (May 2021): A87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039671.
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Context. Many low-redshift active galactic nuclei harbor a supermassive black hole accreting matter at low or medium rates. At such rates, the accretion flow usually consists of a cold optically thick disk, plus a hot, low density, collisionless corona. In the latter component, charged particles can be accelerated to high energies by various mechanisms. Aims. We aim to investigate, in detail, nonthermal processes in hot accretion flows onto supermassive black holes, covering a wide range of accretion rates and luminosities. Methods. We developed a model consisting of a thin Shakura-Sunyaev disk plus an inner hot accretion flow or corona, modeled as a radiatively inefficient accretion flow, where nonthermal processes take place. We solved the transport equations for relativistic particles and estimated the spectral energy distributions resulting from nonthermal interactions between the various particle species and the fields in the source. Results. We covered a variety of scenarios, from low accretion rates up to 10% of the Eddington limit, and identified the relevant cooling mechanisms in each case. The presence of hadrons in the hot flow is decisive for the spectral shape, giving rise to secondary particles and gamma-ray cascades. We applied our model to the source IC 4329A, confirming earlier results which showed evidence of nonthermal particles in the corona.
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Bogovalov, Sergey. "Physics of “Cold” Disk Accretion onto Black Holes Driven by Magnetized Winds." Galaxies 7, no. 1 (January 14, 2019): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/galaxies7010018.
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Disk accretion onto black holes is accompanied by collimated outflows (jets). In active galactic nuclei (AGN), the kinetic energy flux of the jet (jet power or kinetic luminosity) may exceed the bolometric luminosity of the disk by a few orders of magnitude. This may be explained in the framework of the so called “cold” disk accretion. In this regime of accretion, the disk is radiatively inefficient because practically all the energy released at the accretion is carried out by the magnetized wind. This wind also provides efficient loss of the angular momentum by the matter in the disk. In this review, the physics of the accretion driven by the wind is considered from first principles. It is shown that the magnetized wind can efficiently carry out angular momentum and energy of the matter of the disk. The conditions when this process dominates conventional loss of the angular momentum due to turbulent viscosity are discussed. The “cold” accretion occurs when the viscous stresses in the disk can be neglected in comparison with impact of the wind on the accretion. Two problems crucial for survival of the model of “cold” accretion are considered. The first one is existence of the magnetohydrodynamical solutions for disk accretion purely due to the angular momentum loss by the wind. Another problem is the ability of the model to reproduce observations which demonstrate existence of the sources with kinetic power of jets 2–3 orders of magnitude exceeding the bolometric luminosity of disks. The solutions of the problem in similar prescriptions and numerical solutions without such an assumption are discussed. Calculations of the “unavoidable” radiation from the “cold” disk and the ratio of the jet power of the SMBH to the bolometric luminosity of the accretion disk around a super massive black hole are given in the framework of the Shakura and Sunyaev paradigm of an optically thick α -disk. The exploration of the Fundamental Plane of Black Holes allows us to obtain semi empirical equations that determine the bolometric luminosity and the ratio of the luminosities as functions of the black hole mass and accretion rate.
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Riffert, H., T. Dörrer, R. Staubert, and H. Ruder. "The Vertical Structures of Accretion Disks in AGN." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 159 (1994): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900176557.
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Radiation emitted from an accretion disk around a central black hole is the widely accepted model for the observed optical to UV emission from AGN. We have calculated the properties of a standard α-accretion disk (Shakura and Sunyaev, 1973). We present a fully self-consistent model of the structure and the spectrum of such a disk, i.e. the internal vertical density and temperature profiles are calculated simultaneously with the local spectra. Constant density models have been presented by (Ross et al., 1992). The central object is assumed to be a Kerr black hole (BH); relativistic corrections are included. The local energy production is assumed to be entirely due to turbulence. The radiative transfer equation is solved using the Eddington approximation. Inelastic Compton scattering is treated approximately by the Kompaneets equation, and the absorption cross section contains free-free and bound-free processes for hydrogen. The energy transport includes radiation and convection, and the convective flux is calculated in the mixing length theory, taking into account the heating and cooling of the rising elements. Although the convective flux is energetically negligible it has a strong influence on the vertical density structure. We performed several calculations for different parameters such as Ṁ and α. In regions, where the surface radiation flux is large, we get a strong density inversion because the radiation force per unit mass overcomes the gravitational force. Such a density profile, however, is unstable against convection. Including the convective flux then leads to a monotonic density profile. Figures 1 and 2 show the structure and integrated spectrum for two different disk models.
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Romanova, M. M., and R. V. E. Lovelace. "Simultaneous Implosive Accretion and Jet Formation in Quasars: Correlation of Optical Outbursts by VLBI Jets." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 159 (1994): 490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900176661.
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A model and simulation code have been developed for time-dependent axisymmetric disk accretion onto a compact object including for the first time the influence of an ordered magnetic field and magnetically driven outflow of energy and angular momentum in (±z) directions (see also Lovelace et al., 1993). It was shown that the system behaviour crucially depends on the amplitude of the poloidal magnetic field fluctuation Bp, compared to the critical value Bcr ∼ (α2T1/2σ/R3/2)1/2, where T(r, t) is the temperature, σ(r, t) the surface density of the disk, R the radial distance, α the alpha coefficient of Shakura-Sunyaev disk model. If the fluctuation is small, Bp < Bcr, then it diffuses outwards with decreasing the amplitude and eventually disappears. In the opposite case Bp > Bcr, a soliton-like structure forms in the disk density, temperature, and magnetic field and propagates implosively inward. In this case the radial accretion speed u(r, t) is shown to be the sum of the usual viscous contribution and magneitic contribution ∼ R3/2B2p/σ. The essential part of angular momentum and energy is going to the jet from the region of fluctuation. Compression of matter in the propagating wave leads to enhancement of magnetic field and more effective angular momentum outflow. This leads in turn to accelerated accretion and subsequent enhancement of magnetic field. It gives the implosive nature of the process, which can be observed as: simultaneous burst in the radiation and outflow. The model is pertinent to the formation of discrete components observed in VLBI jets which appear to originate at times of optical outbursts at some quasars.
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Lyu, Bing, Qingwen Wu, Zhen Yan, Wenfei Yu, and Hao Liu. "WISE View of Changing-look Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for a Transitional Stage of AGNs." Astrophysical Journal 927, no. 2 (March 1, 2022): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5256.
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Abstract The discovery of changing-look active galactic nuclei (CLAGNs) with a significant change in optical broad emission lines (optical CLAGNs) and/or strong variation of line-of-sight column densities (X-ray CLAGNs) challenges the orientation-based AGN unification model. We explore mid-infrared (mid-IR) properties for a sample of 57 optical CLAGNs and 11 X-ray CLAGNs based on the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer archive data. We find that Eddington-scaled mid-IR luminosities of both optical and X-ray CLAGNs stay just between those of low-luminosity AGNs and luminous QSOs. The average Eddington-scaled mid-IR luminosities for optical and X-ray CLAGNs are ∼0.4% and ∼0.5%, respectively, which roughly correspond to the bolometric luminosity of transition between a radiatively inefficient accretion flow and a Shakura–Sunyaev disk. We estimate the time lags of the variation in the mid-IR behind that in the optical band for 13 CLAGNs with strong mid-IR variability, where the tight correlation between the time lag and the bolometric luminosity (τ–L) for CLAGNs roughly follows that found in the luminous QSOs.
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Fian, C., D. Chelouche, S. Kaspi, C. Sobrino Figaredo, S. Catalan, and T. Lewis. "Continuum reverberation mapping of the quasar PG 2130+099." Astronomy & Astrophysics 659 (February 25, 2022): A13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141509.
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Aims. We present the results of an intensive six-month optical continuum reverberation mapping campaign of the Seyfert 1 galaxy PG 2130+099 at redshift z = 0.063. The ground-based photometric monitoring was conducted on a daily basis with the robotic 46 cm telescope of the WISE observatory located in Israel. Specially designed narrowband filters were used to observe the central engine of the active galactic nucleus (AGN), avoiding line contamination from the broad-line region (BLR). We aim to measure inter-band continuum time lags across the optical range and determine the size-wavelength relation for this system. Methods. We used two methods, the traditional point-spread function photometry and the recently developed proper image subtraction technique, to independently perform the extraction of the continuum light curves. The inter-band time lags are measured with several methods, including the interpolated cross-correlation function, the z-transformed discrete correlation function, a von Neumann estimator, JAVELIN (in spectroscopic mode), and MICA. Results. PG 2130+099 displays correlated variability across the optical range, and we successfully detect significant time lags of up to ∼3 days between the multiband light curves. We find that the wavelength-dependent lags, τ(λ), generally follow the relation τ(λ)∝λ4/3, as expected for the temperature radial profile T ∝ R−3/4 of an optically thick, geometrically thin accretion disk. Despite that, the derived time lags can also be fitted by τ(λ)∝λ2, implying the possibility of a slim, rather than thin, accretion disk. Using the flux variation gradient method, we determined the AGN’s host-galaxy-subtracted rest frame 5100 Å luminosity at the time of our monitoring campaign with an uncertainty of ∼18% (λL5100 = (2.40 ± 0.42)×1044 erg s−1). While a continuum reprocessing model can fit the data reasonably well, our derived disk sizes are a factor of ∼2 − 6 larger than the theoretical disk sizes predicted from the AGN luminosity estimate of PG 2130+099. This result is in agreement with previous studies of AGN/quasars and suggests that the standard Shakura-Sunyaev disk theory has limitations in describing AGN accretion disks.
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Delage, Timmy N., Satoshi Okuzumi, Mario Flock, Paola Pinilla, and Natalia Dzyurkevich. "Steady-state accretion in magnetized protoplanetary disks." Astronomy & Astrophysics 658 (February 2022): A97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141689.
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Context. The transition between magnetorotational instability (MRI)-active and magnetically dead regions corresponds to a sharp change in the disk turbulence level, where pressure maxima may form, hence potentially trapping dust particles and explaining some of the observed disk substructures. Aims. We aim to provide the first building blocks toward a self-consistent approach to assess the dead zone outer edge as a viable location for dust trapping, under the framework of viscously driven accretion. Methods. We present a 1+1D global magnetically driven disk accretion model that captures the essence of the MRI-driven accretion, without resorting to 3D global nonideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. The gas dynamics is assumed to be solely controlled by the MRI and hydrodynamic instabilities. For given stellar and disk parameters, the Shakura–Sunyaev viscosity parameter, α, is determined self-consistently under the adopted framework from detailed considerations of the MRI with nonideal MHD effects (Ohmic resistivity and ambipolar diffusion), accounting for disk heating by stellar irradiation, nonthermal sources of ionization, and dust effects on the ionization chemistry. Additionally, the magnetic field strength is numerically constrained to maximize the MRI activity. Results. We demonstrate the use of our framework by investigating steady-state MRI-driven accretion in a fiducial protoplanetary disk model around a solar-type star. We find that the equilibrium solution displays no pressure maximum at the dead zone outer edge, except if a sufficient amount of dust particles has accumulated there before the disk reaches a steady-state accretion regime. Furthermore, the steady-state accretion solution describes a disk that displays a spatially extended long-lived inner disk gas reservoir (the dead zone) that accretes a few times 10−9 M⊙ yr−1. By conducting a detailed parameter study, we find that the extent to which the MRI can drive efficient accretion is primarily determined by the total disk gas mass, the representative grain size, the vertically integrated dust-to-gas mass ratio, and the stellar X-ray luminosity. Conclusions. A self-consistent time-dependent coupling between gas, dust, stellar evolution models, and our general framework on million-year timescales is required to fully understand the formation of dead zones and their potential to trap dust particles.
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Zuo, Wenwen, Xue-Bing Wu, Yi-Qing Liu, and Cheng-Liang Jiao. "The correlations between optical variability and physical parameters of quasars in SDSS Stripe 82." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 8, S290 (August 2012): 373–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921312020467.
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AbstractWe investigate the optical variability of 7658 quasars from SDSS Stripe 82. Taking advantage of a larger sample and relatively more data points for each quasar, we estimate variability amplitudes and divide the sample into small bins of redshift, rest-frame wavelength, black hole mass, Eddington ratio, and bolometric luminosity, respectively, to investigate the relationships between variability and these parameters. An anti-correlation between variability and rest-frame wavelength is found. The variability amplitude of radio-quiet quasars shows almost no cosmological evolution, but that of radio-loud ones may weakly anti-correlate with redshift. In addition, variability increases as either luminosity or Eddington ratio decreases. However, the relationship between variability and black hole mass is uncertain; it is negative when the influence of Eddington ratio is excluded, but positive when the influence of luminosity is excluded. The intrinsic distribution of variability amplitudes for radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars are different. Both radio-loud and radio-quiet quasars exhibit a bluer-when-brighter chromatism. Assuming that quasar variability is caused by variations of accretion rate, the Shakura–Sunyaev disk model can reproduce the tendencies of observed correlations between variability and rest-frame wavelength, luminosity as well as Eddington ratio, supporting that changes of accretion rate play an important role in producing the observed optical variability. However, the predicted positive correlation between variability and black hole mass seems to be inconsistent with the observed negative correlation between them in small bins of Eddington ratio, which suggests that other physical mechanisms may still need to be considered in modifying the simple accretion disk model.
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Dong, Aijun, Chang Liu, Qijun Zhi, Ziyi You, Qibin Sun, and Bowen Du. "Spectral and Timing Properties of H 1743-322 in the “Faint” 2005 Normal Outburst." Universe 8, no. 5 (May 6, 2022): 273. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe8050273.
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H 1743-322 is a well-known black hole X-ray binary (BH XRBs) that has been observed in several outbursts over the past. In this work, we have performed the spectral and timing analysis of H 1743-322 during the “faint” 2005 outburst for the first time with the RXTE/PCA data. In this outburst, the spectral and timing parameters (e.g., Tin, Γ, Rin, rms and QPOs, etc.) presented an obvious change and a q-like pattern was found in the Hardness Intensity Diagram (HID), which often named as the hysteresis effect of BH XRBs. The radius of the innermost stable circular orbit was constrained as RISCO∼3.50 Rg, which predicts that H 1743-322 is a lower-spin black hole. We further explored the correlation between timing and spectral properties. The relation of photon index Γ and X-ray flux, F3–25keV, presented a transition between negative and positive correlation when the X-ray luminosity, L3–25keV, is above and below a critical X-ray luminosity, LX,crit≃2.55×10−3 LEdd, which can be well explained by the Shakura-Sunyaev disk–corona model (SSD-corona) and advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF). We also found the tight linear, negative correlation between photon index Γ and the total fractional rms. Since the amount of soft photons from the accretion disk seems invariable, an increase of the number of soft photons will dilute the variability from the harder photons. Therefore, the softer the X-ray spectra will result in the smaller total fractional rms. The above results suggested that the 2005 outburst of H 1743-322 was a normal outburst and H 1743-322 represented similar properties with other black hole X-ray binaries.
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Barnier, S., P. O. Petrucci, J. Ferreira, G. Marcel, R. Belmont, M. Clavel, S. Corbel, et al. "Clues on jet behavior from simultaneous radio-X-ray fits of GX 339-4." Astronomy & Astrophysics 657 (December 21, 2021): A11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141182.
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Understanding the mechanisms of accretion-ejection during X-ray binary (XrB) outbursts has been a problem for several decades. For instance, it is still not clear what controls the spectral evolution of these objects from the hard to the soft states and then back to the hard states at the end of the outburst, tracing the well-known hysteresis cycle in the hardness-intensity diagram. Moreover, the link between the spectral states and the presence or absence of radio emission is still highly debated. In a series of papers we developed a model composed of a truncated outer standard accretion disk (SAD, from the solution of Shakura and Sunyaev) and an inner jet emitting disk (JED). In this paradigm, the JED plays the role of the hot corona while simultaneously explaining the presence of a radio jet. Our goal is to apply for the first time direct fitting procedures of the JED-SAD model to the hard states of four outbursts of GX 339-4 observed during the 2000–2010 decade by RXTE, combined with simultaneous or quasi simultaneous ATCA observations. We built JED-SAD model tables usable in XSPEC, as well as a reflection model table based on the XILLVER model of XSPEC. We applied our model to the 452 hard state observations obtained with RXTE/PCA. We were able to correctly fit the X-ray spectra and simultaneously reproduce the radio flux with an accuracy better than 15%. We show that the functional dependency of the radio emission on the model parameters (mainly the accretion rate and the transition radius between the JED and the SAD) is similar for all the rising phases of the different outbursts of GX 339-4, but it is significantly different from the functional dependency obtained in the decaying phases. This result strongly suggests a change in the radiative and/or dynamical properties of the ejection between the beginning and the end of the outburst. We discuss possible scenarios that could explain these differences.
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Just, O., V. Vijayan, Z. Xiong, S. Goriely, T. Soultanis, A. Bauswein, J. Guilet, H. Th Janka, and G. Martínez-Pinedo. "End-to-end Kilonova Models of Neutron Star Mergers with Delayed Black Hole Formation." Astrophysical Journal Letters 951, no. 1 (July 1, 2023): L12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acdad2.
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Abstract We investigate the nucleosynthesis and kilonova properties of binary neutron star (NS) merger models that lead to intermediate remnant lifetimes of ∼0.1–1 s until black hole (BH) formation and describe all components of the material ejected during the dynamical merger phase, NS remnant evolution, and final viscous disintegration of the BH torus after gravitational collapse. To this end, we employ a combination of hydrodynamics, nucleosynthesis, and radiative transfer tools to achieve a consistent end-to-end modeling of the system and its observables. We adopt a novel version of the Shakura–Sunyaev scheme allowing the approximate turbulent viscosity inside the NS remnant to vary independently of the surrounding disk. We find that asymmetric progenitors lead to shorter remnant lifetimes and enhanced ejecta masses, although the viscosity affects the absolute values of these characteristics. The integrated production of lanthanides and heavier elements in such binary systems is subsolar, suggesting that the considered scenarios contribute in a subdominant fashion to r-process enrichment. One reason is that BH tori formed after delayed collapse exhibit less neutron-rich conditions than typically found, and often assumed in previous BH torus models, for early BH formation. The outflows in our models feature strong anisotropy as a result of the lanthanide-poor polar neutrino-driven wind pushing aside lanthanide-rich dynamical ejecta. Considering the complexity of the models, the estimated kilonova light curves show promising agreement with AT 2017gfo after times of several days, while the remaining inconsistencies at early times could possibly be overcome in binary configurations with a more dominant neutrino-driven wind relative to the dynamical ejecta.
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Yi-Qing, Lin, Lu Ju-Fu, and Gu Wei-Min. "Smooth Transition from Shakura-Sunyaev Disc to Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow." Chinese Physics Letters 20, no. 7 (June 17, 2003): 1179–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/20/7/360.
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Jiao, Cheng-Liang, and Xue-Bing Wu. "Outflows from Accretion Disks around Compact Objects." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 8, S290 (August 2012): 82–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921312019266.
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AbstractWe solve the set of hydrodynamic equations for accretion disks in the spherical coordinates (rθφ) to obtain the explicit structure along the θ direction. The results display thinner, quasi-Keplerian disks for Shakura-Sunyaev Disks (SSDs) and thicker, sub-Keplerian disks for Advection Dominated Accretion Flows (ADAFs) and slim disks, which are consistent with previous popular analytical models, while an inflow region and an outflow region always exist, which supports the results of some recent numerical simulation works. Our results indicate that the outflows should be common in various accretion disks and stronger in slim disks and ADAFs.
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Pariev, V. I., E. G. Blackman, and S. A. Boldyrev. "Extending the Shakura-Sunyaev approach to a strongly magnetized accretion disc model." Astronomy & Astrophysics 407, no. 2 (August 2003): 403–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030868.
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CASSARO, P., F. SCHILLIRÓ, V. COSTA, G. BELVEDERE, R. A. ZAPPALÁ, and G. LANZAFAME. "THE ENGINE OF OUTFLOWS IN AGN: THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL TURBULENT VISCOSITY." International Journal of Modern Physics D 17, no. 09 (September 2008): 1635–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218271808013248.
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Adopting the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical method, we performed a grid of evolving models of a 3D, axially symmetric, physically viscous accretion disc around a black hole (BH) in an AGN. In such disc models, the role of the specific angular momentum λ and of the physical turbulent viscosity parameter α, according to the Shakura and Sunyaev prescription, are examined. One or two shock fronts develop in the radial inviscid flow, according to the assigned initial kinematic and thermodynamic conditions. Couples of (α, λ) values determine radial periodical oscillations in the shock front. An outflow can develop from the subsonic post shock region, close to the black hole, in some cases. This provides evidence for a link between the accretion disc and the fueling of a jet, through the presence of shock fronts in an accretion disc close to the centrifugal barrier.