Year: 2007
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The inward flow of matter through accretion disks is driven by MHD turbulence. Global general relativistic MHD simulations shed quantitative light on this process, revealing a number of aspects of accretion previously unrecognized. Among them are strong stresses in the marginally stable and plunging regions near the black hole and electromagnetically‐dominated conical relativistic jets that can form spontaneously from the accretion flow. The energy release associated with both of these effects can significantly augment the classical energy‐release estimates based on purely hydrodynamic models.
Source: AIP conference proceedings
DOI: 10.1063/1.2774945
Authors: Julian H. Krolik, John F. Hawley
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W1997397360