The Dependence of General Relativistic Accretion on Black Hole Spin

2004 ◽  
Vol 613 (1) ◽  
pp. L49-L52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paramita Barai ◽  
Tapas K. Das ◽  
Paul J. Wiita
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Spin ◽  
General Relativistic

scholarly journals Influence of the geometric configuration of accretion flow on the black hole spin dependence of relativistic acoustic geometry

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratik Tarafdar ◽  
Tapas K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Kerr Black Hole ◽  
Geometric Configuration ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Linear Perturbation ◽  
Flow Profile ◽  
White Hole ◽  
Accretion Flow ◽  
Black Hole Spin ◽  
General Relativistic

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 sonic geometry depend on the black hole spin. Such dependence can be probed by studying the correlation of the acoustic surface gravity [Formula: see text] with the Kerr parameter [Formula: see text]. The [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] relationship further gets influenced by the geometric configuration of the accretion flow structure. In this work, such influence has been studied for multitransonic shocked accretion where linear perturbation of general relativistic flow profile leads to the formation of two analogue black hole-type horizons formed at the sonic points and one analogue white hole-type horizon which is formed at the shock location producing divergent acoustic surface gravity. Dependence of the [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] relationship on the geometric configuration has also been studied for monotransonic accretion, over the entire span of the Kerr parameter including retrograde flow. For accreting astrophysical black holes, the present work thus investigates how the salient features of the embedded relativistic sonic geometry may be determined not only by the background spacetime, but also by the flow configuration of the embedding matter.

scholarly journals General relativistic simulations of black-hole–neutron-star mergers: Effects of black-hole spin

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachariah B. Etienne ◽  
Yuk Tung Liu ◽  
Stuart L. Shapiro ◽  
Thomas W. Baumgarte
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Black Hole Spin ◽  
General Relativistic

scholarly journals Black hole spin dependence of general relativistic multi-transonic accretion close to the horizon

New Astronomy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 81-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapas K. Das ◽  
Sankhasubhra Nag ◽  
Swathi Hegde ◽  
Sourav Bhattacharya ◽  
Ishita Maity ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Spin Dependence ◽  
Black Hole Spin ◽  
General Relativistic

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PERTURBATIONS ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE ACCRETION DISK AROUND THE BLACK HOLE

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1875-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORHAN DÖNMEZ
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Accretion Disk ◽  
Periodic Oscillation ◽  
Single Star ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Galactic Black Hole ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Armed Spiral

We investigate the special cases of the formation of shocks in the accretion disks around the nonrotating (Schwarzschild) black holes in cases where one or few stars perturb the disk. We model the structure of disk with a 2D fully general relativistic hydrodynamic code and investigate a variety of cases in which the stars interacting with the disk are captured at various locations. We have found the following results: (1) if the stars perturb the disk at nonsymmetric locations, a moving one-armed spiral shock wave is produced and it destroys the disk eventually; (2) if the disk is perturbed by a single star located close to the black hole, a standing shock wave is produced while the disk becomes an accretion tori; (3) if the disk is perturbed by stars at symmetric locations, moving two-armed spiral shock waves are produced while the disk reaches a steady state; (4) continuous injection of matter into the stable disk produces a standing shock wave behind the black hole. Our outcomes reinforce the view that different perturbations on the stable accretion disk carry out different types of shock waves which produce Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) phenomena in galactic black hole candidates and it is observed as a X-ray.

ON MAGNETIC SELF-COLLIMATION OF RELATIVISTIC JETS

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (06) ◽  
pp. 689-694
Author(s):  
N. GLOBUS ◽  
V. CAYATTE ◽  
C. SAUTY
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Ideal Fluid ◽  
Polar Axis ◽  
Kerr Metric ◽  
Relativistic Jets ◽  
Simple Criterion ◽  
General Relativistic ◽  
Time Splitting ◽  
Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics

We present a semi-analytical model using the equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) for jets emitted by a rotating black hole. We assume steady axisymmetric outflows of a relativistic ideal fluid in Kerr metrics. We express the conservation equations in the frame of the FIDucial Observer (FIDO or ZAMO) using a 3+1 space–time splitting. Calculating the total energy variation between a non-polar field line and the polar axis, we extend to the Kerr metric the simple criterion for the magnetic collimation of jets obtained for a nonrotating black hole by Meliani et al.10 We show that the black role rotation induced a more efficient magnetic collimation of the jet.

scholarly journals Spectral and polarization properties of black hole accretion disc emission: including absorption effects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Taverna ◽  
L Marra ◽  
S Bianchi ◽  
M Dovčiak ◽  
R Goosmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Polarization State ◽  
General Rule ◽  
Accretion Disc ◽  
Accretion Discs ◽  
Polarization Degree ◽  
Monte Carlo Code ◽  
Black Hole Spin ◽  
Black Hole Accretion ◽  
Hole Accretion

Abstract The study of radiation emitted from black hole accretion discs represents a crucial way to understand the main physical properties of these sources, and in particular the black hole spin. Beside spectral analysis, polarimetry is becoming more and more important, motivated by the development of new techniques which will soon allow to perform measurements also in the X- and γ-rays. Photons emitted from black hole accretion discs in the soft state are indeed expected to be polarized, with an energy dependence which can provide an estimate of the black hole spin. Calculations performed so far, however, considered scattering as the only process to determine the polarization state of the emitted radiation, implicitly assuming that the temperatures involved are such that material in the disc is entirely ionized. In this work we generalize the problem by calculating the ionization structure of a surface layer of the disc with the public code cloudy, and then by determining the polarization properties of the emerging radiation using the Monte Carlo code stokes. This allows us to account for absorption effects alongside scattering ones. We show that including absorption can deeply modify the polarization properties of the emerging radiation with respect to what is obtained in the pure-scattering limit. As a general rule, we find that the polarization degree is larger when absorption is more important, which occurs e.g. for low accretion rates and/or spins when the ionization of the matter in the innermost accretion disc regions is far from complete.

scholarly journals NuSTAR OBSERVATIONS OF THE BLACK HOLE GS 1354–645: EVIDENCE OF RAPID BLACK HOLE SPIN

2016 ◽  
Vol 826 (1) ◽  
pp. L12 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. El-Batal ◽  
J. M. Miller ◽  
M. T. Reynolds ◽  
S. E. Boggs ◽  
F. E. Chistensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Spin
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