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Article: The Effects of Gas Angular Momentum on the Formation of Magnetically Arrested Disks and the Launching of Powerful Jets
Title | The Effects of Gas Angular Momentum on the Formation of Magnetically Arrested Disks and the Launching of Powerful Jets |
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Issue Date | 1-Apr-2023 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Citation | Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023, v. 946, n. 2, p. L42 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this letter, we investigate Bondi-like accretion flows with zero or low specific angular momentum by performing 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. In order to check if relativistic jets can be launched magnetically from such flows, we insert a large-scale poloidal magnetic field into the accretion flow and consider a rapidly spinning black hole. We demonstrate that under such conditions the accretion flow needs to initially have specific angular momentum above a certain threshold to eventually reach and robustly sustain the magnetically arrested disk state. If the flow can reach such a state, it can launch very powerful jets at ≳100% energy efficiency. Interestingly, we also find that even when the accretion flow has initial specific angular momentum below the threshold, it can still launch episodic jets with an average energy efficiency of ∼10%. However, the accretion flow has nontypical behaviors such as having different rotation directions at different inclinations and exhibiting persistent outflows along the midplane even in the inner disk region. Our results give plausible explanations as to why jets can be produced from various astrophysical systems that likely lack large gas specific angular momenta, such as Sgr A*, wind-fed X-ray binaries, tidal disruption events, and long-duration gamma-ray bursts. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328308 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 8.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.766 |
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dc.contributor.author | Kwan, TM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dai, LX | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tchekhovskoy, A | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-28T04:41:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-28T04:41:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023, v. 946, n. 2, p. L42 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-8205 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328308 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>In this letter, we investigate Bondi-like accretion flows with zero or low specific angular momentum by performing 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. In order to check if relativistic jets can be launched magnetically from such flows, we insert a large-scale poloidal magnetic field into the accretion flow and consider a rapidly spinning black hole. We demonstrate that under such conditions the accretion flow needs to initially have specific angular momentum above a certain threshold to eventually reach and robustly sustain the magnetically arrested disk state. If the flow can reach such a state, it can launch very powerful jets at ≳100% energy efficiency. Interestingly, we also find that even when the accretion flow has initial specific angular momentum below the threshold, it can still launch episodic jets with an average energy efficiency of ∼10%. However, the accretion flow has nontypical behaviors such as having different rotation directions at different inclinations and exhibiting persistent outflows along the midplane even in the inner disk region. Our results give plausible explanations as to why jets can be produced from various astrophysical systems that likely lack large gas specific angular momenta, such as Sgr A*, wind-fed X-ray binaries, tidal disruption events, and long-duration gamma-ray bursts.<br></p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Astronomical Society | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Astrophysical Journal Letters | - |
dc.title | The Effects of Gas Angular Momentum on the Formation of Magnetically Arrested Disks and the Launching of Powerful Jets | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3847/2041-8213/acc334 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 344743 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 946 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | L42 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2041-8213 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000962954300001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2041-8205 | - |