[PDF][PDF] Fundamental physics opportunities with the next-generation event horizon telescope

D Ayzenberg, L Blackburn, R Brito… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration recently published the first
images of the supermassive black holes in the cores of the Messier 87 and Milky Way …

Flux eruption events drive angular momentum transport in magnetically arrested accretion flows

K Chatterjee, R Narayan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We evolve two high-resolution general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of
advection-dominated accretion flows around nonspinning black holes (BHs), each over a …

Looking for signatures of AGN feedback in radio-quiet AGN

P Kharb, S Silpa - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this article, we discuss the state of “AGN feedback” in radio-quiet (RQ) AGN. This study
involves heterogeneous samples of nearby Seyfert and LINER galaxies as well as quasi …

H-AMR: A New GPU-accelerated GRMHD Code for Exascale Computing with 3D Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Local Adaptive Time Stepping

MTP Liska, K Chatterjee, D Issa, D Yoon… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations have revolutionized our
understanding of black hole accretion. Here, we present a GPU-accelerated GRMHD code …

Active galactic nucleus jet feedback in hydrostatic haloes

R Weinberger, KY Su, K Ehlert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Feedback driven by jets from active galactic nuclei is believed to be responsible for reducing
cooling flows in cool-core galaxy clusters. We use simulations to model feedback from …

Jets with a Twist: The Emergence of FR0 Jets in a 3D GRMHD Simulation of Zero-angular-momentum Black Hole Accretion

A Lalakos, A Tchekhovskoy, O Bromberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Spinning supermassive black holes (BHs) in active galactic nuclei magnetically launch
relativistic collimated outflows, or jets. Without angular momentum supply, such jets are …

Simple Convective Accretion Flows (SCAFs): Explaining the≈− 1 Density Scaling of Hot Accretion Flows around Compact Accretors

W Xu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent simulations find that hot gas accretion onto compact accretors is often highly
turbulent and diskless, and shows a power-law density profile with slope α ρ≈− 1. These …

Jet reorientation in central galaxies of clusters and groups: insights from VLBA and Chandra data

F Ubertosi, G Schellenberger, E O'Sullivan… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent observations of galaxy clusters and groups with misalignments between their central
active galactic nucleus jets and X-ray cavities, or with multiple misaligned cavities, have …

A JVLA, LOFAR, e-Merlin, VLBA, and EVN study of RBS 797: can binary supermassive black holes explain the outburst history of the central radio galaxy?

F Ubertosi, M Giroletti, M Gitti, N Biava… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Aims. The multifaceted central radio galaxy of the cluster RBS 797 shows several episodes
of jet activity in multiple directions. We wish to understand the causes behind these dramatic …

The effects of gas angular momentum on the formation of magnetically arrested disks and the launching of powerful jets

TM Kwan, L Dai, A Tchekhovskoy - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this letter, we investigate Bondi-like accretion flows with zero or low specific angular
momentum by performing 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations. In …