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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 736, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/736/1/2
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accretion, accretion disks; black hole physics; ISM: jets and outflows; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); radiative transfer
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) [20740115, 19340044]
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1109285, 0807363] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23540268, 22340045] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We present the detailed global structure of black hole accretion flows and outflows through newly performed two-dimensional radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations. By starting from a torus threaded with weak toroidal magnetic fields and by controlling the central density of the initial torus, rho(0), we can reproduce three distinct modes of accretion flow. In model A, which has the highest central density, an optically and geometrically thick supercritical accretion disk is created. The radiation force greatly exceeds the gravity above the disk surface, thereby driving a strong outflow (or jet). Because of mild beaming, the apparent (isotropic) photon luminosity is similar to 22L(E) (where L-E is the Eddington luminosity) in the face-on view. Even higher apparent luminosity is feasible if we increase the flow density. In model B, which has moderate density, radiative cooling of the accretion flow is so efficient that a standard-type, cold, and geometrically thin disk is formed at radii greater than similar to 7 R-S (where RS is the Schwarzschild radius), while the flow is radiatively inefficient otherwise. The magnetic-pressure-driven disk wind appears in this model. In model C, the density is too low for the flow to be radiatively efficient. The flow thus becomes radiatively inefficient accretion flow, which is geometrically thick and optically thin. The magnetic-pressure force, together with the gas-pressure force, drives outflows from the disk surface, and the flow releases its energy via jets rather than via radiation. Observational implications are briefly discussed.
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