Time Variability of Low Angular Momentum Flows Accreting onto Black Holes: A Natural Mechanism for Radiation Flaring

Proga, D.

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We present results from our magnetohydrodynamical simulations of accretion flows onto black holes. Our main focus is the interplay between inflows and related outflows. We consider applications of such flows to the Galatic center and low luminosity active galactic nuclei.

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Proga, D. Time Variability of Low Angular Momentum Flows Accreting onto Black Holes: A Natural Mechanism for Radiation Flaring. In: Merloni, A., Nayakshin, S., Sunyaev, R.A. (eds) Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11403913_51

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11403913_51
Published: 22 December 2005
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