Optically—thick accretion discs with advection

The structures of optically-thick accretion discs with radial advection have been investigated by the iteration and integration algorithms. The advective cooling term changes mostly the inner part of disc solution, and even results in an optically-thick advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF). Three distinct branches－the outer Shakura－Sunyaev disc (SSD), the inner ADAF and the middle transition layer－are found for a super-Eddington disc. The SSD－ADAF transition radius can be estimated as 18(\dot{M}/\dot{M}_E)R_G where R_G is the Schwarzschild radius, \dot{M} is the mass accretion rate and \dot{M}_E is the Eddington accretion rate. SSD solutions calculated with the iteration and integration methods are identical, while ADAF solutions obtained by these two methods differ greatly. Detailed algorithms and their differences have been analysed. The iteration algorithm is not self-consistent, since it implies that the dimensionless advection factor ξ is invariant, but in the inner ADAF region the variation of ξ is not negligible. The integration algorithm is always effective for the whole region of an optically-thick disc if the accretion rate is no smaller than 10^-4\dot{M}_E. For optically-thin discs, the validity of these two algorithms is different. We suggest that the integration method be employed to calculate the global solution of a disc model without assuming ξ to be a constant. We also discuss its application to the emergent continuum spectrum in order to explain observational facts.     

Correlations of Active Galactic Nuclei with Microquasars

Correlations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with microquasars are discussed based on the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) and magnetic coupling (MC) processes (CEBZMC) in black hole (BH) accretion disk.The proportions of several quantities of BH systems for both AGNs and microquasars are derived by combining the observational data with CEBZMC. It is shown that the square of the magnetic field at the BH horizon is inversely proportional to the BH mass, while the accretion rate of the disk is proportional to the BH mass. In addition, the very steep emissivity indexes from the recent XMM-Newton observations of the nearby bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15 and the microquasars XTE J1650-500 are well fitted by considering the MC effects on the disk radiation. These results suggest strongly the correlations of A GNs with microquasars.     

Correlations of Active Galactic Nuclei with Microquasars

Correlations of active galactic nuclei （AGNs） with microquasars are discussed based on the coexistence of the Blandford-Znajek （BZ） and magnetic coupling （MC） processes （CEBZMC） in black hole （BH） accretion disk. The proportions of several quantities of BH systems for both AGNs and microquasars are derived by combining the observational data with CEBZMC. It is shown that the square of the magnetic field at the BH horizon is inversely proportional to the BH mass, while the accretion rate of the disk is proportional to the BH mass. In addition, the very steep emissivity indexes from the recent XMM-Newton observations of the nearby bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15 and the microquasars XTE J1650-500 are well fitted by considering the MC effects on the disk radiation. These results suggest strongly the correlations of A GNs with microquasars.     

黑洞阴影在SSD中的位置和形状

假设旋转的黑洞在标准吸积盘内,在吸积盘的内边界等于最后稳定轨道的情况下,画出黑洞阴影在吸积盘的图像.通过定性和定量分析黑洞的形状和位置,发现对于相同质量的黑洞,黑洞阴影的大小及形状与黑洞的自旋参量有关.旋转黑洞阴影的形状和位置与它的旋转轴是不对称的,通过研究旋转轴与黑洞阴影的位置关系来确定黑洞的质量中心的位置及黑洞的旋转参量.     

Dark Energy Accretion onto Van der Waal's Black Hole

We consider the most general static spherically symmetric black hole metric. The accretion of the fluid flow around the Van der Waal's black hole is investigated and we calculate the fluid's four-velocity, the critical point and the speed of sound during the accretion process. We also analyze the nature of the universe's density and the mass of the black hole during accretion of the fluid flow. The density of the fluid flow is also taken into account. We observe that the mass is related to redshift. We compare the accreting power of the Van der Waal's black hole with Schwarzschild black hole for different accreting fluid.     

Technical Report: The Fastest Relativistic Jets from Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei

This workshop was held to gather scientists interested in exploiting beamlines I06 and I10 of the Surface and Interfaces Village at Diamond Light Source from June 10–11, 2009. Sarnjeet Dhesi introduced the meeting with a short explanation of the village structure at Diamond. This village includes the Nanoscience beamline (I06), catering for soft X-rays for Photo-Emission Electron Microscopy (PEEM) and X-ray Magnetic Circular and Linear Dichroism (XMCD and XMLD), and the Beam Line for Advanced Dichroism Experiments (BLADE, beamline I10), which is a polarized soft X-ray beam for XMCD, XMLD, and soft X-ray diffraction. I06 has been operational for over two years, while I10 is scheduled to come on-line in late 2010. In addition, there are two surface science beamlines (I07 and I09) in the village dedicated to surface diffraction and X-ray standing waves.     

Jet precession in neutrino-cooled disks for gamma-ray bursts: The effects of the mass and spin of a black hole

We present a model of jet precession driven by a neutrino-cooled disk around a spinning black hole to explain the quasi-periodic features observed in some gamma-ray burst light curves.The different orientations of the rotational axes between the outer part of a neutrino-cooled disk and a black hole result in precessions of the central black hole and the inner part of the disk.Hence,the jet arising from the neutrino annihilation above the inner disk is driven to precession.We find that the period of precession is positively correlated with the mass as well as the spin of a black hole.     

Temperature Profile of Black Hole Accretion Disc with Magnetic Coupling

Two new mapping relations between the angular coordinate on the black hole (BH) horizon and radialcoordinate on the disc are given according to the requirement of general relativity and Maxwell‘s equations, and theeffects of magnetic coupling (MC) on temperature of accretion disc are investigated by comparing with pure accretion.It is shown that the MC effects on the temperature profile are related intimately to the BH spin, and the influenceon the peak value of disc temperature based on the modified mapping relations is not as great as that based on thelinear mapping.The peak value and the corresponding radius of peak value ring of disc temperature do not increasemonotonically as the increasing spin of BH, each containing a maximum for the fast-spinning BH. The value ranges ofthe bolometric luminosity and color temperature of the disc are both extended by the MC effects.     

The variability of BL Lac 3C 66A

It is now known that there are supermassive black holes at the centre of a galaxy, surrounded by an accretion disc. The black hole-jet-accretion disc model plays an important role in the explanation of the observational properties of active galactic nuclei. BL Lacertae objects form a subclass of blazars; they are monitored through electromagnetic wave bands. During the OJ-94 project, 3C 66A was observed as a comparison object of OJ287 and found to display a possible 65-day period in the V light curve. In this paper, we show that the instability of an accretion disc surrounding a massive central black hole (2.5×10^{7}M_⊙) may explain this period in 3C 66A.     

磁场对黑洞吸积盘的能量提取及其天体物理应用

考虑到螺旋不稳定性的影响, 提出了一种黑洞磁层的新磁场位形(NCMF). 其中涉及到磁场提取能量的三种机制: (1) Blandford-Znajek (BZ)过程; (2)磁耦合(MC)过程; (3) 通过开磁力线联系吸积盘和天体物理负载,并提取吸积盘的旋转能量新机制(文中称为DL过程). 利用两类等效电路导出上述三种提能机制的功率和力矩的表达式. 结果表明,在新磁场位形中提能功率和效率比未考虑螺旋不稳定性的磁场位形有所增大,新磁场位形导出的非常陡的发射率指数可以拟合XMM-Newton天文卫星对邻近的明亮的Seyfert 1星系MCG-6-30-15的观测结果.     

Effects of the energy equation in studies of limit-cycle behaviors of black hole accretion disks

The inconsistency of the energy equation used in the literature is pointed out and a new consistent energy equation is given. With this new energy equation, calculations are made for the limit-cycle behaviors of thermally unstable accretion disks around black holes. From the comparison of our numerical results with those obtained using the inconsistent energy equation, it is found that the inconsistent energy equation undervalues the temperature and overvalues the effective optical depth when the accreted gas becomes effectively optically thin. Thus, it is dangerous if the inconsistent energy equation is used in the studies of very hot and optically thin accretion flows such as advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs), and our new energy equation is likely to be a better alternative. Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB824800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10673009 and 10833002), and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. V0750001)     

天体物理学讲座第二讲 活动星系核物理

星系的活动是星系核心大质量黑洞吸积周围的气体释放巨大的辐射功率的过程,它是强引力场物理,高能物理和辐射流体物理的天然实验室,文章介绍了活动星系核中黑洞吸积,发射线形成和外流的观测事实和基本物理过程等,指出了现有理论存在的一些问题。     

Extracting Energy Magnetically from Plunging Region of Black-Hole Accretion Disk

An analytical expression for the jet power extracted from the plunging region between a black hole (BH)horizon and the inner edge of the disk (hereafter the PL power) is derived based on an improved equivalent circuit in BH magnetosphere with a mapping relation between the radial coordinate of the plunging region and that of the remote astrophysical load.It is shown that the PL power is of great importance in explaining jet power and dominates over the BZ and DL powers for a wide value range of the BH spin.In addition,we show that the PL power derived in our model can be fitted with the strong jet powers of several 3CR FR I radio galaxies,which cannot be explained by virtue of the BZ mechanism.Furthermore,the condition for negative energy of the accreting particles in the plunging region is discussed with the validity of the second law of BH thermodynamics.     

Energy Radiation of the Active Galactic Nuclei

In the Hellings-Nordtvedt theory, we obtain some expressions of energy radiation and mass defect effect for a kind of the active galactic nuclei, which is meaningful to calculating the energy radiation in the procession of forming this kind of celestial bodies. This calculation can give some interpretation for energy source of the jet from the active galactic nuclei.     

Annihilation luminosity of a neutrino-cooled accretion disk in a gamma-ray burst

We discuss how the annihilation luminosity of a neutrino-cooled accretion disk in a gamma-ray burst, Lν ν, is determined by the disk’s fundamental parameters, namely, the mass of the central black hole M, the mass accretion rate M, and the viscosity parameter α. It is shown that Lν ν depends mainly on M in evidence, and decreases with increasing M, but is almost independent of α. This result argues additionally that the central black hole in a gamma-ray burst must be with a stellar mass.     

极端超高能宇宙线的天体起源含磁单极的活动星系核模型

首先介绍了极端超高能宇宙射线的探测现况和理论研究中的困难. 从作者自己1985年前后提出的高速旋转的含磁单极的活动星系核模型出发，提出极端超高能宇宙线的天体起源的新理论模型. 其核心思想在于利用磁单极催化核子衰变, 产生高能带电粒子. 在Lorentz变换下, 含磁单极天体的径向磁场诱导出一直延伸到很远处的电场. 在这个电场的加速下，荷电粒子(结合一系列物理过程)可以到达10²¹eV的能量. 而且具有同观测相比较的流量.     

Relativistic Jets from Active Galactic Nuclei,edited by M. Boetttcher,D.E. Harris,and H. Krawczynski

Current theories of particle physics lead to the unavoidable conclusion that there must have been several phase transitions in the early Universe. Further, in the context of these theories, it is possible that cosmological phase transitions would have produced topological defects that may be roaming our heavens today. A finding of these fossils from the early Universe would provide a direct confirmation of the thermal history of the cosmos, insight into astrophysical phenomena, and vital information about particle physics. The elimination of unobserved topological defects provides important constraints on particle physics and may also suggest novel cosmology. I describe some of the research on cosmic topological defects and recent efforts to address cosmological issues in condensed matter systems.     

银河系中心超大质量黑洞的探索历程

经过逾半个世纪的探索,天文学家确认在我们银河系的中心存在一个4百万倍太阳质量的致密天体,很可能是爱因斯坦广义相对论所预言的黑洞。文章简要回顾了探索这个大质量致密天体过程中的若干里程碑。     

Orbital resonances in discs around braneworld Kerr black holes

Rotating black holes in the brany universe of the Randall–Sundrum type with infinite additional dimension are described by the Kerr geometry with a tidal charge b representing the interaction of the brany black hole and the bulk spacetime. For b < 0 rotating black holes with dimensionless spin a > 1 are allowed. We investigate the role of the tidal charge in the orbital resonance model of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole systems. The orbital Keplerian frequency v _K and the radial and vertical epicyclic frequencies v _r, v _θ of the equatorial, quasicircular geodetical motion are given. Their radial profiles related to Keplerian accretion discs are discussed, assuming the inner edge of the disc located at the innermost stable circular geodesic. For completeness, naked singularity spacetimes are considered too. The resonant conditions are given in three astrophysically relevant situations: for direct (parametric) resonances of the oscillations with the radial and vertical epicyclic frequencies, for the relativistic precession model, and for some trapped oscillations of the warped discs, with resonant combinational frequencies involving the Keplerian and radial epicyclic frequencies. It is shown, how the tidal charge could influence matching of the observational data indicating the 3 : 2 frequency ratio observed in GRS 1915 + 105 microquasar with prediction of the orbital resonance model; limits on allowed range of the black hole parameters a and b are established. The “magic” dimensionless black hole spin enabling presence of strong resonant phenomena at the radius, where v _K: v _θ : v _r = 3 : 2 : 1, is determined in dependence on the tidal charge. Such strong resonances could be relevant even in sources with highly scattered resonant frequencies, as those expected in Sgr A*. The specific values of the spin and tidal charge are given also for existence of specific radius where v _K : v _θ : v _r = s : t : u with 5≥s >t >u being small natural numbers. It is shown that for some ratios such situation is impossible in the field of black holes. We can conclude that analysing the microquasars high-frequency QPOs in the framework of orbital resonance models, we can put relevant limits on the tidal charge of brany Kerr black holes.