Local models of two-temperature accretion disc coronae–I. Structure, outflows, and energetics

CJ Bambic, E Quataert, MW Kunz - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We use local stratified shearing-box simulations to elucidate the impact of two-temperature
thermodynamics on the thermal structure of coronae in radiatively efficient accretion flows …

Accretion disks, quasars and cosmology: meandering towards understanding

B Czerny, S Cao, VK Jaiswal, V Karas… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract As Setti and Woltjer noted back in 1973, one can use quasars to construct the
Hubble diagram; however, the actual application of the idea was not that straightforward. It …

Faculae cancel out on the surfaces of active suns

NE Nèmec, AI Shapiro, E Işık, K Sowmya… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Surfaces of the Sun and other cool stars are filled with magnetic fields, which are either seen
as dark compact spots or more diffuse bright structures like faculae. Both hamper detection …

AGN STORM 2. III. A NICER view of the variable X-ray obscurer in Mrk 817

ER Partington, EM Cackett, E Kara… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The AGN STORM 2 Collaboration targeted the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 for a year-
long multiwavelength, coordinated reverberation mapping campaign including Hubble …

Dusty plasma in active galactic nuclei

B Czerny, M Zajaček, MH Naddaf… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
For many years we have known that dust in the form of a dusty-molecular torus is
responsible for the obscuration in active galactic nuclei (AGN) at large viewing angles and …

Rapid Variability of the Accretion Disk Wind in the Narrow-line Seyfert 1, PG 1448+ 273

JN Reeves, V Braito, D Porquet… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract PG 1448+ 273 is a luminous, nearby (z= 0.0645), narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy,
which likely accretes close to the Eddington limit. XMM-Newton observations of PG 1448+ …

10 Yr Transformation of the Obscuring Wind in NGC 5548

M Mehdipour, GA Kriss, E Costantini… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A decade ago, the archetypal Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 5548 was discovered to have
undergone major spectral changes. The soft X-ray flux had dropped by a factor of 30 while …

Radiative loss and ion-neutral collisional effects in astrophysical plasmas

B Popescu Braileanu… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we study the role of radiative cooling (RC) in a two-fluid model consisting of
coupled neutrals and charged particles. We first analyse the linearized two-fluid equations …

Coordinated X-ray and UV absorption within the accretion disk wind of the active galactic nucleus PG 1126-041

M Giustini, PR Hidalgo, JN Reeves, G Matzeu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Accretion disk winds launched close to supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are a
viable mechanism providing feedback between the SMBH and the host galaxy. Aims. We …

Quasar outflow deceleration or acceleration: predictions and a search

PB Hall, E Weiss, WN Brandt… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Quasar winds can shock and sweep up ambient interstellar medium (ISM) gas, contributing
to galactic quenching. We combine and extend past models of energy-conserving shock …