Magnetic reconnection and hot spot formation in black hole accretion disks

B Ripperda, F Bacchini, AA Philippov - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Hot spots, or plasmoids, which form due to magnetic reconnection in current sheets, are
conjectured to power frequent X-ray and near-infrared flares from Sgr A*, the black hole in …

The role of electron heating physics in images and variability of the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A

A Chael, M Rowan, R Narayan… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The accretion flow around the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*) is expected
to have an electron temperature that is distinct from the ion temperature, due to weak …

Electron and proton acceleration in trans-relativistic magnetic reconnection: dependence on plasma beta and magnetization

D Ball, L Sironi, F Özel - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonthermal electron acceleration via magnetic reconnection is thought to play an important
role in powering the variable X-ray emission from radiatively inefficient accretion flows …

Plasmoid formation in global GRMHD simulations and AGN flares

A Nathanail, CM Fromm, O Porth… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
One of the main dissipation processes acting on all scales in relativistic jets is thought to be
governed by magnetic reconnection. Such dissipation processes have been studied in …

Constraining particle acceleration in Sgr A⋆ with simultaneous GRAVITY, Spitzer, NuSTAR, and Chandra observations

R Abuter, A Amorim, M Bauböck, F Baganoff… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We report the time-resolved spectral analysis of a bright near-infrared and moderate X-ray
flare of Sgr A⋆. We obtained light curves in the M, K, and H bands in the mid-and near …

A 'coronal-mass-ejection'model for flares in Sagittarius A

X Lin, YP Li, F Yuan - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
High-resolution near-infrared observations with GRAVITY instrument have revealed rapid
orbital motions of a hotspot around Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in …

Magnetic reconnection and plasmoid formation in three-dimensional accretion flows around black holes

A Nathanail, V Mpisketzis, O Porth… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic reconnection is thought to be one of the main energy-dissipation mechanisms
fueling energy to the plasma in the vicinity of a black hole. Indeed, plasmoids formed …

A multizone view on the multiwavelength emission of blazars

RY Liu, R Xue, ZR Wang, HB Tan… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In this work, a time-dependent modelling is developed to study the emission properties of
blazars in the low state. Motivated by various observations, we speculate and assume that …

Fragments of harmony amid apparent chaos: A closer look at the X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions of the galaxy RX J1301. 9+ 2747

M Giustini, G Miniutti, R Arcodia, A Goodwin… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are an extreme X-ray variability phenomenon associated
with low-mass (M BH< 10 7 M⊙) supermassive black holes (SMBHs). First discovered in the …

Multiwavelength Variability of Sagittarius A* in 2019 July

H Boyce, D Haggard, G Witzel… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a timing analysis of near-infrared (NIR), X-ray, and submillimeter data during a 3
day coordinated campaign observing Sagittarius A*. Data were collected at 4.5 μm with the …