Relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei

R Blandford, D Meier… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The nuclei of most normal galaxies contain supermassive black holes, which can accrete
gas through a disk and become active. These active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can form jets that …

First Sagittarius A* event horizon telescope results. V. Testing astrophysical models of the galactic center black hole

K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef, JC Algaba… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we provide a first physical interpretation for the Event Horizon Telescopeʼs
(EHT) 2017 observations of Sgr A*. Our main approach is to compare resolved EHT data at …

First M87 event horizon telescope results. VIII. Magnetic field structure near the event horizon

K Akiyama, JC Algaba, A Alberdi, W Alef… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations at 230GHz have now imaged
polarized emission around the supermassive black hole in M87 on event-horizon scales …

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI: Testing the Black Hole Metric

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Astrophysical black holes are expected to be described by the Kerr metric. This is the only
stationary, vacuum, axisymmetric metric, without electromagnetic charge, that satisfies …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on particle acceleration and reconnection physics during magnetic reconnection in the magnetically-dominated relativistic regime

F Guo, YH Liu, X Li, H Li, W Daughton, P Kilian - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection in strongly magnetized astrophysical plasma environments is
believed to be the primary process for fast energy release and particle energization …

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 …

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole

V Ramakrishnan, T Savolainen… - Astrophysical Journal …, 2022 - research.aalto.fi
In this paper we provide a first physical interpretation for the Event Horizon Telescope's
(EHT) 2017 observations of Sgr A*. Our main approach is to compare resolved EHT data at …

Wind-fed GRMHD simulations of Sagittarius A*: tilt and alignment of jets and accretion discs, electron thermodynamics, and multiscale modelling of the rotation …

SM Ressler, CJ White, E Quataert - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Wind-fed models offer a unique way to form predictive models of the accretion flow
surrounding Sagittarius A*. We present 3D wind-fed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and …

Dark photon superradiance: Electrodynamics and multimessenger signals

N Siemonsen, C Mondino, D Egana-Ugrinovic… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We study the electrodynamics of a kinetically mixed dark photon cloud that forms through
superradiance around a spinning black hole, and design strategies to search for the …

Two-temperature, Magnetically Arrested Disc simulations of the jet from the supermassive black hole in M87

A Chael, R Narayan, MD Johnson - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present two-temperature, radiative general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic
simulations of Magnetically Arrested Discs (MAD) that launch powerful relativistic jets. The …