Accretion onto supermassive black hole binaries

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Main Authors: Gutiérrez, Eduardo M., Combi, Luciano, Ryan, Geoffrey
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Published: 2024
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author Gutiérrez, Eduardo M.
Combi, Luciano
Ryan, Geoffrey
author_facet Gutiérrez, Eduardo M.
Combi, Luciano
Ryan, Geoffrey
contents In this chapter, we give an overview of our current understanding of the physics of accreting massive black hole binaries (MBHBs), with a special focus on the latest developments in numerical simulations and General-Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations in particular. We give a self-contained global picture of how to model accretion onto MBHBs, analyzing different aspects of the system such as the dynamics of the circumbinary disk, mini-disks, outflows, the role of magnetic fields, and electromagnetic signatures. We discuss important questions and open problems related to these systems, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different numerical approaches, and what robust knowledge we have built from simulations.
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spellingShingle Accretion onto supermassive black hole binaries
Gutiérrez, Eduardo M.
Combi, Luciano
Ryan, Geoffrey
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
In this chapter, we give an overview of our current understanding of the physics of accreting massive black hole binaries (MBHBs), with a special focus on the latest developments in numerical simulations and General-Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations in particular. We give a self-contained global picture of how to model accretion onto MBHBs, analyzing different aspects of the system such as the dynamics of the circumbinary disk, mini-disks, outflows, the role of magnetic fields, and electromagnetic signatures. We discuss important questions and open problems related to these systems, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different numerical approaches, and what robust knowledge we have built from simulations.
title Accretion onto supermassive black hole binaries
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14843