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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300409603321

Autore

Giri Kinsuk

Titolo

Numerical Simulation of Viscous Shocked Accretion Flows Around Black Holes / / by Kinsuk Giri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-09540-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

523.8875015118

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Mathematical physics

Computer science - Mathematics

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Overview of Numerical Simulations on Accretion Processes and Our Objectives -- Governing Equations and Computational Methods -- Simulation Procedure and the Test of the Code -- Simulation for Inviscid Sub-Keplerian Flows and Shocks -- Simulation of Viscous Accretion Flows -- Effects of Power-law Cooling in Viscous Flows -- Conclusions and Future Plans.

Sommario/riassunto

The work developed in this thesis addresses very important and relevant issues of accretion processes around black holes. Beginning by studying the time variation of the evolution of inviscid accretion discs around black holes, and their properties, the author investigates the change of the pattern of the flows when the strength of the shear viscosity is varied and cooling is introduced. He succeeds to verify theoretical predictions of the so called Two Component Advective Flow (TCAF) solution of the accretion problem onto black holes through numerical simulations under different input parameters. TCAF solutions are found to be stable. And thus explanations of spectral and timing



properties (including Quasi-Period Oscillations, QPOs) of galactic and extra-galactic black holes based on shocked TCAF models appear to have a firm foundation.