Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Scientific paper
In this paper we present a fully relativistic study of axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic Bondi--Hoyle accretion onto a moving Kerr black hole. The equations of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics are solved using high resolution shock capturing methods. In this treatment we consider the ideal MHD limit. The parameters of interest in this study are the adiabatic constant $\Gamma$, the asymptotic speed of sound $c_{s}^{\infty}$, and the plasma beta parameter $\beta_{P}$. We focus the investigation on the parameter regime in which the flow is supersonic, or when $v_\infty \ge c_{s}^{\infty}$. In some cases, subsonic asymptotic flows are considered for comparison purposes. We study the accretion rates of the total energy and momenta, as well as the hydrodynamic energy and momentum accretion rates. The models presented in this study exhibit a matter density depletion in the downstream region of the black hole which tends to vacuum $(\rho_0=0)$ in convergence tests. This feature is due to the presence of the magnetic field, more specifically the magnetic pressure, and is not seen in previous purely hydrodynamic studies.
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