Global Three-Dimensional Radiation Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Accretion onto a Stellar Mass Black Hole at Sub- and Near-critical Accretion Rates

Abstract

We present global 3D radiation magnetohydrodynamical simulations of accretion onto a 6.62 solar mass black hole with quasi-steady state accretion rates reaching 0.016 to 0.9 times the critical accretion rate, which is defined as the accretion rate to power the Eddington luminosity assuming a 10% radiative efficiency, in different runs. The simulations show no sign of thermal instability over hundreds of thermal timescales at 10 $r_{\mathrm{g}}$. The energy dissipation happens close to the mid-plane in the near-critical runs and near the disk surface in the low accretion rate run. The total radiative luminosity inside $\sim$20 $r_{\mathrm{g}}$ is about 1% to 30% the Eddington limit, with a radiative efficiency of about 6% and 3%, respectively, in the sub- and near-critical accretion regimes. In both cases, self-consistent turbulence generated by the magnetorotational instability (MRI) leads to angular momentum transfer, and the disk is supported by magnetic pressure. Outflows from the central low-density funnel with a terminal velocity of $\sim$0.1$c$ are seen only in the near-critical runs. We conclude that these magnetic pressure dominated disks are thermally stable and thicker than the $\alpha$ disk, and the effective temperature profiles are much flatter than that in the $\alpha$ disks. The magnetic pressure of these disks are comparable within an order of magnitude with the previous analytical magnetic pressure dominated disk model.

arXiv comment17 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

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