2 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
The baryon content of magnetically arrested black hole disks and jets
Anthony Chow, Lorenzo Sironi, Bart Ripperda +1
We study the transport of baryons in magnetically arrested accretion flows and relativistic jets using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations that incorporate a passi…
astro-ph.HE2025
Reconnection-driven Flares in M87*: Proton-Synchrotron-powered GeV Emission
Hayk Hakobyan, Amir Levinson, Lorenzo Sironi +2
Magnetic reconnection in current layers that form intermittently in radiatively inefficient accretion flows onto black holes is a promising mechanism for particle acceleration and…