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Spectral Methods for Time-Dependent Studies of Accretion Flows. III. Three-Dimensional, Self-gravitating, Magnetohydrodynamic Disks
Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis, Feryal Ozel
Accretion disks are three-dimensional, turbulent, often self-gravitating, magnetohydrodynamic flows, which can be modeled in detail with numerical simulations. In this paper, we pr…
Constraints on Braneworld Gravity Models from a Kinematic Limit on the Age of the Black Hole XTE J1118+480
Dimitrios Psaltis
In braneworld gravity models with a finite AdS curvature in the extra dimension, the AdS/CFT correspondence leads to a prediction for the lifetime of astrophysical black holes that…
The fundamental difference between shear alpha viscosity and turbulent magnetorotational stresses
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
Numerical simulations of turbulent, magnetized, differentially rotating flows driven by the magnetorotational instability are often used to calculate the effective values of alpha…
A Local Model for Angular Momentum Transport in Accretion Disks Driven by the Magnetorotational Instability
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
We develop a local model for the exponential growth and saturation of the Reynolds and Maxwell stresses in turbulent flows driven by the magnetorotational instability. We first der…
Thermonuclear (type-I) X-ray bursts observed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Duncan K. Galloway, Michael P. Muno, Jacob M. Hartman +2
We have assembled a sample of 1187 thermonuclear (type-I) X-ray bursts from 48 accreting neutron stars by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, spanning more than ten years. The sample…
The signature of the magnetorotational instability in the Reynolds and Maxwell stress tensors in accretion discs
Martin E. Pessah, Chi-kwan Chan, Dimitrios Psaltis
The magnetorotational instability is thought to be responsible for the generation of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that leads to enhanced outward angular momentum transport in acc…