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气体云与中心黑洞直接碰撞的数值模拟

Simulations of Direct Collisions of Gas Clouds with the Central Black Hole

Christian Alig, Andreas Burkert, Peter H. Johansson, Marc Schartmann

摘要:

我们进行数值模拟的云在银河系中心(GC)吞没的核超大质量黑洞,并表明,这种机制导致形成的气体吸积盘的属性是类似于预期的气体祖光盘,分裂成观察到的恒星盘在GC。一旦云撞击黑洞,相对于黑洞具有相反角动量的气体就会向下游碰撞。这一过程导致角动量的重新分配和动能的耗散,形成致密的气体吸积盘。一个参数研究使用13个高分辨率的模拟均匀的云落在黑洞和吞噬它的部分表明,这种机制是能够产生气体吸积盘,可能是在GC中观察到的恒星盘的祖先。不同状态方程(绝热,等温和完全冷却)的模拟的比较表明,包括一个详细的物理描述的重要性。然而,简单的等温方法已经产生了良好的结果的径向质量传递和吸积速率,以及盘偏心率和大小。我们发现,云的碰撞参量强烈影响吸积率,而碰撞速度有一个小的吸积率的影响。

英文摘要:

We perform numerical simulations of clouds in the Galactic Centre (GC) engulfing the nuclear super-massive black hole and show that this mechanism leads to the formation of gaseous accretion discs with properties that are similar to the expected gaseous progenitor discs that fragmented into the observed stellar disc in the GC. As soon as the cloud hits the black hole, gas with opposite angular momentum relative to the black hole collides downstream. This process leads to redistribution of angular momentum and dissipation of kinetic energy, resulting in a compact gaseous accretion disc. A parameter study using thirteen high resolution simulations of homogeneous clouds falling onto the black hole and engulfing it in parts demonstrates that this mechanism is able to produce gaseous accretion discs that could potentially be the progenitor of the observed stellar disc in the GC. A comparison of simulations with different equations of state (adiabatic, isothermal and full cooling) demonstrates the importance of including a detailed thermodynamical description. However the simple isothermal approach already yields good results on the radial mass transfer and accretion rates, as well as disc eccentricities and sizes. We find that the cloud impact parameter strongly influences the accretion rate whereas the impact velocity has a small affect on the accretion rate.

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