Disk-Outflow Coupling: Energetics Around Spinning BlacK Holes

Bhattacharya, Debbijoy and Ghosh, Shubhrangshu and Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata (2010) Disk-Outflow Coupling: Energetics Around Spinning BlacK Holes. In: Astrophysical Journal, 713 (1). pp. 105-114.

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Abstract

The mechanism by which outflows and plausible jets are driven from black hole systems still remains observationally elusive. This notwithstanding, several observational evidences and deeper theoretical insights reveal that accretion and outflow/jet are strongly correlated. We model an advective disk-outflow coupled dynamics, incorporating explicitly the vertical flux. Inter-connecting dynamics of outflow andaccretion essentially upholds the conservation laws. We investigate the properties of the disk-outflow surface and its strong dependence on the rotation parameter of the black hole. The energetics of the disk outflow strongly depend on the mass, accretion rate, and spin of the black holes. The model clearly shows that the outflow power extracted from the disk increases strongly with the spin of the black hole, inferring that the power of the observed astrophysical jets has a proportional correspondence with the spin of the central object. In the case of blazars (BL Lacs and flat spectrum radio quasars, FSRQs), most of their emission are believed to be originated from their jets. It is observed that BL Lacs are relatively low luminous than FSRQs. The luminosity might be linked to the power of the jet, which in turn reflects that the nuclear regions of the BL Lac objects have a relatively low spinning black hole compared to that in the case of FSRQs. If extreme gravity is the source that powers strong outflows and jets, then the spin of the black hole, perhaps, might be the fundamental parameter to account for the observed astrophysical processes in an accretion powered system.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Astrophysical Journal
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to University of Chicago Press.
Keywords:	accretion, accretion disks;black hole physics;galaxies: jets;hydrodynamics;galaxies:active;X-rays: binaries
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2010 04:57
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:59
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27010

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