Speaker
Dr
Gibwa Musoke
(Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
Description
What does an accretion disk look like in the midst of a state transition? The hard intermediate accretion state present in the midst of a state transition is thought to be associated with a disk containing both a hot, thick component– termed the corona, along with a cool and thin component of the accretion flow. The details concerning the geometry and evolution of these components remain highly debated. I present a General Relativistic Magneto-Hydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulation of a self-consistent formation of an accretion disk in the hard intermediate state with a focus on magnetic flux and angular momentum transport, disk winds and turbulence.
Author
Dr
Gibwa Musoke
(Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
