no code implementations • 23 Sep 2018 • Hector Olivares, Ziri Younsi, Christian M. Fromm, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Oliver Porth, Yosuke Mizuno, Heino Falcke, Michael Kramer, Luciano Rezzolla
We find that the absence of an event horizon in a boson star leads to important differences in the dynamics of the accretion and results in both the formation of a small torus in the interior of the boson star and in the absence of an evacuated high-magnetization funnel in the polar regions.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
no code implementations • 16 Apr 2018 • Yosuke Mizuno, Ziri Younsi, Christian M. Fromm, Oliver Porth, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Hector Olivares, Heino Falcke, Michael Kramer, Luciano Rezzolla
Our Galactic Center, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is believed to harbour a supermassive black hole (BH), as suggested by observations tracking individual orbiting stars.
Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology