Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out with Jason Dexter
Jason Dexter (Hosted by Alex Chen) from Colorado University, Boulder will be presenting the Astrophysics & Space Sciences Seminar on Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out
In the last several years, the combination of resolved event horizon scale images and large-scale computational models has led to new insights into black hole accretion. The main implication is that magnetic fields near the event horizon may become dynamically important. I'll then discuss our efforts to extend beyond the two objects with resolved images and calculate theoretical predictions for more luminous systems, focusing on the maximum luminosity of a hot accretion flow and the physical origin of the X-ray corona.
Sponsored by the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.