2024/04/15 by P. Chris Fragile, Fragile, P. Chris, Matthew Liska +1
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High-pressure geophysics and materials
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2404.10052
openalex publication_date 2024/04/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this chapter, we review some of the interesting consequences that tilt between the spin axis of the black hole and angular momentum axis of the accretion disk can have on the dynamics, thermodynamics, and observational appearance of accreting systems, from precessing coronae and jets to standing nozzle shocks and quasi-periodic oscillations. We begin the chapter by examining some of the reasons tilted disks are interesting as well as present arguments for how ubiquitous they may be. We then review the existing simulation results in the literature, broadly dividing them into sections on thick disks, thin disks, and magnetically arrested disks (MADs). We finish by highlighting some of the phenomenology that is unique to tilted disk simulations and discuss how this may apply to observations.