2013/07/11 by Andrew King, Chris Nixon · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Accretion (finance) #Accretion disc #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Homogeneous space #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Recoil #Spins #Symmetry (geometry) #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/30/24/244006
published in Classical and Quantum Gravity 30(24), 244006 (IOP Publishing) · 12 pages, 3 figures. Invited article for the focus issue on astrophysical black holes in Classical and Quantum Gravity, guest editors: D. Merritt and L. Rezzolla
arxiv created 2013/07/11 · openalex publication_date 2013/11/29 · arxiv updated 2015/06/16 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We review recent progress in studying accretion flows on to supermassive black holes (SMBH). Much of this removes earlier assumptions of symmetry and regularity, such as aligned and prograde disc rotation. This allows a much richer variety of effects, often because cancellation of angular momentum allows rapid infall. Potential applications include lower SMBH spins allowing faster mass growth and suppressing gravitational-wave reaction recoil in mergers, gas-assisted SMBH mergers, and near-dynamical accretion in galaxy centres.