First-principles Measurement of Ion and Electron Energization in Collisionless Accretion Flows

First-principles Measurement of Ion and Electron Energization in Collisionless Accretion Flows

We present the largest 3D particle-in-cell shearing-box simulations of turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability, for the first time employing the realistic proton-to-electron mass ratio. We investigate the energy partition between relativistically hot electrons and subrelativistic ions...

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Main Authors: Evgeny A. Gorbunov, Fabio Bacchini, Vladimir Zhdankin, Gregory R. Werner, Mitchell C. Begelman, Dmitri A. Uzdensky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Accretion
Astronomical simulations
Supermassive black holes
Plasma astrophysics
Plasma physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adbca4
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