Radiation magnetohydrodynamics for black hole-torus system in full general relativity: a step toward physical simulation

DOI10.1143/PTP.127.535zbMATH Open1250.83043arXiv1206.5911MaRDI QIDQ2911565FDOQ2911565

Authors: Masaru Shibata, Yuichiro Sekiguchi 

Publication date: 31 August 2012

Published in: Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulation for the black hole-torus system is performed in the framework of full general relativity for the first time. A truncated moment formalism is employed for a general relativistic neutrino radiation transport. Several systems in which the black hole mass is $M_{mBH}=3$ or $6M_{odot}$, the black hole spin is zero, and the torus mass is $approx0.14$--$0.38M_{odot}$ are evolved as models of the remnant formed after the merger of binary neutron stars or black hole-neutron star binaries. The equation of state and microphysics for the high-density and high-temperature matter are phenomenologically taken into account in a semi-quantitative manner. It is found that the temperature in the inner region of the torus reaches $agt10$ MeV which enhances a high luminosity of neutrinos $sim10^{51}$ ergs/s for $M_{mBH}=6M_{odot}$ and $sim10^{52}$ ergs/s for $M_{mBH}=3M_{odot}$. It is shown that neutrinos are likely to be emitted primarily toward the outward direction in the vicinity of the rotational axis and their energy density may be high enough to launch a low-energy short gamma-ray burst via the neutrino-antineutrino pair-annihilation process with the total energy deposition $sim10^{47}$--$10^{49}$ ergs. It is also shown in our model that for $M_{mBH}=3M_{odot}$, the neutrino luminosity is larger than the electromagnetic luminosity while for $M_{mBH}=6M_{odot}$, the neutrino luminosity is comparable to or slightly smaller than the electromagnetic luminosity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.5911

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Black holes (83C57) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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