General Relativistic Numerical Simulation of sub-Keplerian Transonic Accretion Flows onto Black Holes: Schwarzschild Spacetime

Abstract

We study time evolution of sub-Keplerian transonic accretion flows onto black holes using a general relativistic numerical simulation code. We perform simulations in Schwarzschild spacetime. We first compare one-dimensional simulation results with theoretical results and validate the performance of our code. Next, we present results of axisymmetric, two-dimensional simulation of advective flows. We find that even in this case, for which no complete theoretical analysis is present in the literature, steady state shock formation is possible.

9 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS