Achievements & Publications

QWIND3: UV line-driven accretion disc wind models for AGN feedback

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Quera-Bofarull, Arnau,   Done, Chris,   Lacey, Cedric G.,   Nomura, Mariko,   Ohsuga, Ken

The ultraviolet (UV) bright accretion disc in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) should give rise to line driving, producing a powerful wind that may play an important role in AGN feedback as well as in producing structures like the broad-line region. However, coupled radiation-hydrodynamic codes are complex and expensive, so we...

Large-scale outflow structure and radiation properties of super-Eddington flow: Dependence on the accretion rates

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Yoshioka, Shogo,   Mineshige, Shin,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Kitaki, Takaaki

In order to evaluate the impacts made by super-Eddington accretors on their environments precisely, it is essential to guarantee a large enough simulation box and long computational time to avoid any artefacts from numerical settings as much as possible. In this paper, we carry out axisymmetric two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations...

3D photon conserving code for time-dependent general relativistic radiative transfer: CARTOON

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Takahashi, Mikiya M.,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Rohta,   Ogawa, Takumi,   Umemura, Masayuki,   Asahina, Yuta

We develop the three-dimensional general relativistic radiative transfer code: CARTOON (Calculation code of Authentic Radiative Transfer based On phOton Number conservation in curved space-time) which is improved from the two-dimensional code: ARTIST developed by Takahashi & Umemura (2017). In CARTOON, the frequency- integrated general relativistic radiative transfer equation is solved...

Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space

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Hori, Yuta,   Nakamura, Honami,   Sakawa, Takahide,   Watanabe, Natsuki,   Kayanuma, Megumi,   Shoji, Mitsuo

The preferential synthesis or destruction of a single enantiomer by ultraviolet circularly polarized light (UV-CPL) has been proposed as a possible triggering mechanism for the extraterrestrial origin of homochirality. Herein, we investigate the photoabsorption property of propylene oxide (c-C3H6O) for UV-CPL in the Lyman-α region. Our calculations show that c-C3H6O...

Modelling observable signatures of jet-ISM interaction: thermal emission and gas kinematics

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Meenakshi, Moun,   Mukherjee, Dipanjan,   Wagner, Alexander Y.,   Nesvadba, Nicole P.~H.,   Bicknell, Geoffrey V.,   Morganti, Raffaella

Relativistic jets are believed to have a substantial impact on the gas dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) of their host galaxies. In this paper, we aim to draw a link between the simulations and the observable signatures of jet-ISM interactions by analyzing the emission morphology and gas...

Jet-ISM Interaction in NGC 1167/B2 0258+35, an LINER with an AGN Past

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Fabbiano, G.,   Paggi, A.,   Morganti, R.,   Baloković, M.,   Elvis, M.,   Mukherjee, D.

We report the results of joint Chandra/ACIS-NuSTAR deep observations of NGC 1167, the host galaxy of the young radio jet B2 0258+35. In the ACIS data, we detect X-ray emission, extended both along and orthogonal to the jet. At the end of the southeast radio jet, we find lower-energy X-ray...

The formation of the first quasars: the black hole seeds, accretion, and feedback models

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Zhu, Qirong,   Li, Yuexing,   Li, Yiting,   Maji, Moupiya,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Schneider, Raffaella

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) of ~ 109 M⊙ are generally believed to be the central engines of the luminous quasars observed at z ≳ 6, but their astrophysical origin remains elusive. To investigate the formation of these distant quasars, we perform a suite of zoom- in simulations on a favourable...

Component of Energy Flow from Supercritical Accretion Disks Around Rotating Stellar Mass Black Holes

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Utsumi, Aoto,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.,   Asahina, Yuta

By performing two-dimensional axisymmetric general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations with spin parameter a* varying from -0.9 to 0.9, we investigate the dependence on the black hole spin of the energy flow from a supercritical accretion disk around a stellar mass black hole. It is found that optically and geometrically thick...

Exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization with the 21 cm line

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Shimabukuro, Hayato,   Hasegawa, Kenji,   Kuchinomachi, Akira,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Yoshiura, Shintaro

The dark age of the Universe, when no luminous object existed, ended with the birth of the first stars, galaxies, and black holes. This epoch is called cosmic dawn. Cosmic reionization is the major transition of the intergalactic medium in the Universe driven by ionizing photons emitted from luminous objects....

Investigating the Disk-Jet Structure in M87 through Flux Separation in the Linear and Circular Polarization Images

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Tsunetoe, Yuh,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Akiyama, Kazunori,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.

For testing different electron temperature (T e) prescriptions in general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations through observations, we propose to utilize linear polarization (LP) and circular polarization (CP) images. We calculate the polarization images based on a semi-magnetically arrested disk GRMHD model for various T e parameters, bearing M87 in mind....

Structure of the super-Eddington outflow and its impact on the cosmological scale

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Botella, Ignacio,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kitaki, Takaaki,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa

It is one of the biggest issues in black hole (BH) astrophysics how to evaluate BH feedback to its environments precisely. Aiming at studying the unique gas dynamics of super-Eddington flow around supermassive black hole (SMBH) seeds at high redshift, we carried out axisymmetric two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations using a...

General Relativistic Radiation Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations of Black Hole Accretion Disks: Comparison of Methods Based on Variable Eddington Tensor and Based on M1 Closure

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Asahina, Yuta,   Ohsuga, Ken

simulations of black hole accretion disks and disk winds in the range of mass accretion rate from 0.1 to 104.5 times the Eddington limit. In this paper, we compare the results of the INAZUMA code, in which the frequency- integrated time-dependent radiation transfer equation is solved in order to evaluate...

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QWIND3: UV line-driven accretion disc wind models for AGN feedback

Quera-Bofarull, Arnau,   Done, Chris,   Lacey, Cedric G.,   Nomura, Mariko,   Ohsuga, Ken

The ultraviolet (UV) bright accretion disc in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) should give rise to line driving, producing a powerful wind that may play an important role in AGN feedback as well as in producing structures like the broad-line region. However, coupled radiation-hydrodynamic codes are complex and expensive, so we...

January 2023   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Large-scale outflow structure and radiation properties of super-Eddington flow: Dependence on the accretion rates

Yoshioka, Shogo,   Mineshige, Shin,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Kitaki, Takaaki

In order to evaluate the impacts made by super-Eddington accretors on their environments precisely, it is essential to guarantee a large enough simulation box and long computational time to avoid any artefacts from numerical settings as much as possible. In this paper, we carry out axisymmetric two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations...

December 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
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3D photon conserving code for time-dependent general relativistic radiative transfer: CARTOON

Takahashi, Mikiya M.,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Rohta,   Ogawa, Takumi,   Umemura, Masayuki,   Asahina, Yuta

We develop the three-dimensional general relativistic radiative transfer code: CARTOON (Calculation code of Authentic Radiative Transfer based On phOton Number conservation in curved space-time) which is improved from the two-dimensional code: ARTIST developed by Takahashi & Umemura (2017). In CARTOON, the frequency- integrated general relativistic radiative transfer equation is solved...

December 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space

Hori, Yuta,   Nakamura, Honami,   Sakawa, Takahide,   Watanabe, Natsuki,   Kayanuma, Megumi,   Shoji, Mitsuo

The preferential synthesis or destruction of a single enantiomer by ultraviolet circularly polarized light (UV-CPL) has been proposed as a possible triggering mechanism for the extraterrestrial origin of homochirality. Herein, we investigate the photoabsorption property of propylene oxide (c-C3H6O) for UV-CPL in the Lyman-α region. Our calculations show that c-C3H6O...

November 2022   Astrobiology
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Modelling observable signatures of jet-ISM interaction: thermal emission and gas kinematics

Meenakshi, Moun,   Mukherjee, Dipanjan,   Wagner, Alexander Y.,   Nesvadba, Nicole P.~H.,   Bicknell, Geoffrey V.,   Morganti, Raffaella

Relativistic jets are believed to have a substantial impact on the gas dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) of their host galaxies. In this paper, we aim to draw a link between the simulations and the observable signatures of jet-ISM interactions by analyzing the emission morphology and gas...

October 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Jet-ISM Interaction in NGC 1167/B2 0258+35, an LINER with an AGN Past

Fabbiano, G.,   Paggi, A.,   Morganti, R.,   Baloković, M.,   Elvis, M.,   Mukherjee, D.

We report the results of joint Chandra/ACIS-NuSTAR deep observations of NGC 1167, the host galaxy of the young radio jet B2 0258+35. In the ACIS data, we detect X-ray emission, extended both along and orthogonal to the jet. At the end of the southeast radio jet, we find lower-energy X-ray...

October 2022   The Astrophysical Journal
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The formation of the first quasars: the black hole seeds, accretion, and feedback models

Zhu, Qirong,   Li, Yuexing,   Li, Yiting,   Maji, Moupiya,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Schneider, Raffaella

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) of ~ 109 M⊙ are generally believed to be the central engines of the luminous quasars observed at z ≳ 6, but their astrophysical origin remains elusive. To investigate the formation of these distant quasars, we perform a suite of zoom- in simulations on a favourable...

August 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Component of Energy Flow from Supercritical Accretion Disks Around Rotating Stellar Mass Black Holes

Utsumi, Aoto,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.,   Asahina, Yuta

By performing two-dimensional axisymmetric general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations with spin parameter a* varying from -0.9 to 0.9, we investigate the dependence on the black hole spin of the energy flow from a supercritical accretion disk around a stellar mass black hole. It is found that optically and geometrically thick...

August 2022   The Astrophysical Journal
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Exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization with the 21 cm line

Shimabukuro, Hayato,   Hasegawa, Kenji,   Kuchinomachi, Akira,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Yoshiura, Shintaro

The dark age of the Universe, when no luminous object existed, ended with the birth of the first stars, galaxies, and black holes. This epoch is called cosmic dawn. Cosmic reionization is the major transition of the intergalactic medium in the Universe driven by ionizing photons emitted from luminous objects....

June 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
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Investigating the Disk-Jet Structure in M87 through Flux Separation in the Linear and Circular Polarization Images

Tsunetoe, Yuh,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Akiyama, Kazunori,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.

For testing different electron temperature (T e) prescriptions in general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) simulations through observations, we propose to utilize linear polarization (LP) and circular polarization (CP) images. We calculate the polarization images based on a semi-magnetically arrested disk GRMHD model for various T e parameters, bearing M87 in mind....

May 2022   The Astrophysical Journal
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Structure of the super-Eddington outflow and its impact on the cosmological scale

Botella, Ignacio,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kitaki, Takaaki,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa

It is one of the biggest issues in black hole (BH) astrophysics how to evaluate BH feedback to its environments precisely. Aiming at studying the unique gas dynamics of super-Eddington flow around supermassive black hole (SMBH) seeds at high redshift, we carried out axisymmetric two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations using a...

April 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
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General Relativistic Radiation Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations of Black Hole Accretion Disks: Comparison of Methods Based on Variable Eddington Tensor and Based on M1 Closure

Asahina, Yuta,   Ohsuga, Ken

simulations of black hole accretion disks and disk winds in the range of mass accretion rate from 0.1 to 104.5 times the Eddington limit. In this paper, we compare the results of the INAZUMA code, in which the frequency- integrated time-dependent radiation transfer equation is solved in order to evaluate...

April 2022   The Astrophysical Journal

QWIND3: UV line-driven accretion disc wind models for AGN feedback

Quera-Bofarull, Arnau,   Done, Chris,   Lacey, Cedric G.,   Nomura, Mariko,   Ohsuga, Ken
January 2023   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Large-scale outflow structure and radiation properties of super-Eddington flow: Dependence on the accretion rates

Yoshioka, Shogo,   Mineshige, Shin,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Kitaki, Takaaki
December 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

3D photon conserving code for time-dependent general relativistic radiative transfer: CARTOON

Takahashi, Mikiya M.,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Rohta,   Ogawa, Takumi,   Umemura, Masayuki,   Asahina, Yuta
December 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space

Hori, Yuta,   Nakamura, Honami,   Sakawa, Takahide,   Watanabe, Natsuki,   Kayanuma, Megumi,   Shoji, Mitsuo
November 2022   Astrobiology

Modelling observable signatures of jet-ISM interaction: thermal emission and gas kinematics

Meenakshi, Moun,   Mukherjee, Dipanjan,   Wagner, Alexander Y.,   Nesvadba, Nicole P.~H.,   Bicknell, Geoffrey V.,   Morganti, Raffaella
October 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Jet-ISM Interaction in NGC 1167/B2 0258+35, an LINER with an AGN Past

Fabbiano, G.,   Paggi, A.,   Morganti, R.,   Baloković, M.,   Elvis, M.,   Mukherjee, D.
October 2022   The Astrophysical Journal

The formation of the first quasars: the black hole seeds, accretion, and feedback models

Zhu, Qirong,   Li, Yuexing,   Li, Yiting,   Maji, Moupiya,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Schneider, Raffaella
August 2022   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Component of Energy Flow from Supercritical Accretion Disks Around Rotating Stellar Mass Black Holes

Utsumi, Aoto,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.,   Asahina, Yuta
August 2022   The Astrophysical Journal

Exploring the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization with the 21 cm line

Shimabukuro, Hayato,   Hasegawa, Kenji,   Kuchinomachi, Akira,   Yajima, Hidenobu,   Yoshiura, Shintaro
June 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Investigating the Disk-Jet Structure in M87 through Flux Separation in the Linear and Circular Polarization Images

Tsunetoe, Yuh,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kawashima, Tomohisa,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Akiyama, Kazunori,   Takahashi, Hiroyuki R.
May 2022   The Astrophysical Journal

Structure of the super-Eddington outflow and its impact on the cosmological scale

Botella, Ignacio,   Mineshige, Shin,   Kitaki, Takaaki,   Ohsuga, Ken,   Kawashima, Tomohisa
April 2022   Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

General Relativistic Radiation Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations of Black Hole Accretion Disks: Comparison of Methods Based on Variable Eddington Tensor and Based on M1 Closure

Asahina, Yuta,   Ohsuga, Ken
April 2022   The Astrophysical Journal