We show the results of two dimensional general relativistic inviscid and isothermal hydrodynamical simulations comparing the behavior of co-rotating (with respect to the black hole rotation) and counter-rotating circumbinary quasi-Keplerian discs in the post merger phase of a supermassive binary black hole system. While confirming the spiral shock generation within the disc due to the combined effects of mass loss and recoil velocity of the black hole, we find that the maximum luminosity of counter-rotating discs is a factor ˜(2-12) higher than in the co-rotating case, depending on the spin of the black hole. On the other hand, the luminosity peak happens ˜10 days later with respect to the co-rotating case. Although the global dynamics of counter-rotating discs in the post merger phase of a merging event is very similar to that for co-rotating discs, an important difference has been found. In fact, increasing the spin of the central black hole produces more luminous co-rotating discs while less luminous counter-rotating ones.
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Titolo: | Electromagnetic counterparts from counter-rotating relativistic kicked discs |
Autori: | Zanotti, Olindo |
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Titolo del periodico: | NEW ASTRONOMY |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-80054718580 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000298219500011 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newast.2011.08.005 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/93560 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |