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Magnetic fields regulate black hole (BH) accretion, governing both the inflowand outflow dynamics. When a BH becomes saturated with large-scale verticalmagnetic flux, it enters a magnetically-arrested disk (MAD) state. Thedynamically-important BH magnetic flux powers highly efficient relativisticoutflows (or jets) and sporadically erupts from the BH into the disk midplane.Here we explore the evolution of MADs when the BH and gas angular momentum aremisaligned, which is expected to be more common. Using numerical simulations,we find that jets from rapidly spinning, prograde BHs force the inner accretionflow into alignment with the BH spin via the magneto-spin alignment mechanismfor disks initially misaligned at $\mathcal{T}\lesssim 60^{\circ}$. Extremelymisaligned MAD disks, on the other hand, exhibit intermittent jets that blowout parts of the disk to $\approx 100$ gravitational radii before collapsing,leaving behind hot cavities and magnetized filaments. These intermittent jetmechanism forms a mini-feedback cycle and could explain some cases of X-ray andradio quasi-periodic eruptions observed in dim AGN. Further, we find that (i)for BHs with low power jets, the BH spin and initial disk tilt angle changesthe amount of horizon magnetic flux, and (ii) geometrically-thick, misalignedaccretion flows do not undergo sustained Lense-Thirring (LT) precession.Thereby, we suggest that low-luminosity accreting BHs ($\dot{M}\ll 10^{-3}\dot{M}_{\rm Edd}$) are not likely to exhibit quasi-periodic oscillations inlightcurves due to LT precession, in agreement with observations of BH X-raybinaries and AGN in the low-hard/quiescent state. Instead, we suggest thatmagnetic flux eruptions can mimic precession-like motion, such as observed inthe M87 jet, by driving large-scale surface waves in the jets.

Misaligned magnetized accretion flows onto spinning black holes: magneto-spin alignment, outflow power and intermittent jets