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Simulations of accretion disks in pseudo‐complex General Relativity
Author(s) -
Hess P. O.,
Algalán B. M.,
Schönenbach T.,
Greiner W.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201512216
Subject(s) - physics , accretion disc , general relativity , accretion (finance) , astrophysics , theory of relativity , circumstellar disk , astronomy , classical mechanics , planet
After a summary on pseudo‐complex General Relativity (pc‐GR), circular orbits and stable orbits in general are discussed, including predictions compared to observations. Using a modified version of a model for accretions disks, presented by Page and Thorne in 1974, we apply the raytracing technique in order to simulate the appearance of an accretion disk as it should be observed in a detector. In pc‐GR we predict a dark ring near a very massive, rapidly rotating object. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)