Published September 15, 2007 | Version v1
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Rotating black hole surrounded by self-gravitating torus in the puncture framework

  • 1. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902 (Japan)

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We present a formulation for computing equilibria composed of a rotating black hole and a massive self-gravitating torus in general relativity. Such a system is a plausible outcome formed after stellar core collapse of massive and supermassive stars as well as after a merger of a black hole-neutron star binary. In our formulation, the black hole is modeled in the puncture framework. The numerical solutions for equilibria are computed for rapidly rotating black holes and for a wide range of mass ratio of the black hole and torus. The equilibria obtained in this paper can be used for studying nonaxisymmetric instabilities, runaway instability, and magnetorotational instability of a self-gravitating accretion torus around a rotating black hole in numerical relativity. We also remark that the relation among the area, mass, and spin of rotating black holes are slightly modified by the torus

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064035-064035.18
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society