V Karas et al 2004 Class. Quantum Grav. 21 R1 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/7/R01
V Karas1,2, J-M Huré3,4 and O Semerák2
Show affiliationsFluid discs and tori around black holes are discussed within different approaches and with the emphasis on the role of disc gravity. First reviewed are the prospects of investigating the gravitational field of a black hole–disc system using analytical solutions of stationary, axially symmetric Einstein equations. Then, more detailed considerations are focused to the middle and outer parts of extended disc-like configurations where relativistic effects are small and the Newtonian description is adequate.
Within general relativity, only a static case has been analysed in detail. Results are often very inspiring. However, simplifying assumptions must be imposed: ad hoc profiles of the disc density are commonly assumed and the effects of frame-dragging are completely lacking. Astrophysical discs (e.g. accretion discs in active galactic nuclei) typically extend far beyond the relativistic domain and are fairly diluted. However, self-gravity is still essential for their structure and evolution, as well as for their radiation emission and the impact on the surrounding environment. For example, a nuclear star cluster in a galactic centre may bear various imprints of mutual star–disc interactions, which can be recognized in observational properties, such as the relation between the central mass and stellar velocity dispersion.
04.70.-s Physics of black holes
98.62.Js Galactic nuclei (including black holes), circumnuclear matter, and bulges
98.10.+z Stellar dynamics and kinematics
85A05 Galactic and stellar dynamics
83C05 Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)
Issue 7 (7 April 2004)
Received 22 July 2003
Published 5 March 2004
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