A Review of Possible Advective Disk Structures around a Black Hole with Two Types of Gas Inflows

Abstract

We studied general advective accretion solutions around a Kerr black hole (BH) by investigating two types of inflow gases at the outer accretion boundary (AB). We classified these two types of gases as cold-mode and hot-mode inflow gas at the outer AB on the basis of their temperatures and solutions. We found that the hot-mode gas is more efficient for angular momentum transport around the outer AB than the cold-mode gas. The hot-mode gas can give multiple global (popular as a shock solution) or single sonic point solutions, and the cold-mode gas can give a smooth global solution (popularly known as advection-dominated accretion flow) or two sonic point solutions. These solutions are also presented on a plane in energy and angular momentum ( B ob − L 0 ) parameter space. For the first time, we explored theoretically the relation between the nature of accretion solutions and the nature of the initial accreting gas at the AB with a detailed computational and possible physical analysis. We also found that the surface density of the flow is highly affected by changes in the temperature at the AB, which can alter the radiative emissivities of the flow. The flow variables of various advective solutions are also compared. On the basis of those results, we plotted some inner disk structures around the BHs. By doing so, we conjecture on the persistent/transient nature of spectral states, soft excess, and timescales of variabilities around the BH X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.