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Two dimensional test problems include the spiraling infall of low angular momentum fluid, the formation of a pressure supported torus, and the stable evolution of a torus.","A series of numerical models are discussed and illustrated with selected plots. The inflow of constant angular momentum fluid is considered in several limits: angular momentum greater than marginally bound, less than marginally stable, and between marginally bound and stable. Both geometrically thin and thick inflows are computed as well as models with various values of Kerr a.","\"All geometrically thick inflows form a funnel, i.e. an evacuated region along the orbital axis. If there is a centrifugal barrier present, an accretion shock can form which creates a hot thick disk. Such a high pressure disk can drive outflows in noncollimated hollow jets. Intermediate angular momentum fluid can flow into the black hole through a \"\"nozzle\"\" defined by the centrifugal potential.\"","In geometrically thin inflows no funnel forms, and, if the angular momentum is less than marginally bound, the fluid flows into the hole. Inflows with greater angular momentum create a hot wind which flows back from the centrifugal wall around the thin inflow creating an effective two-temperature disk. Changes in the Kerr parameter a do not alter the qualitative features of these flows; rather, they merely change the shape and location of the funnel and disk. The values of angular momentum which are marginally bound and marginally stable are similarly altered.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T19:03:26Z (GMT). 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