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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Numerical Study of Nonspherical Black Hole Accretion

Abstract

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This thesis describes in detail a two-dimensional, axisymmetric computer code for calculating fully relativistic ideal gas hydrodynamics around a Kerr black hole. The aim is to study fully dynamic inviscid fluid accretion onto black holes, as well as to study the evolution and development of nonlinear instabilities in pressure supported accretion disks.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Astronomy
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Hawley, John Frederick

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8502167
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71601

Chain of custody

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Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Hawley, John Frederick. A Numerical Study of Nonspherical Black Hole Accretion. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/71601