Formation of accretion disk / frame drag

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Frame dragging significantly contributes to the formation of accretion disks around supermassive black holes and active galactic nuclei. This phenomenon aids in the conservation of angular momentum, facilitating the stability of Keplerian accretion disks at radii below the Schwarzschild limit of 6Rg. Key references include the paper by Bromley, Chen, and Miller published in The Astrophysical Journal, which discusses diagnostics of line-emitting accretion disks as probes for frame-dragging effects. Additional studies on frame dragging's impact on X-ray binaries and relativistic thick accretion disks further support these findings.

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  • Understanding of frame dragging in general relativity
  • Familiarity with accretion disk dynamics
  • Knowledge of Schwarzschild and Kerr metrics
  • Basic concepts of angular momentum conservation in astrophysics
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  • Research "Frame Dragging and Accretion Disks" in The Astrophysical Journal
  • Explore "Iron K Alpha Line in X-ray Binaries" on arXiv:1208.0728
  • Study "Gravitating Discs Around Black Holes" on arXiv:astro-ph/0401345
  • Investigate "Radiation Force on Relativistic Jets" on arXiv:astro-ph/9901223
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came across the concept of Frame dragging.
i cannot find if this phenomena also aids in addition to the conversation of angular momentum the formation of an accretion disk around neutron stars/black holes.
cheers
 
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It seems clear that yes, Frame dragging does contribute to disk formation around supermassive black holes and active galactic nuclei. Here are some references:

THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 475:57 64, 1997 January 20
Line Emission from an Accretion Disk around a Rotating Black Hole: Toward a Measurement of Frame Dragging
BENJAMIN C. BROMLEY, 1 KAIYOU CHEN, AND WARNER A. MILLER
Theoretical Astrophysics Group, T-6, MS B288, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Received 1995 December 15; accepted 1996 August 8
Excerpt from the “Discussion” section:
“For these reasons, we feel justified in choosing diagnostics of a line-emitting accretion disk as a probe for frame-dragging effects in the nuclei of active galaxies. As noted before (Laor 1991), perhaps the best hope of detecting the frame-dragging effect is to spot a stable Keplerian accretion disk at radii below the limit of 6Rg imposed in a Schwarzschild metric.”

(Note: This paper was written and published before Gravity Probe B positive results were announced.)
http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/475/1/57/fulltext/33793.text.html
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See section five:
“Frame-dragging: occurs generally around rotating objects. It's just that the exact
Kerr form only applies to black holes.”
www.astro.umd.edu/~miller/teaching/astr688m/lecture11.pdf

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Disc Accretion in Active Galactic Nuclei
Andrew King
Theoretical Astrophysics Group, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
www.vlti.org/events/assets/3/documents/king.pdf

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Four other possiblilities:

arXiv:1208.0728
Title: The effect of frame dragging on the iron K alpha line in X-ray binaries
Authors:Adam Ingram, Chris Done
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arXiv:0705.1796
Title: Iron line profiles and self-shadowing from relativistic thick accretion discs
Authors:Sheng-Miao Wu, Ting-Gui Wang
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arXiv:astro-ph/0401345
Title: Gravitating discs around black holes
Authors:V. Karas, J.-M. Hure, O. Semerak
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arXiv:astro-ph/9901223
Title: Radiation force on relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei
Authors:Qinghuan Luo, R. J. Protheroe
 
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thanks for the links...
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoM-z14 Any photon with energy above 24.6 eV is going to ionize any atom. K, L X-rays would certainly ionize atoms. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-most-distant-galaxy/ The James Webb Space Telescope has found the most distant galaxy ever seen, at the dawn of the cosmos. Again. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/webb-mom-z14 A Cosmic Miracle: A Remarkably Luminous Galaxy at zspec = 14.44 Confirmed with JWST...

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