Supercomputer simulations reveal the nature of turbulence in black hole accretion disks

Supercomputer simulations reveal the nature of turbulence in black hole accretion disks

Researchers at Tohoku University and Utsunomiya University have made a breakthrough in understanding the complex nature of turbulence in structures called “accretion disks” surrounding black holes, using state-of-the-art supercomputers to conduct the highest-resolution simulations to date. An accretion disk, as the name implies, is a disk-shaped gas that spirals inwards towards a central black hole. … Read more