Black hole accretion and outflow
Black hole accretion is a fundamental physical process in the universe. It plays an important role in many fields of astrophysics, ranging from AGNs, black hole X-ray binaries, Gamma-ray bursts, to tidal disruption events. Many important progresses have been made in recent years, mainly attributed to the rapid development of numerical simulations. In this talk, I will first give a general introduction to accretion, then I will talk about some important progresses, including wind production from hot accretion flow, super-Eddington accretion, and jet formation.
Prof. Feng Yuan obtained his PHD in USTC in 1997. He then worked in Nanjing University, Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Harvard University and Purdue University as a postdoc. He was recruited to Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) in 2005. Since 2010 he serves as the director of the astrophysics division of SHAO. His main research interests include black hole accretion, AGNs, black hole X-ray binaries, and AGN feedback. He has published over 90 papers, including one review article published in ARA&A in 2014. These papers now have over 3000 citations.