Fig. 3: Intermittent fluctuations in the magnetized plasma turbulence.
From: Radiative plasma simulations of black hole accretion flow coronae in the hard and soft states
a Pair-plasma (Thomson) optical depth τT = n±σTH, where n± is the local plasma number density, H is the system size, and σT is the Thomson cross-section. b Parallel current density j∥/n±,0ec, where j∥ ≡ j ⋅ B/B, j is the local current density, B is the magnetic field, e is the electron charge, and c is the speed of light. c Proxy of the (local) radiative output power of the plasma \(\sqrt{\langle {\gamma }^{2}{\beta }^{2}\rangle }\), where β is the flow’s coordinate bulk velocity and γ is the bulk Lorentz factor. The 3D simulation data outputs are available from47.
