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GRMHD and GRRT Simulations of Black Hole Accretion: Flares, Precession, and Complex Spacetimes

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Quantum-gravity corrections modify photon-ring size, polarization, and jet power in black hole accretion simulations

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This dissertation develops a unified numerical framework combining general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations and covariant radiative transfer to model accretion, jets, and variability. It first examines standard Kerr black holes, where magnetic field geometry produces reconnection-driven flares and magnetic torques cause disk and jet precession. The framework is then applied to regular loop-quantum black holes, showing that quantum corrections alter key observables. These alterations connect the models directly to Event Horizon Telescope measurements of supermassive black holes.

Core claim

Simulations of accretion onto regular loop-quantum black holes show that quantum-gravity corrections can modify photon-ring size, polarization structure, and jet power, leading to observational constraints from Event Horizon Telescope data.

What carries the argument

The unified GRMHD and GRRT numerical framework applied to regular loop-quantum black hole spacetimes, which alters the metric and thereby changes the accretion flow and emitted radiation

If this is right

  • Multi-loop magnetic configurations produce reconnection events and flux ropes that power near-infrared flares from Sagittarius A*.
  • Tilted magnetically arrested disks experience retrograde precession driven by magnetic torques.
  • Supermassive binary black hole simulations show gravitational self-lensing, shocks, and spin-orbit coupling shaping multi-wavelength light curves and jet precession.

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  • The same framework could be applied to other non-Kerr metrics to predict additional observable differences in ring size and polarization.
  • Future higher-resolution Event Horizon Telescope data might distinguish specific loop-quantum models from the Kerr case through combined ring and jet measurements.
  • Precession signatures in binary simulations suggest a possible observational channel for identifying supermassive black hole binaries.

Load-bearing premise

The numerical framework accurately captures the physical effects of quantum corrections, magnetic reconnection, and time-dependent spacetimes without dominant artifacts that would invalidate the predicted changes to photon-ring size and jet power.

What would settle it

An Event Horizon Telescope measurement showing a photon-ring size around M87* or Sgr A* that matches the exact Kerr prediction with no accompanying shift in polarization structure or jet power would falsify the claim of detectable quantum-gravity modifications.

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This dissertation studies the electromagnetic signatures of accreting supermassive black holes using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations and covariant radiative-transfer calculations. It develops a unified numerical framework for modeling black-hole accretion, jet launching, flaring activity, and multi-band variability in Kerr, non-Kerr, and binary black-hole spacetimes. For isolated Kerr black holes, I investigate how magnetic-field geometry affects accretion dynamics and transient emission. Multi-loop magnetic configurations naturally produce reconnection events and flux-rope structures that can power near-infrared flares from Sagittarius A*, while the evolving optical depth of expanding plasma explains delayed millimeter emission. I also show that in tilted magnetically arrested disks, magnetic torques can drive retrograde disk and jet precession. The dissertation then applies the same framework to more complex spacetimes. Simulations of accretion onto regular loop-quantum black holes show that quantum-gravity corrections can modify photon-ring size, polarization structure, and jet power, leading to observational constraints from Event Horizon Telescope data. Finally, simulations of supermassive binary black holes in time-dependent spacetimes reveal how gravitational self-lensing, shock activity, and spin-orbit coupling shape multi-wavelength light curves and jet precession. Together, these results connect relativistic plasma dynamics with current and future observations of black-hole systems.

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Summary. This dissertation develops a unified GRMHD/GRRT numerical framework and applies it to black-hole accretion in Kerr, regular loop-quantum, and time-dependent binary spacetimes. For Kerr cases it examines magnetic-geometry effects on reconnection-driven NIR flares, delayed mm emission, and retrograde precession in tilted MADs. For loop-quantum black holes it reports that quantum corrections alter photon-ring size, polarization structure, and jet power, yielding EHT constraints. Binary simulations address gravitational self-lensing, shocks, and spin-orbit effects on multi-wavelength light curves and jet precession.

Significance. If the numerical results hold, the work supplies concrete, observationally testable predictions for how non-Kerr metrics and binary dynamics modify EHT-accessible quantities (photon-ring diameter, polarization maps, jet power). The unified framework across isolated and binary spacetimes is a methodological strength; the loop-quantum runs constitute one of the first end-to-end GRMHD+GRRT explorations of regular quantum-corrected black holes.

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  1. The abstract and provided text use first-person phrasing typical of a dissertation; a journal article version should adopt conventional impersonal style.
  2. No resolution or convergence studies are referenced in the supplied sections; adding a brief methods subsection on grid resolution and artificial resistivity would strengthen reproducibility claims.

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We thank the referee for their positive summary and significance assessment of the dissertation, as well as the recommendation for minor revision. No specific major comments were provided in the report.

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full rationale

The manuscript is a dissertation presenting results from GRMHD and GRRT numerical simulations of accretion flows in Kerr, loop-quantum, and binary spacetimes. All central claims (flares from reconnection, precession in tilted disks, photon-ring modifications from quantum corrections, and binary light-curve features) are framed explicitly as simulation outputs rather than analytical derivations, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or results justified solely by self-citation. No equations, ansatzes, or load-bearing self-citations appear in the supplied text that would reduce any claimed result to its own inputs by construction; the work is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks such as EHT observations.

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    purpose: Spacetime model incorporating quantum-gravity corrections for accretion simulations
    Mentioned in abstract as a target for simulations leading to EHT constraints; no independent evidence or falsifiable details supplied in the abstract.

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