Hyperaccretion-driven Relativistic Jets from Massive Collapsars in Active Galactic Nucleus Disks

Abstract The observable characteristics of gamma-ray bursts embedded in the accretion disk of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are mainly determined by the jet propagation within the disk. In the massive collapsar scenario, we consider that the mass and metallicity of progenitor stars can significantly affect the jet durations and luminosities, which in turn influence whether the jet can break out from AGN disks. For the cases with low metallicity, massive stars tend to keep their massive envelopes. Thus the hyperaccretion of these envelopes onto the newborn black holes (BHs) can prolong the activity duration of the central engine, thereby allowing the jets to potentially break out from the disks. For successful jets, we further study their prompt emission and afterglows for different supermassive BHs and locations and discuss the detectability of these signals by instruments such as Swift and Einstein Probe. Future related observations will help constrain the structure, components, and evolutionary history of AGN disks and the massive stars embedded within them.

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The Astrophysical Journal
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2025-12-10
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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae2256
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Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
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Hyperaccretion-driven Relativistic Jets from Massive Collapsars in Active Galactic Nucleus Disks

Yun-Feng Wei, Bao-Quan Huang, Tong Liu
The Astrophysical Journal
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
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Hyperaccretion-driven Relativistic Jets from Massive Collapsars in Active Galactic Nucleus Disks

Yun-Feng Wei, Bao-Quan Huang, Tong Liu
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Abstract The observable characteristics of gamma-ray bursts embedded in the accretion disk of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are mainly determined by the jet propagation within the disk. In the massive collapsar scenario, we consider that the mass and metallicity of progenitor stars can significantly affect the jet durations and luminosities, which in turn influence whether the jet can break out from AGN disks. For the cases with low metallicity, massive stars tend to keep their massive envelopes. Thus the hyperaccretion of these envelopes onto the newborn black holes (BHs) can prolong the activity duration of the central engine, thereby allowing the jets to potentially break out from the disks. For successful jets, we further study their prompt emission and afterglows for different supermassive BHs and locations and discuss the detectability of these signals by instruments such as Swift and Einstein Probe. Future related observations will help constrain the structure, components, and evolutionary history of AGN disks and the massive stars embedded within them.

The Astrophysical JournalVol. 995(1)
Guangxi University (CN), Ningbo University of Technology (CN), Xiamen University (CN), Nanning Normal University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 73%
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
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