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Caption: Figure 9.
Sequence of magnetic flux (ΦP, Equation (4)) contours in the accretion flow, with green and red indicating opposite polarity. Black solid (dashed) lines are ΦP = 1 (−1) contours (in code units). Here, we highlight a polarity inversion event, where at t = 8750 rg/c, the BH is saturated with positive flux, and at larger radii ≈200–2000 rg, there is a larger region of negative flux. By t = 68750 rg/c, the negative flux has reached the event horizon, and is ejecting the positive flux. By t = 73,750 and 88,750 rg/c, the negative flux has completely saturated the disk out to ≈300 and 400 rg, respectively. We also show the density scale height ((H/r)ρ, Equation (8)) above and below the midplane in white.
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