Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979phdt.........3g&link_type=abstract
Ph.D. Thesis Rutgers - The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Black Holes (Astronomy), Relativistic Effects, Steady State, Luminosity, Mathematical Models, Radiative Transfer
Scientific paper
The process of steady state spherical accretion onto black holes was studied for the condition when the infalling gas is optically thick to the outgoing radiation. The transfer of radiation is treated in the diffusion approximation and the calculation is done relativistically. It is found that the accretion rate may take on arbitrarily high values while the luminosity is held below the Eddington limit. The gas in cases of high accretion rates, however, approaches zero velocity at the Schwarzschild radius so that the solution is unphysical. The luminosity is thereby limited to a low value depending on the efficiency. The conclusion is that no steady flow may exist near the Eddington limit for the case of spherical symmetry.
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