Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-12-31
Astron.Astrophys.353:1029,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 Latex pages and 18 Figures; l-aa.sty
Scientific paper
Significant nucleosynthesis is possible in the centrifugal pressure-supported dense and hot region of the accretion flows which deviate from Keplerian disks around black holes. We compute composition changes and energy generations due to such nuclear processes. We use a network containing 255 species and follow the changes in composition. Highly viscous, high-accretion-rate flows deviate from a Keplerian disk very close to the black hole and the temperature of the flow is very small due to Compton cooling. No significant nucleosynthesis takes place in these cases. Low-viscosity and lower-accretion-rate hot flows deviate farther out and significant changes in composition are possible in these cases. We suggest that such changes in composition could be contributing to the metallicities of the galaxies. Moreover, the radial variation of the energy generation/absorption specifically due to proton capture and photo-dissociation reactions could cause instabilities in the inner regions of the accretion flows. For most of these cases sonic point oscillations may take place. We discuss the possibility of neutrino emissions.
Chakrabarti Sandip K.
Mukhopadhyay Banibrata
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