On the Viability of Two-temperature Accretion Flows

Details On the Viability of Two-temperature Accretion Flows On the Viability of Two-temperature Accretion Flows

2003-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308451v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to MNRAS; 3 pages

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Binney (2003) has argued that two-temperature radiatively inefficient accretion flow models are unphysical because the electron-ion equipartition time is much shorter than the accretion time. I show that this conclusion is incorrect because it relies on a misidentification of the electron-ion equipartition time. I also clarify what requirements must, in fact, be satisfied to maintain a two-temperature accretion flow.

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