A Jet-ADAF model for Sgr A*

Details A Jet-ADAF model for Sgr A* A Jet-ADAF model for Sgr A*

2001-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0112464v1

2002, A&A, 383, 854

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 3 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20011709

The recent {\em Chandra} observation of the radio source at the center of our Galaxy, Sgr A$^*$, puts new constraints on its theoretical models. The spectrum is very soft, and the source is rapidly variable. We consider different models to explain the observations. We find that the features of the x-ray spectrum can be marginally explained with an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) model while it does not well fit the radio spectrum. An ADAF with strong winds (ADIOS) model is not favored if we assume that the wind does not radiate. Alternatively, we propose a coupled jet plus accretion disk model to explain the observations for Sgr A$^*$. The accretion flow is described as an ADAF fed by Bondi-Hoyle accretion of hot plasma in the Galactic Center region. A small fraction of the accretion flow is ejected near the black hole, forming a jet after passing through a shock. As a result, the electron temperature increases to $\sim 2 \times 10^{11}{\rm K}$, which is about 10 times higher than the highest temperature attained in the ADAF. The model is self-consistent since the main jet parameters are determined by the underlying accretion disk at the inner edge. The emergent spectrum of Sgr A$^*$ is the sum of the emission from jet and underlying ADAF. The very strong Comptonization of synchrotron emission from the jet dominates the bremsstrahlung from the ADAF, therefore, a very short variability timescale is expected and the predicted X-ray slope and the radio spectrum is in very good agreement with the observations.

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