Accretion process onto super-spinning objects

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2009-10-08

arxiv.org/abs/0910.1634v2

Phys.Rev.D80:104023,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, 5 figures. v2: with explanation of the origin of the critical value |a|/M = 1.4

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.104023

The accretion process onto spinning objects in Kerr spacetimes is studied with numerical simulations. Our results show that accretion onto compact objects with Kerr parameter (characterizing the spin) $|a| < M$ and $|a| > M$ is very different. In the super-spinning case, for $|a|$ moderately larger than $M$, the accretion onto the central object is extremely suppressed due to a repulsive force at short distance. The accreting matter cannot reach the central object, but instead is accumulated around it, forming a high density cloud that continues to grow. The radiation emitted in the accretion process will be harder and more intense than the one coming from standard black holes; e.g. $\gamma$-rays could be produced as seen in some observations. Gravitational collapse of this cloud might even give rise to violent bursts. As $|a|$ increases, a larger amount of accreting matter reaches the central object and the growth of the cloud becomes less efficient. Our simulations find that a quasi-steady state of the accretion process exists for $|a|/M \gtrsim 1.4$, independently of the mass accretion rate at large radii. For such high values of the Kerr parameter, the accreting matter forms a thin disk at very small radii. We provide some analytical arguments to strengthen the numerical results; in particular, we estimate the radius where the gravitational force changes from attractive to repulsive and the critical value $|a|/M \approx 1.4$ separating the two qualitatively different regimes of accretion. We briefly discuss the observational signatures which could be used to look for such exotic objects in the Galaxy and/or in the Universe.

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