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May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...21011302f&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #113.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.237
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We consider stationary, axisymmetric hydrodynamic accretion flows in Kerr geometry. As a plausible means of efficiently separating small population of nonthermal particles from the bulk accretion flows, we investigate the formation of dissipative standing shocks where energy, angular momentum and mass are partially lost into collimated (jets) or uncollimated (winds) outflows subsequently. Mass loss fraction (at a shock front) is found to vary over a wide range (0% - 95%) depending on flow's angular momentum and
energy. On the other hand, energy loss fraction appears to be relatively low (<1%) for a non-rotating black hole case, whereas the fraction could be an order of magnitude higher (<10%) for a rapidly-rotating black hole case. By estimating the escape velocity of the outflowing particles, we find that nearly 10% of the accreting mass (decoupled from the bulk accretion flows) could participate in forming the outflows around a non-rotating black hole, while as much as 50% of the matter may contribute to the outflows around a rapidly-rotating black hole. In the context of disk-jet paradigm, our model suggests that shock-driven outflows from accretion can occur in regions not too far from a central engine (within 2-40 gravitational radii), as observed in some active galaxies (e.g., M87 and 3C120). Slope of radial density profile for upstream flows is found to be -3/2 as in advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) solution while that for downstream flows is as steep as -5/2. Our results imply that a shock front under some conditions could serve as a plausible site where seed particles of the outflows (jets/winds) are efficiently decoupled from bulk accretion.
Fukumura Keigo
Kazanas Demos
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