Multiple Compton scattering by thermal electrons in a spherical inflow - The effects of bulk motion

Details Multiple Compton scattering by thermal electrons in a spherical inflow - The effects of bulk motion Multiple Compton scattering by thermal electrons in a spherical inflow - The effects of bulk motion

Mar 1988

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 326, March 1, 1988, p. 223-234. Research supported by the Ministero della P

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Black Holes (Astronomy), Compton Effect, Hot Electrons, Radiative Transfer, Energy Spectra, Fokker-Planck Equation

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An analytic steady state solution to the Fokker-Planck equation for Compton scattering in a spherical inflow, where internal monochromatic photons scatter off thermal nonrelativistic electrons undergoing radial bulk motion, is derived. It is found that photon advection by electrons yields an overall reduction in the intensity of the emerging spectrum with increasing velocity. In the case of soft photons emitted close to the trapping surface and small scattering optical depths, the outgoing spectrum is a power law with a slope that depends only on a plasma parameter proportional to the ratio of the Compton time to the infall time. At large values of the optical depth, the spectra show a depletion of high-energy photons being preferentially convected inward and ultimately trapped by the inflowing electrons. If soft radiation is emitted far from the trapping surface, the computed spectra significantly deviate from a power law. The results of these calculations are relevant to the case of supercritical spherical accretion onto black holes.

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