Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...221..234g&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 221, Apr. 1, 1978, p. 234-257.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Compton Effect, Gas Heating, Radio Bursts, Stellar Mass Accretion, X Ray Sources, Black Holes (Astronomy), Gas Flow, Globular Clusters, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Models
Scientific paper
A mechanism is described whereby the rate of spherical accretion on a collapsed object and the resulting X-ray luminosity can be limited by thermal heating and evaporation of the accreting gas. The luminosity limit can be a factor of the order of 100 below the corresponding Eddington limit. Steady accretion flow is not possible within a range above this limit, and X-ray bursts can be produced by accretion surges resulting from the cooling and collapse of a heated gas shell above a critical optical depth. The luminosity and approximate recurrence rate of the bursts from NGC 6624 and other burst sources may then be understood. A general model for bursters is proposed in which massive (about 10 to 100 solar masses) black holes, from massive stars and the cores of disrupted globular clusters, undergo supercritical spherical accretion in interstellar clouds. Both X-ray and gamma-ray bursts are predicted to have similar hard X-ray (about 200 keV) spectra, though high average accretion rates and central optical depths also yield a comparable luminosity at around 5 keV from a Comptonized blackbody spectrum in the X-ray bursts and associated steady sources.
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