Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...395..592h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 395, no. 2, Aug. 20, 1992, p. 592-603.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Accretion Disks, Binary Stars, Flow Stability, Neutron Stars, Stellar Envelopes, Boundary Conditions, Milky Way Galaxy, Stellar Oscillations, White Dwarf Stars
Scientific paper
The steady state structure and linear stability of spherical accretion flows onto compact objects are investigated over a wide range of accretion rates (ARs) for a variety of cooling functions as a function of the ratio of specific heats (gamma). Both radial and nonradial shock perturbations are considered. The flows become more extended as AR decreases. The cooling function has a significant effect on the extended structure of settling solutions with gamma = 5/3. In contrast, the extended structure of settling solutions with gamma = 4/3 is nearly independent of the form of the cooling function. For both gamma = 4.3 and gamma = 5.3, radial shock oscillation in the fundamental and first overtone modes are destabilized in spherically extended accretion envelopes. The application of these results to postsupernova neutron star accretion flows and to luminosity oscillations in AM Her objects are discussed.
Chevalier Roger A.
Houck John C.
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