Spectra of thermally unstable slim discs

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2000-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011392v1

Astrophys.Space Sci. 276 (2001) 165-168

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, To be published in `Proceedings of the Third Microquasar Workshop: Granada Workshop on galactic relativist

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Thermal instability driven by radiation pressure might be relevant for intrinsically bright accreting sources. The most promising candidate where this instability seems to be at work is one of the two known galactic superluminal sources, GRS 1915+105 (Belloni et al. 1997). In spite of being of relevance, this scenario has not yet been confirmed by proper time-dependent modelling. Non-linear time-dependent calculations performed by Szuszkiewicz and Miller (1998) show that thermally unstable discs undergo limit-cycle behaviour with successive evacuation and refilling of the central parts of the disc. This evolution is very similar to the one proposed by Belloni et al. (1997) in their phenomenological model. Further investigations are needed to confirm the thermal instability being operational in this source. First of all the spectra emitted from the disc during its evolution should be calculated and compared with observations. Here such spectra are computed assuming local blackbody emission from the best studied transonic disc model.

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