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Can the Sonic Radius in ADAF Be Large?

Authors :
K. L. Huang
Feng Yuan
J. F. Lu
Source :
Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 194:332-333
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1999.

Abstract

We obtain the global transonic solutions by solving numerically a set of equations describing advection dominated accretion flows around black holes. We find that the sonic points can locate themselves at almost any radius, independent of the viscosity parameter α and the polytropic index γ.

Details

ISSN :
00741809
Volume :
194
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Symposium - International Astronomical Union
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........201c665ed74318c2f3e25a73e11bd7d9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900162254