Simple Convective Accretion Flows (SCAFs): Explaining the ≈ −1 Density Scaling of Hot Accretion Flows around Compact Accretors
Recent simulations find that hot gas accretion onto compact accretors is often highly turbulent and diskless, and shows a power-law density profile with slope α _ρ ≈ −1. These results are consistent with observational constraints, but do not match existing self-similar solutions of radiatively ineff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Series: | The Astrophysical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace892 |