Accretion onto a moving black hole - a fully relativistic treatment

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Astrophys. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/167013· OSTI ID:6146772

Petrich, L I; Shapiro, S L; Stark, R F; Teukolsky, S A

The effect of constant-rate motion through a uniform adiabatic medium on the steady-state accretion of matter onto a Schwarzschild black hole is investigated theoretically by means of numerical simulations. The derivation of the model is given in detail, and the results are presented in extensive graphs. The appearance of the flows and the accretion rates are found to be in good agreement with published data for the Newtonian regime and generally similar for the relativistic case. 28 references.

• Research Organization: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6146772
• Journal Information: Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 336; ISSN ASJOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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ADIABATIC PROCESSES
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FIELD THEORIES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
MACH NUMBER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METRICS
MOTION
RELATIVITY THEORY
SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC
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