Mini-discs around spinning black holes

被引:12
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作者
Zalamea, I. [1 ]
Beloborodov, A. M. [2 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Astrospace Ctr Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 117810, Russia
关键词
accretion; accretion discs; black hole physics; ACCRETION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15233.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Accretion on to black holes in wind-fed binaries and in collapsars forms small rotating discs with peculiar properties. Such 'mini-discs' accrete on the free-fall time without the help of viscosity and nevertheless can have a high radiative efficiency. The inviscid mini-disc model was previously constructed for a non-rotating black hole. We extend the model to the case of a spinning black hole, calculate the structure and radiative efficiency of the disc and find their dependence on the black hole spin. If the angular momenta of the disc and the black hole are anti-aligned, a hydrodynamic analogue of Penrose process takes place.
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页码:2005 / 2011
页数:7
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