ACCRETION DISK MODELS WITH HYDROGEN BURNING AROUND A BLACK-HOLE
Citation
K. Arai et M. Hashimoto, ACCRETION DISK MODELS WITH HYDROGEN BURNING AROUND A BLACK-HOLE, Astronomy and astrophysics, 302(1), 1995, pp. 99-104
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
SICI code
0004-6361(1995)302:1<99:ADMWHB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We construct stationary models of a slim accretion disk with including
hydrogen burning. Energy generation through the CNO cycle is explicit
ly incorporated into the equations of structure. Viscous torque is pre
scribed in term of an a parameter and mass accretion rate is set to be
supercritical. When enough energy is generated by hydrogen burning, t
he disk expands vertically to the equatorial plane. More work is done
by pressure than the net energy generated, causing temperature to decr
ease. It is a typical character of a gravitating system which has nega
tive heat capacity. Hydrogen burning is operated through the CNO and h
ot CNO cycles. A significant amounts of O-14 and O-15 are formed insid
e the disk. The nuclear energry release is comparable to the energy ge
nerated by viscous dissipation and has significantly important contrib
utions to the energy balance inside the disk when alpha is less than 1
0(-5), because temperature scales as T similar to alpha(-1/4) in our m
odels of radiation pressure dominated disks.