Supercritical disk accretion with mass loss

Authors
Citation
Gv. Lipunova, Supercritical disk accretion with mass loss, ASTRON LETT, 25(8), 1999, pp. 508-517
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY LETTERS-A JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
10637737 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
508 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7737(199908)25:8<508:SDAWML>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We consider supercritical accretion onto a compact object when the accretio n rate exceeds its value derived from the Eddington limit: M-Edd = L-Edd/c( 2). We use the scenario that was proposed by Shakura and Sunyaev (1973) for the supercritical regime, according to which matter flows out of the gas-d isk surface under radiation pressure. An analytic solution of the accretion -disk structure is obtained for this scenario by using classical equations. For the first time, an attempt is made to construct a model for nonconserv ative supercritical accretion with advection. To this end, we develop a num erical scheme for calculating the structure of an advective disk with mass outflow. The goal of solving the problem of a supercritical disk with mass loss is to explain accreting sources with outflowing envelopes, for example , SS 433 and galactic nuclei. The structure and observational manifestation s of the envelope which forms around a supercritical disk are considered by taking into account bremsstrahlung absorption and Thomson scattering of ph otons.