SPHERICAL ACCRETION ONTO NEUTRON-STARS REVISITED - ARE HOT SOLUTIONS POSSIBLE

被引:21
作者
TUROLLA, R
ZAMPIERI, L
COLPI, M
TREVES, A
机构
[1] INT SCH ADV STUDIES,I-34014 MIRAMARE,ITALY
[2] UNIV MILAN,DEPT PHYS,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
关键词
ACCRETION; ACCRETION DISKS; STARS; NEUTRON; X-RAYS;
D O I
10.1086/187333
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Stationary, spherical accretion onto an unmagnetized neutron star is here reconsidered in the wake of the seminal 1969 paper by Zel'dovich & Shakura. It is found that new '' hot '' solutions may exist for a wide range of luminosities. These solutions are characterized by a high temperature, 10(9)-10(11) K, and arise from a stationary equilibrium model where the dominant radiative mechanisms are multiple Compton scattering and bremsstrahlung emission. For low luminosities, less than or similar 10(-2) L(E), only the '' cold '' (a la Zel'dovich and Shakura) solution is present.
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页码:L35 / L38
页数:4
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