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Two-temperature accretion disks with winds in a fluid approximationThe polytropic relation between pressure and density of wind gases is used to obtain solutions for optically thin hot accretion disks with winds. It is assumed that the cooling mechanisms in the disks are bremsstrahlung and Compton scattering. This extends the previous work of Takahara et al. (1989) which did not analyze winds within a self-consistent disk model. It is shown that the disks have winds for accretion rates higher than about 10 percent of the Eddington rate, depending on the viscosity parameter of the disks and the polytropic exponent of wind gases. The poloidal velocity of winds at the foot-point is shown to be as high as 10 percent of light speed.
Document ID
19910044033
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Kusunose, Masaaki
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 370
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0004-637X
Accession Number
91A28656
Distribution Limits
Public
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