On the Radial Structure of Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows with Convection

 
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Abramowicz, Marek A.
Igumenshchev, Igor V.
Quataert, Eliot
Narayan, Ramesh
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Abramowicz, Marek A., Igor V. Igumenshchev, Eliot Quataert, and Ramesh Narayan. 2002. “On the Radial Structure of Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flows with Convection.” The Astrophysical Journal 565 (2): 1101–6. https://doi.org/10.1086/324717.
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We consider the radial structure of radiatively inefficient hydrodynamic accretion flows around black holes. We show that low-viscosity flows consist of two zones: an outer convection-dominated zone and an inner advection-dominated zone. The transition between these two zones occurs at similar to50 Schwarzschild radii.
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