The Astrophysical Journal · 1989 · 110 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsRelativityStellar AstronomyAccretion ProcessesBlack HolesComputational AstrophysicsGeneral RelativityRelativistic AstrophysicsRelativistic PhysicsBlack Hole Accretion FlowsBlack Hole Accretion PhysicsBlack Hole PhysicsMach NumberMass Accretion RatesRelativistic EffectsSchwarzschild Black HolesStellar Accretion
The effect of constant-rate motion through a uniform adiabatic medium on the steady-state accretion of matter onto a Schwarzschild black hole is investigated theoretically by means of numerical simulations. The derivation of the model is given in detail, and the results are presented in extensive graphs. The appearance of the flows and the accretion rates are found to be in good agreement with published data for the Newtonian regime and generally similar for the relativistic case.