Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A*
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Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Flow Models of Sgr A*
I review radiatively inefficient accretion flow models for the≈ 2.6×106M black hole (BH) in the Galactic Center. I argue for a ’concordance model’ of Sgr A*: both theory and observations suggest that hot ambient gas around the BH is accreted at a rate ∼ 10−8M yr−1, much less than the canonical Bondi rate. I interpret Chandra observations of Sgr A* in the context of such a model: (1) the extende...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomische Nachrichten
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0004-6337,1521-3994
DOI: 10.1002/asna.200385043