Accretion onto a moving black hole: An exact solution

Loren I. Petrich, Stuart L. Shapiro, Saul A. Teukolsky

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Abstract

We present an analytic solution for the steady-state, subsonic accretion of a gaseous medium onto a Schwarzschild or Kerr black hole. The black hole moves at a constant velocity through the medium, which is uniform and at rest far from the hole and obeys a P= adiabatic equation of state. In the case of a rotating Kerr black hole, the flow is fully three dimensional, but the accretion rate does not depend on the orientation of the hole's spin with respect to the incident direction of the flow.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1781-1784
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume60
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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