A simple model of radiative emission in M87
Abstract
We present a simple physical model of the central source emission in the M87 galaxy. It is well known that the observed X-ray luminosity from this galactic nucleus is much lower than the predicted one, if a standard radiative efficiency is assumed. Up to now the main model invoked to explain such a luminosity is the ADAF (Advection-Dominated-Accretion-Flow) model. Our approach supposes only a simple axis-symmetric adiabatic accretion with a low angular momentum together with the bremsstrahlung emission process in the accreting gas. With no other special hypothesis on the dynamics of the system, this model agrees well enough with the luminosity value measured by Chandra.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0509670,
title = {A simple model of radiative emission in M87},
author = {E. Vitanza and V. Teresi and D. Molteni and G. Gerardi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0509670},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal