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Collisionless Halos Around Black Holes

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

When a black hole accretes slowly, the radiative cooling of the infalling gas is weak and the accretion disk does not form. A hot collisionless quasi-spherical halo is formed instead. The properties of such halos are discussed. The rate of accretion, the radiative efficiency, and the temperature and density near the hole are evaluated.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9908027,
  title  = {Collisionless Halos Around Black Holes},
  author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9908027},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, Proceedings IAU Symposium 195