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Self-gravity in neutrino-dominated accretion disks

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

We present the effects of the self-gravity on the vertical structure and neutrino luminosity of the neutrino-dominated accretion disks in cylindrical coordinates. It is found that significant changes of the structure appear in the outer region of the disk, especially for high accretion rates (e.g., \ga1M s1\ga 1 M_\odot~\rm s^{-1}), and thus causes the slight increase of the neutrino luminosity. Furthermore, the gravitational instability of the disk is reviewed by the vertical distribution of the Toomre parameter \citep{Toomre1964}, which may account for the late-time flares in gamma-ray bursts and the extended emission in short-duration gamma-ray bursts.

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@article{arxiv.1407.0790,
  title  = {Self-gravity in neutrino-dominated accretion disks},
  author = {Tong Liu and Xiao-Fei Yu and Wei-Min Gu and Ju-Fu Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.0790},
  year   = {2015}
}

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23 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal