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The Rate of Turbulent Spherical Accretion

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The rate of turbulent spherical accretion onto a compact object might be much smaller than the Bondi rate. It is suggested that the rate of accretion onto Sgr A-star is much smaller than the Bondi rate.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9809265,
  title  = {The Rate of Turbulent Spherical Accretion},
  author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9809265},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, submitted to ApJ