Accretion onto a higher dimensional black hole

Oct 29, 2013
7 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 88 (2013) 10, 104005
  • Published: Nov 11, 2013
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Abstract: (APS)
We examine the steady-state spherically symmetric accretion of relativistic fluids, with a polytropic equation of state, onto a higher-dimensional Schwarzschild black hole. The mass accretion rate, critical radius, and flow parameters are determined and compared with results obtained in standard four dimensions. The accretion rate, M˙, is an explicit function of the black hole mass, M, as well as the gas boundary conditions and the dimensionality, D, of the spacetime. We also find the asymptotic compression ratios and temperature profiles below the accretion radius and at the event horizon. This analysis is a generalization of Michel’s solution to higher dimensions and of the Newtonian expressions of Giddings and Mangano, which consider the accretion of TeV black holes.
Note:
  • 8 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
  • 04.40.Dg
  • 95.30.Sf
  • 04.50.Gh
  • mass: accretion
  • black hole: higher-dimensional
  • black hole: mass
  • black hole: Schwarzschild
  • fluid: relativistic
  • symmetry: rotation
  • boundary condition