Estimation of mass outflow rates from viscous relativistic accretion discs around black holes

May 3, 2016
20 pages
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  • Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 459 (2016) 4, 3792-3811
  • Published: Jul 11, 2016
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Abstract: (Oxford University Press)
We investigated flow in Schwarzschild metric, around a non-rotating black hole and obtained self-consistent accretion–ejection solution in full general relativity. We covered the whole of parameter space in the advective regime to obtain shocked, as well as, shock-free accretion solution. We computed the jet streamline using von Zeipel surfaces and projected the jet equations of motion on to the streamline and solved them simultaneously with the accretion disc equations of motion. We found that steady shock cannot exist beyond α ≳ 0.06 in the general relativistic prescription, but is lower if mass-loss is considered too. We showed that for fixed outer boundary, the shock moves closer to the horizon with increasing viscosity parameter. The mass outflow rate increases as the shock moves closer to the black hole, but eventually decreases, maximizing at some intermediate value of shock location. The jet terminal speed increases with stronger shocks; quantitatively speaking, the terminal speed of jets v_j∞ > 0.1 if r_sh < 20r_g. The maximum of the outflow rate obtained in the general relativistic regime is less than 6 per cent of the mass accretion rate.
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  • 37 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
  • accretion, accretion disc
  • black hole physics
  • hydrodynamics
  • shock waves