Super-Eddington accretion onto neutron stars and black holes

10 May 2015, 16:50
40m
Talk STARS2015

Speaker

Maciek Wielgus (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Description

I will present most recent results, not yet published, concerning the super-Eddington accretion onto neutron stars and black holes. In the case of neutron stars, a new phenomenon is predicted: a levitating atmosphere. In the case of black holes, the Polish Doughnut model for super critical accretion is critically revisited.

Authors

Maciek Wielgus (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences) Marek Abramowicz (Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden)

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