2017/05/19 by Emilio Tejeda, Tejeda, Emilio
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1705.07093
openalex publication_date 2017/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a simple, analytic model for the accretion flow of an incompressible wind onto a gravitating object. This solution corresponds to the Newtonian limit of a previously known relativistic model for a fluid obeying a stiff equation of state for which the sound speed is constant everywhere and equal to the speed of light. The new solution should be useful as a benchmark test for numerical hydrodynamics codes and, moreover, it can be used as an illustrative example in a gas dynamics course.