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Advection-dominated Accretion in the Galactic Center and the Appearance of Sgr A*

1998/12/01 by T. Beckert, Beckert, T., W. J. Duschl +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9812011

10 pages, 7 figures, GC98 "The Central Parsecs" conference proceedings, uses paspconf.sty

arxiv created 1998/12/01 · openalex publication_date 1998/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present a modified description of advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAF) with a geometrical viscosity. A simplified treatment of the dynamics of the flow in the inner relativistic part is suggested and results are compared with the galactic center source Sgr A*.

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