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Subsonic Wind Accretion

The rate of subsonic wind accretion (accretion on a point Newtonian mass moving through uniform gas) is shown to be independent of the wind velocity and equal to the spherical Bondi rate -- for the adiabatic index equal to 5/3. A (very accurate) numerical calculation of the accretion flow, confirming this result, is also presented.

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AuthorshipTopic signalWSubsonic Wind Accretionpreprint / 2021AAndrei GruzinovResearcherTastro-ph.HE8150 works
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Subsonic Wind Accretion

preprint / 2021

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