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Are Particles in Advection‐dominated Accretion Flows Thermal?

  • Mahadevan R
  • Quataert E
The Astrophysical Journal (1997) 490(2) 605-618
DOI: 10.1086/304908
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We investigate the form of the momentum distribution function for protons and electrons in an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF). We show that for all accretion rates, Coulomb collisions are too inefficient to thermalize the

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Mahadevan, R., & Quataert, E. (1997). Are Particles in Advection‐dominated Accretion Flows Thermal? The Astrophysical Journal, 490(2), 605–618. https://doi.org/10.1086/304908

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