NASA NTRS · 19760061733
A new luminosity limit for spherical accretion onto compact X-ray sources
Abstract
Preheating of infalling gas by emergent X-rays can suppress accretion on to a compact X-ray source. For spherically symmetric accretion, the effect results in a new luminosity limit, orders of magnitude less than the Eddington limit, above which steady flow is impossible. The model may apply to the globular-cluster X-ray sources.
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Ostriker, J. P., Weaver, R., Yahil, A., Mccray, R.. 1976-09-01. A new luminosity limit for spherical accretion onto compact X-ray sources. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760061733
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