In many investigations involving accretion on a central point mass, ranging from observational studies to cosmological simulations, including semi-analytical modelling, the classical Bondi accretion theory is the standard tool widely adopted. Previous works generalized the theory to include the effects of the gravitational field of the galaxy hosting a central black hole and of electron scattering in the optically thin limit. Here, we apply this extended Bondi problem, in the general polytropic case, to a class of new two-component galaxy models recently presented. In these models, a Jaffe stellar density profile is embedded in a dark matter halo such that the total density distribution follows a r−3 profile at large radii; the stellar dynamical quantities can be expressed in a fully analytical way. The hydrodynamical properties of the flow are set by imposing that the gas temperature at infinity is proportional to the virial temperature of the stellar component. The isothermal and adiabatic (monoatomic) cases can be solved analytically; in the other cases, we explore the accretion solution numerically. As non-adiabatic accretion inevitably leads to an exchange of heat with the ambient, we also discuss some important thermodynamical properties of the polytropic Bondi accretion and provide the expressions needed to compute the amount of heat exchanged with the environment as a function of radius. The results can be useful for the subgrid treatment of accretion in numerical simulations, as well as for the interpretation of observational data

Mancino, A. (2022). On the polytropic Bondi accretion in two-component galaxy models with a central massive BH. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 512(2), 2474-2488 [10.1093/mnras/stac612].

On the polytropic Bondi accretion in two-component galaxy models with a central massive BH

Mancino A.
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Ciotti L.;Pellegrini S.
2022

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In many investigations involving accretion on a central point mass, ranging from observational studies to cosmological simulations, including semi-analytical modelling, the classical Bondi accretion theory is the standard tool widely adopted. Previous works generalized the theory to include the effects of the gravitational field of the galaxy hosting a central black hole and of electron scattering in the optically thin limit. Here, we apply this extended Bondi problem, in the general polytropic case, to a class of new two-component galaxy models recently presented. In these models, a Jaffe stellar density profile is embedded in a dark matter halo such that the total density distribution follows a r−3 profile at large radii; the stellar dynamical quantities can be expressed in a fully analytical way. The hydrodynamical properties of the flow are set by imposing that the gas temperature at infinity is proportional to the virial temperature of the stellar component. The isothermal and adiabatic (monoatomic) cases can be solved analytically; in the other cases, we explore the accretion solution numerically. As non-adiabatic accretion inevitably leads to an exchange of heat with the ambient, we also discuss some important thermodynamical properties of the polytropic Bondi accretion and provide the expressions needed to compute the amount of heat exchanged with the environment as a function of radius. The results can be useful for the subgrid treatment of accretion in numerical simulations, as well as for the interpretation of observational data
2022
Mancino, A. (2022). On the polytropic Bondi accretion in two-component galaxy models with a central massive BH. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 512(2), 2474-2488 [10.1093/mnras/stac612].
Mancino, A., Ciotti, L., Pellegrini, S.
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