Accretion flows: the Role of the Outer Boundary Condition

Abstract

We investigate the influences of the outer boundary conditions(OBCs) on the structure of an optically thin accretion flow. We find that OBC plays an important role in determining the topological structure and the profiles of the surface density and temperature of the solution, therefore it should be regarded as a new parameter in the accretion disk model.

9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in ApJ Letters, Vol. 521, L55

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