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An analytic study of Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton accretion
T. Foglizzo, M. Ruffert
The adiabatic shock produced by a compact object moving supersonically relative to a gas with uniform entropy and no vorticity is a source of entropy gradients and vorticity. We in…
astro-ph1999
Non-axisymmetric wind-accretion simulations. II. Density gradients
M. Ruffert
The hydrodynamics of a variant of classical Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton accretion is investigated: a totally absorbing sphere moves at various Mach numbers (3 and 10) relative to a mediu…