An investigation of the stability of the Bondi-Hoyle model of accretion flow
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- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 180 (4) , 491-494
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/180.4.491
Abstract
We have reinvestigated the Bondi–Hoyle–Lyttleton model of gravitational accretion on to fast-moving bodies. The stability of the steady state solution has been analysed and the accretion column shown to be unstable against short-wavelength perturbations.Keywords
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