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A case of gaseous accretion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

K. N. Dodd
K. N. Dodd
Affiliation:
Royal Holloway CollegeEnglefield GreenSurrey
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Abstract

The isothermal flow of gas past a gravitating point-sink has been studied for four values of the undisturbed gas velocity, all of which are supersonic. From these studies, estimates have been made of the rates of accretion of an isothermal gas by a star moving with a supersonic velocity. These estimates are of the same order as those obtained by earlier workers who used simpler mathematical models.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 1953 , pp. 486 - 492
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1953

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