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Is Sgr A∗ Underfed, Underefficient, or Underdone?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
We argue that the wind from IRS 16 and He I stars in the central 1 pc of the Galaxy is responsible for the peculiar features of accretion onto a putative black hole at the Galactic center. What makes Sgr A∗ unique is not that it is just underfed but, in addition, it has a much lower efficiency of accretion and possibly a lower mass, compared to the AGN case.
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- Chapter 3: What is the Nature of the Center of the Galaxy?
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 181 - 187
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996
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