Modelling supermassive black hole growth: towards an improved sub-grid prescription
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Modelling supermassive black hole growth: towards an improved subgrid prescription
Accretion on to supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galaxy formation simulations is frequently modelled by the Bondi–Hoyle formalism. Here we examine the validity of this approach analytically and numerically. We argue that the character of the flow where one evaluates the gas properties is unlikely to satisfy the simple Bondi–Hoyle model. Only in the specific case of hot virialized gas with ze...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20563.x