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R. Birkl

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Neutrino pair annihilation near accreting, stellar-mass black holes

2006

We investigate the energy-momentum deposition due to neutrino-antineutrino annihilation in the vicinity of axisymmetric, accreting black holes (BHs) by numerically ray-tracing neutrino trajectories in a Kerr space-time. Hyperaccreting stellar-mass BHs are widely considered as energy sources that can drive ultrarelativistic outflows with the potential to produce gamma-ray bursts. In contrast to earlier works, we provide an extensive and detailed parameter study of the influence of general relativistic (GR) effects and of different neutrinosphere geometries. These include idealized thin disks, tori, and spheres, or are constructed as non-selfgravitating equilibrium matter distributions for va…

Angular momentumAccretionStellar massAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsNeutronUNESCO::ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICAAstrophysicsRelativityNeutrinosPhysicsBurstsAnnihilationAstrophysics (astro-ph)Gamma raysAstronomy and AstrophysicsTorusRadiusBlack hole physicsGamma rays ; Bursts ; Neutrinos ; Accretion ; Accretion disks ; Relativity ; Black hole physics ; Neutron:ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA::Cosmología y cosmogonia [UNESCO]Space and Planetary ScienceAccretion disksSPHERESUNESCO::ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA::Cosmología y cosmogoniaNeutrinoEnergy source:ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA [UNESCO]
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