On the Viability of Two-temperature Accretion Flows

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dc.creatorQuataert, Eliot
dc.date2003-08-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:09:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:09:18Z
dc.descriptionBinney (2003) has argued that two-temperature radiatively inefficient accretion flow models are unphysical because the electron-ion equipartition time is much shorter than the accretion time. I show that this conclusion is incorrect because it relies on a misidentification of the electron-ion equipartition time. I also clarify what requirements must, in fact, be satisfied to maintain a two-temperature accretion flow.
dc.descriptionsubmitted to MNRAS; 3 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308451
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308451
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/6385
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the Viability of Two-temperature Accretion Flows
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