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Astrophysics

spherically symmetric accretion of gas onto a compact object, with a rate set by the object's mass and the gas sound speed.

In astrophysics, Bondi accretion refers to spherically symmetric accretion of gas onto a compact object, with a rate set by the object's mass and the gas sound speed. This meaning comes from Bondi (1952) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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References

Bondi, H. (1952). On Spherically Symmetrical Accretion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 112(2), 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/112.2.195

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