Thermal stability of winds driven by radiation pressure in super-Eddington accretion discs
Thermal stability of winds driven by radiation pressure in super-Eddington accretion discs
ABSTRACT Ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are mainly powered by accretion in neutron stars or stellar-mass black holes. Accreting at rates exceeding the Eddington limit by factors of a few up to hundreds, radiation pressure is expected to inflate the accretion disc, and drive fast winds that have in fact been …