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Astron. Astrophys. 331, 535-540 (1998) 4. Concluding remarksAs can be seen from the figures, the distribution of the accretion luminosity in R-Z plane forms a toroidal (ring) structure with maximum at approximately 5 kpc. As expected, BH give higher luminosity than NS, as they have
greater masses. But if the total number of BH is significantly lower
than the number of NS, their contribution to the luminosity can be
less than the contribution of NS. The total accretion lumiunosity of
the Galaxy for The toroidal structure of the luminosity distribution of NS and BH is an interesting and important feature of the Galactic potential. As one can expect, for low characteristic kick velocities and for BH we have a higher luminosity. As we made very general assumptions, we argue, that such a distribution is not unique for our Galaxy, and all spiral galaxies can have such a distribution of the accretion luminosity, associated with accreting NS and BH. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() © European Southern Observatory (ESO) 1998 Online publication: February 16, 1998 ![]() |