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Glossary term: 吸積盤

Description: 當一個天體吸積物質時,除非下墜的物質已經徑直向吸引的天體運動,否則它不可能直接落到吸引的天體上。事實上,當下墜的物體靠近吸的引物體時,由於角動量守恆,其垂直於它與吸引物體之間連線的速度分量會增加。

在許多情況下,下墜的物會聚集成所謂的吸積盤:一個圍繞吸引天體氣體和塵埃的漩渦盤。物質會從吸積盤的內緣落到中心天體上。對於一個緻密的中心天體來說,落到吸積盤上的物質在下落過程中會獲得巨大的能量。當這些能量聚集在吸積盤中時,吸積盤的溫度會升高到數十萬甚至數百萬開爾文。一些星系中心超大質量黑洞周圍的吸積盤為活動星系核(AGN)提供了能量。這些極其明亮的天體可能比其宿主星系中所有恆星亮度的總和還要亮。

吸積盤存在於各種天體物理環境中,例如超大質量黑洞、恆星殘骸、伽馬射線暴或原恆星週圍。

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