³Super-Eddington² sources (not really)
2
L
edd
= (4
p
cG)
M /
k
= 1.3 10
38
(M/M
sun
) (0.40/
k)
F
rad
(L=L
edd
) = F
grav
Thomson scattering opacity
Effective opacity for clumpy medium < for homogeneous medium
Shaviv 1998
Witt & Gordon 1996
Isichenko 1992 (³percolation theory²)
Accretion disks around BH (Begelman 2002)
Classical novae (Shaviv 2001)
Wolf-Rayet, supergiant stars,
h
Car (Shaviv 2000)
Dust scattering in clumpy ISM (WG96)
Super-soft sources? AGN? Starburst galaxies?
Where to observe this?
Look out for winds