Non-Rotating Blackhole Spacetimes with Plasma and Dust: Configurations and Spherically Symmetric Accretion
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methodologies and Results
2.1. The Darwin Lagrangian
2.2. The Landau–Lifshitz–Lindhard Equations
2.3. Landau–Lifshitz–Pitaevskii Magneto-Hydrodynamic System of Equations
3. Materials and Methods
The General Case
4. Spherically Symmetric Black Holes Surrounded of Dust and Plasma
4.1. The Case of Cold Plasma
4.2. The Case of the Pressureless Fluid
4.3. Characterisation of the Polytropic Accretion
5. Analytical Expression of the Velocities
Physical Quantities
6. Physical Characterisation of the Spherically Symmetric Accretion
6.1. Physical Characterisation of the Accretion of the Black Hole Surrounded of Dust and Cold Plasma (Non-Interacting)
6.2. Physical Characterisation of the Time-Dependent and Turbulent Accretion of the Black Hole Surrounded by Dust and Cold Plasma
7. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. The Relativistic Equations of the Fluid
Appendix B. Uses of the Darwin Lagrangian
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Lecian, O.M. Non-Rotating Blackhole Spacetimes with Plasma and Dust: Configurations and Spherically Symmetric Accretion. Astronomy 2026, 5, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy5030011
Lecian OM. Non-Rotating Blackhole Spacetimes with Plasma and Dust: Configurations and Spherically Symmetric Accretion. Astronomy. 2026; 5(3):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy5030011
Chicago/Turabian StyleLecian, Orchidea Maria. 2026. "Non-Rotating Blackhole Spacetimes with Plasma and Dust: Configurations and Spherically Symmetric Accretion" Astronomy 5, no. 3: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy5030011
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