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The Eddington Luminosity Limit for Multiphased Media

1998; IOP Publishing; Volume: 494; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/311182

1538-4357

Nir J. Shaviv,

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

We consider the effective Eddington luminosity in a locally inhomogeneous medium by averaging out the coarse, small-scale behavior. We show that the ratio between the emitted flux and the average radiation force changes. The mean luminosity therefore can theoretically exceed the classical Eddington limit.