 Accretion luminosity (source code)

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= Accretion luminosity
{title2=$L_{\rm acc}$}

Matter accreting at rate $\dot M$ onto a star of mass $M$ and radius $R$ releases gravitational power of order
$$
L_{\rm acc}=\frac{GM\dot M}{R},
$$
up to an efficiency and an inner-boundary correction.

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