Isothermal dipolar accretion equation ($(v-c_s^2/v)v\prime =3c_s^2/z-GM/z^2$)

A narrow dipolar flux-tube area $A(z)\propto z^3$ gives $A\rho v=\dot{M}$ for inward speed $v>0$. The isothermal magnetic Bernoulli integral in $\Phi =-GM/z$ then gives $(v-c_s^2/v)v\prime =3c_s^2/z-GM/z^2$. A smooth transonic branch crosses at $z_s=GM/(3c_s^2)$ with $v_s=c_s$, ${\rho }_s=e^{5/2}{\rho }_{\infty }$ and $\dot{M}={\rho }_s{c}_{s}A(z_s)$. The crossing must lie in the domain; subsonic branches need not attain it.