The effects of X-ray illumination on accretion disk interiors

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Jun 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 374, June 20, 1991, p. 721-731.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Accretion Disks, X Ray Binaries, X Ray Irradiation, Radiant Heating, Stellar Models

Scientific paper

The structure of accretion disks illuminated by X-ray from a central compact object. At radii larger than a certain value, X-ray heating can dominate the viscous heating and determine the disk structure in a standard alpha-disk model. The disk structure resulting from X-ray illumination is calculated both analytically and numerically for low-mass X-ray binaries as well as for active galactic nuclei. X-ray illumination does have important effects on the disk structures, under a variety of circumstances; instabilities may arise under significant X-ray heating.

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