Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986pasp...98..130s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 98, Feb. 1986, p. 130-133.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Accretion Disks, Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Holes (Astronomy), Emission Spectra, Mass Ratios, Thermal Radiation, X Ray Binaries
Scientific paper
The involvement of accretion disks around supermassive black holes in the theory of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is discussed. The physics of thin and thick accretion disks is discussed and the partition between thermal and nonthermal energy production in supermassive disks is seen as uncertain. The thermal limit cycle may operate in supermassive disks (Shields, 1985), with accumulation of gas in the disk for periods of 10 to the 4th to 10 to the 7th years, punctuated by briefer outbursts during which the mass is rapidly transferred to smaller radii. An extended X-ray source in AGN is consistent with observations (Tennant and Mushotsky, 1983), and a large wind mass loss rate exceeding the central accretion rate means that only a fraction of the mass entering the disk will reach the central object; the rest being lost to the wind. Controversy in the relationship between the broad lines and the disk is also discussed.
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