Accretion Disks in AGNs

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2007-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703589v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Review Talk, to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang, (San Francisco: ASP)

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I briefly review the theoretical models of radiatively efficient, geometrically thin and optically thick accretion disk spectra that currently exist for AGN. I then discuss three recent observational developments that have real potential to teach us about the physics of these flows. Finally, I present results on the most recent, thermodynamically consistent simulations of magnetorotational turbulence and discuss what these simulations are suggesting about the vertical structure of accretion disks.

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