Mathematics
Scientific paper
May 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988stin...8913384b&link_type=abstract
Presented at the Georgia State University Conference on Active Galactic Nuclei, Atlanta, Ga., 28 Oct. 1987
Mathematics
Accretion Disks, Computerized Simulation, Galactic Nuclei, Seyfert Galaxies, Galactic Structure, Mathematical Models
Scientific paper
A scenario for the central engine of AGN has been developed consisting of a massive black hole (MBH) onto which gas accretes through an accretion disk. The accretion disk radiates the observed optical and ultraviolet continua. Surrounding the MBH is a nonthermal source which produces the infrared and soft X-ray continua by synchrotron emission, and the X-ray spectrum by inverse Compton scattering of the optical-ultraviolet photons from the accretion disk. Previously we modeled the accretion disk (M.A.M.) and nonthermal source (D.L.B.) separately, and here we combine the two models to form a unified description of the AGN engine. This combined model can be inverted to determine source parameters from observed spectra. A group of AGN for which multiband observations exist can then be modeled to: demonstrate the validity of the combined model for a large number of objects; establish the range of parameter values that describe the source; and search for any correlations between source description and type.
Band David L.
Malkan Matthew A.
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