Accretion Disks in AGNs
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0703589,
title = {Accretion Disks in AGNs},
author = {Omer Blaes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0703589},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Review Talk, to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang, (San Francisco: ASP)