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Variability and Slim Accretion Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

F.H. Wallinder
F.H. Wallinder*
Affiliation:
NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, Denmark

Abstract

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Many compact galactic and extra-galactic sources have a luminosity in the slim accretion disk regime, i.e. L/LE ∼ 1, where LE is the Eddington luminosity. The correspondingly large accretion rates diminish the relevance of variability interpretations based on the thin disk model. This paper explores the possible connection between variability in AGN and local instabilities in slim disks, and points out some relevant areas of future research.

Keywords

Black holesaccretion disksvariability
Type
AGN Physics and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 159: Multi-Wavelength Continuum Emission of AGN , 1994 , pp. 253 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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