The Dynamics of Gas around Active Galactic Nuclei
dc.contributor.author | Dopita, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T23:18:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-12T08:57:05Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the relationship between the accretion flows into the accretion disk around the black holes of active galactic nuclei (AGN), and the jets which they produce. A large-scale accretion flow around the nucleus is proposed as the thick dusty toroid structure of the unified model. Physically, this is similar to the Kahn 'cocoon star' model. High (super-Eddington) accretion rates into the accretion disk are needed. It is assumed that all black holes produce relativistic jets. However, entrainment of thermal (wind) material into the jet determines the AGN class, radio-loud or radio quiet. The jet interacts with the ambient medium as it expands, generating a cocoon of fast radiative or partially-radiative shocks around it. Such a model can explain both the radio properties and the emission line properties over a wide variety of AGN classes. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-640X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90207 | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers | |
dc.source | Astrophysics and Space Science | |
dc.title | The Dynamics of Gas around Active Galactic Nuclei | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 89 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 79 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Dopita, Michael, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.authoremail | u7501303@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Dopita, Michael, u7501303 | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | MigratedxPub20507 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 272 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-0034410318 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | Migrated | |
local.type.status | Published Version |
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