Disks, tori, and cocoons: emission and absorption diagnostics of AGN environments
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ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 04 09 50 1 v 1 21 S ep 2 00 4 Disks , Tori , and Cocoons : Emission and Absorption Diagnostics of AGN Environments
One of the most important problems in the study of active galaxies is understanding the detailed geometry, physics, and evolution of the central engines and their environments. The leading models involve an accretion disk and torus structure around a central dense object, thought to be a supermassive black hole. Gas found in the environment of AGN is associated with different structures: molecu...
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عنوان ژورنال: New Astronomy Reviews
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1387-6473
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2004.09.022