Rapid AGN accretion from counter-rotating discs
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Rapid AGN accretion from counter–rotating discs
Accretion in the nuclei of active galaxies may occur chaotically. This can produce accretion discs which are counter–rotating or strongly misaligned with respect to the spin of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH), or the axis of a close SMBH binary. Accordingly we consider the cancellation of angular momentum in accretion discs with a significant change of plane (tilt) between inner and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20814.x