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dc.contributor.authorNityananda, R.-
dc.contributor.authorNarayan, R.-
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-04T11:29:02Z-
dc.date.available2006-11-04T11:29:02Z-
dc.date.issued1982-
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1982, Vol.201, p697-705en
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/1501-
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen
dc.description.abstractA narrow, highly luminous funnel in a thick accretion disc is a common feature of many models for active galactic nuclei. The constraints on the luminosity imposed by the effects of radiation forces on the funnel are examined. The treatment presented allows for the irradiation of any part of the funnel by the rest, which is an important effect for this problem. It is found that the maximum luminosity of a funnel of small semi-angle phi is reduced below the Eddington limit L(E) by a factor of phi-squared if the funnel is to be in strict equilibrium. Even with allowance for flow-induced viscous stresses, the luminosity cannot exceed the product of L(E) and phi. In contrast, current models have luminosities of the order of L(E)/phi. It is shown that the resulting large unbalanced forces at the funnel surface cause a significant outflow of matter, which should be incorporated in the model for consistency. These results do not depend on the detailed angular momentum distribution over the disc surface, but only on the funnel geometry.en
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing for the Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1982MNRAS.201..697Nen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982MNRAS.201..697N&link_type=ARTICLE&db_key=ASTen
dc.rights(1982) Royal Astronomical Societyen
dc.subjectACCRETION DISKSen
dc.subjectGALACTIC NUCLEI,en
dc.subjectLUMINOSITY, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI,en
dc.subjectANGULAR MOMENTUM,en
dc.subjectASTRONOMICAL MODELS,en
dc.subjectBLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY),en
dc.subjectFUNNELS,en
dc.subjectQUASARSen
dc.titleLuminosity limits for funnels in thick accretion discsen
dc.typeArticleen
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