THEORETICAL RESTRICTIONS ON ACCRETION DISKS

Authors
Citation
Bf. Liu et al., THEORETICAL RESTRICTIONS ON ACCRETION DISKS, Astrophysics and space science, 220(1), 1994, pp. 75-82
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
220
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
75 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1994)220:1<75:TROAD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We construct a standard thin disk model taking into account the pressu re from both gas and radiation, the opacity contributed by both electr on scattering and absorption, and the gravity from both a central obje ct and a disk. A simple and powerful technique for solving the non-lin ear equations is presented. Through a numerical algorithm for the two equationl for beta, gamma, xi, all the disk quantities are expressed a s the analytical function of beta, gamma, xi. We also discuss the solu tions in the limit cases beta --> 0, beta --> 1 and the parameter rang e of the linear approximation. From the numerical solutions and limit analyses, we found that it is not necessary to include the self-gravit y of the disk.