Outer parts of the accretion disks around supermassive black holes in galaxy nuclei and quasars
Journal Article
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· Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6537209
If an isolated black hole is massive enough and if it accretes matter at a fast enough rate, the outer parts of the accretion disk will become self-gravitating and may become unstable, disintegrating into fragments which could form separate stars. The fragmentation would produce around the black hole a ring of gas and stars which would survive even after accretion onto the hole has ceased. The stars in the ring would travel in near-Keplerian orbits, with little velocity dispersion. This torus could have a mass several percent of that of the black hole inside.
- Research Organization:
- Institute for Space Research, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- OSTI ID:
- 6537209
- Journal Information:
- Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 6:6; ISSN SALED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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