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Effects of Fluid Instabilities on Accretion Disk Spectra
S. W. Davis, O. M. Blaes, N. J. Turner +1
Numerical calculations and linear theory of radiation magnetohydrodynamic flows indicate that the photon bubble and magnetorotational instability (MRI) may produce large density in…
Using Multiwavelength Observations to Estimate the Black Hole Masses and Accretion Rates in Seyfert Galaxies
James Chiang, Omer Blaes
We model the spectral energy distribution of the type 1 Seyfert galaxies, fitting data from simultaneous optical, UV, and X-ray monitoring observations. We assume a geometry consis…
A First Close Look at the Balmer Edge Behavior of the Quasar Big Blue Bump
Makoto Kishimoto, Robert Antonucci, Omer Blaes
We have found for the first time a Balmer edge feature in the polarized flux spectrum of a quasar (Ton 202). The edge feature is seen as a discontinuity in the slope, rather than a…
Physics Fundamentals of Luminous Accretion Disks Around Black Holes
O. M. Blaes
These lectures provide an overview of the theory of accretion disks with application to bright sources containing black holes. I focus on the fundamental physics of these flows, st…
The Puzzle of the Lyman Continuum Polarization of QSOs
Gregory Shields, E. Agol, Omer Blaes
Recent spectropolarimetry of QSOs has revealed a surprising rise in polarization in the Lyman continuum of several objects. We discuss several recent attempts to interpret this fea…
A model of the broad-band continuum of NGC 5548
P. Magdziarz, O. Blaes
We discuss a model of the central source in Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. The model assumes a three phase disk structure consisting of a cold outer disk, a hot central disk constituti…