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astro-ph2008★ 4 cited
AGN accretion disks as spatially resolved by polarimetry
Makoto Kishimoto, Robert Antonucci, Omer Blaes +4
A crucial difficulty in understanding the nature of the putative accretion disk in AGNs is that some of its key intrinsic spectral signatures cannot be observed directly. The stron…
astro-ph2008★ 146 cited
The characteristic blue spectra of accretion disks in quasars as uncovered in the infrared
Makoto Kishimoto, Robert Antonucci, Omer Blaes +4
Quasars are thought to be powered by supermassive black holes accreting surrounding gas. Central to this picture is a putative accretion disk which is believed to be the source of…