Abstract The possibility of explaining the continuous emission of active galactic nuclei in the frame of a model of spherical accretion onto a massive black hole is discussed. Cool inhomogeneities () within the accretion flow could be responsible for the broad line emission if half of the accreting matter is in the dense phase. A crucial test of this hypothesis is the expected correlation between the ratio of the luminosity in lines to the total luminosity and the hardness of the continuous spectrum.
Spherical accretion of massive black holes: A model for galactic nuclei
Advances in Space Research ; 1 , 13 ; 67-70
1981-01-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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