AbstractTurbulent Comptonization, a potentially important damping and radiation mechanism in relativistic accretion flows, is discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the physical basis, relative importance, and thermodynamics of turbulent Comptonization. The effects of metal absorption opacity on the spectral component resulting from turbulent Comptonization is considered as well.
Turbulent Comptonization in relativistic accretion disks
Advances in Space Research ; 38 , 12 ; 2880-2883
2006-08-29
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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