Self-gravitating warped disks around nuclear black holes
Abstract
Many galactic nuclei contain disks of gas and possibly stars surrounding a supermassive black hole. These disks may play a key role in the evolution of galactic centers. Here we address the problem of finding stable warped equilibrium configurations for such disks, considering the attraction by the black hole and the disk self-gravity as the only acting forces. We model these disks as a collection of concentric, circular rings.
- Publication:
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Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies -- Across the Range of Masses
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921307005984
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..238..467U
- Keywords:
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- Galaxies: nuclei;
- dynamics;
- black hole physics