Radiation-Dominated Black Hole Accretion Flows
Event Start:
2019-01-21T15:00:00
Event End:
2019-01-21T16:00:00
Event Information:
At high accretion rates, the outward force of radiation pressure generated by energy released by infalling matter can exceed the inward pull of gravity. Such super-Eddington accretion flows occur in many systems, such as the inner regions of quasars and luminous AGN, ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), and tidal disruption events. Understanding such flows is important not only for interpreting the spectra and variability of these sources, but also to predict the rate of growth of black holes in the early universe, and to quantify energy a
Event Location:
Hennings 318
Speaker:
James Stone (Princeton)
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Event Start:
2019-01-21T15:00:00
Event End:
2019-01-21T16:00:00
Radiation-Dominated Black Hole Accretion Flows
Event Information:
At high accretion rates, the outward force of radiation pressure generated by energy released by infalling matter can exceed the inward pull of gravity. Such super-Eddington accretion flows occur in many systems, such as the inner regions of quasars and luminous AGN, ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), and tidal disruption events. Understanding such flows is important not only for interpreting the spectra and variability of these sources, but also to predict the rate of growth of black holes in the early universe, and to quantify energy a
Event Location:
Hennings 318