An accretion model for the growth of the central black hole associated with ionization instability in quasars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 590, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Lu, Y ^a,b   Cheng, K S ^b   Zhang, S N ^c,d  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: bulges; Galaxies: nuclei; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042655470     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375007     Document Type: Article

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