Ion viscosity mediated by tangled magnetic fields: An application to black hole accretion disks

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 469, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 784-793

  Subramanian, Prasad ^a   Becker, Peter A ^a   Kafatos, Menas ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Magnetic fields; MHD; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444443366     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177826     Document Type: Article

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