Jet-driven disk accretion in low luminosity AGN?

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Jolley, E J D ^a   Kuncic, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

(Magnetohydrodynamics:) MHD; Accretion, accretion disks; Black hole physics; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets; Radiation mechanisms: thermal, nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547896318     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9543-3     Document Type: Article

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