Slim Accretion Disks: Theory and Observational Consequences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Accretion Disk Models
2.1. Spherical Accretion and Low-Angular Accretion Flow
2.2. Optically Thin Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow (ADAF)
2.3. Standard Optically Thick Geometrical Disk
2.4. Slim Disks
2.5. Transitions between the Models
3. Historical Remarks about Slim Disk Model Formulation
4. Applicability of Slim Disks and Their Observational Appearance
5. Stability of Classical Slim Accretion Disks
6. Observational Support of Outbursts Due to Radiation Pressure
7. MHD Simulations of Radiation-Pressure-Dominated Disks
8. Hot Coronae, Warm Coronae, Outflows
9. Missing Physics
10. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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