Accretion tori and cones of ionizing radiation in Seyfert galaxies

Acosta-Pulido, Jose A.; Perez-Fournon, Ismael; Calvani, Massimo; Wilson, Andrew S.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 365, Dec. 10, 1990, p. 119-133. Research supported by the Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica.

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1990
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
30
Refereed citations
29
Description
The photoionization of extended narrow-line regions in Seyfert galaxies by the radiation produced in a thick accretion disk is studied. The emission-line spectrum is calculated for a range of black hole masses, varying the values of the ionization parameter and the disk size. It is found that models with a million solar masses fit observations of very large accretion disk sizes, while models with 10 million solar masses fit them better with smaller disks. The latter models are preferable since they have lower super-Eddington accretion rates.