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What Physics Drives the Unified Model?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Michael A. Dopita*
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatory, Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Australia

Abstract

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The Unified Model holds that the aspect-dependent effects primarily determine the apperance of the active galactic nucleus that we observe. However, additional parameters will be needed to fully unify the different tribes of AGN. Three parameters; aspect, accretion rate into the nuclear regions, and the evolutionary status of the central black hole probably hold the key to “grand” unification schemes.

Type
III. AGN Theory and Models
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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