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pAGN: the one-stop solution for AGN disc modelling.

Authors :
Gangardt, Daria
Trani, Alessandro Alberto
Bonnerot, Clément
Gerosa, Davide
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Jun2024, Vol. 530 Issue 4, p3689-3705. 17p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Models of accretion discs surrounding active galactic nuclei (AGNs) find vast applications in high-energy astrophysics. The broad strategy is to parametrize some of the key disc properties such as gas density and temperature as a function of the radial coordinate from a given set of assumptions on the underlying physics. Two of the most popular approaches in this context were presented by Sirko & Goodman and Thompson et al. We present a critical reanalysis of these widely used models, detailing their assumptions and clarifying some steps in their derivation that were previously left unsaid. Our findings are implemented in the pAGN module for the Python programming language, which is the first public implementation of these accretion-disc models. We further apply pAGN to the evolution of stellar-mass black holes embedded in AGN discs, addressing the potential occurrence of migration traps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
530
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177399687
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1117