Accretion Discs in AGN, Viscosity and Structure of Accretion Disks

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1638-1963|1|issue|53-61

ISSN: 1633-4760

Source: EAS Publications Series, Vol.1, Iss.issue, 2011-11, pp. : 53-61

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Abstract

Early, it has been suggested that Keplerian flows should beunstable regarding shear instabilities. This hypothesis, not seriouslyconsidered nowadays, is strongly sustained by a recent re-analysis ofexperimental data on shear flows and new laboratory experiments. Wereview some consequences on steady state accretion dises of a viscositylaw derived from shear experiments. In particular, we show thatit wholly suppresses the thermal and viscous instabilities within theradiation pressure dominated region, unlike the standard theory.