• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/746/2/137
Corpus ID: 5037595

Star formation in self-gravitating disks in active galactic nuclei. II. Episodic formation of broad line regions

@article{Wang2012StarFI,
  title={Star formation in self-gravitating disks in active galactic nuclei. II. Episodic formation of broad line regions},
  author={J. Wang and P. Du and J. Baldwin and J. Ge and C. Hu and G. Ferland},
  journal={arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics},
  year={2012}
}

• J. Wang, P. Du, +3 authors G. Ferland
• Published 2012
• Physics
• arXiv: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

(abridged) We study the consequence of star formation (SF) in an self-gravity dominated accretion disk in quasars. The warm skins of the SF disk are governed by the radiation from the inner part of the accretion disk to form Compton atmosphere (CAS). The CAS are undergoing four phases to form broad line regions. Phase I is the duration of pure accumulation supplied by the SF disk. During phase II clouds begin to form due to line cooling and sink to the SF disk. Phase III is a period of… Expand

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