Modeling of luminous accretion disks

by Aleksander Sadowski (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warszawa)

Monday 20 Dec 2010, 11:00 → 11:45 Europe/Stockholm

122:026

I will briefly summarize our current understanding of the physics of accretion in astrophysical objects. I will put most attention to the state-of-the-art hydrodynamical models of advective accretion disks applicable to observations of thermal spectra of microquasars and AGN at all luminosities and introduce the xspec module slimbb, generalizing commonly-used kerrbb to all, even super Eddington, luminosities. I will also discuss the most important caveats in the modeling of luminous disks and present the road map for developing their semi-analytical models.