The Inner Boundary Condition for a Thin Disk Accreting Into a Black Hole

2000/04/10 by B. Paczyński, Paczyński, B. · 3 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0004129

3 pages, latex, submitted on April 10, 2000 to The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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Abstract

Contrary to some recent claims the `no torque inner boundary condition' as applied at the marginally stable orbit is correct for geometrically thin disks accreting into black holes.

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