Radiatively enhanced elasticity and turbulence in clumpy tori of Active Galactic Nuclei

2009/11/25 by Martin Krause, M. Schartmann, Marc Schartmann +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.4971

10 pages, 5 figures, accepted by MNRAS, this paper has been withdrawn by the authors due to an essential flaw in the assumptions

openalex publication_date 2009/11/25 · arxiv created 2010/07/01 · arxiv updated 2010/07/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The paper assumes radiation forces proportional to distance between equal temperature clouds. However, we assume there are clouds in any direction. The forces then cancel almost entirely, besides small velocity effects. Therefore, the presented theory is inadequate.

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