Award Date
8-1-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Committee Member
Daniel Proga
Second Committee Member
Zhaohuan Zhu
Third Committee Member
Stephen Lepp
Fourth Committee Member
Evangelos Yfantis
Number of Pages
42
Abstract
Motivated by the work done to explore the winds from hot stars (Lamers & Cassinelli 1999), we develop a method for self consistently calculating force multipliers for Type 1 and Type 2 active galactic nuclei (AGN), soft and hard start X-ray binaries (XRBs) spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We find that the ampflication to the radiation force can be as large as 100 even when the gas is highly ionized due to Fe and O ions. We discuss future efforts to incorporate these findings in magnetohydrodynamic simulations.
Keywords
active galactic nuclei; hydrodynamics; radiation
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy
File Format
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Dannen, Randall Cody, "Force Multiplier Calculations for X-ray Binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei" (2018). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 3354.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/14139868
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