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Shakura-Sunyaev disk: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

model of a geometrically thin, optically thick accretion disk in which turbulent viscosity scales with pressure through a single dimensionless parameter alpha.

In astrophysics, Shakura-Sunyaev disk refers to model of a geometrically thin, optically thick accretion disk in which turbulent viscosity scales with pressure through a single dimensionless parameter alpha. This meaning comes from Shakura (1973) in X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy.[1]

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References

Shakura, N. I., & Sunyaev, R. A. (1973). Black Holes in Binary Systems: Observational Appearances. In X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy (pp. 155-164). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2585-0_13

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